The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-21
THE FALL OF NATIONS
Is Attributed TO the Opera
tions of Natural Laws. q
The Lecturer Declares That the
Puritans Have Built Nations and
it is He Who Must Maintain Them

as the result oil Jneli own eHOlI ana
mode OF action, DIR. s. Parkes Cad
man, who lectured on the Y. NJ. G..
A. lecture course, Tuesday evening"
at Bpworth church, gave a plea for
the return of men ana women today
to Purnanism, which has made the
path clear for the greatest era of
civilization in the world. The lecture
of Dr.. Cadman, last evening, was
largely q remarkable euiogy Of tho
Puritan and his methods in life.
After being introduced shortly
after O'Clock by Rev. George E.
Barnard, Dr. Cadman opened his dis
course lby dividing the history OF the
world into three great epochs The
first was that of the AssyrIan empire
as It was associated with Chaldea,
where civilization had its bir,h. "A
greater period was that of the civil
zation which grew up on the banks
of the Mediterranean in the Graeco-
Roman empire and the last great ep-
och is that of the TeTOnic nations,
OF which America is the latest fruit.
In these great epochs chance played
no part. Those nations which could
do nothing else died, very naturally,
and although the failure of a nation
Is often attributed to Providence,
this is not just. The great success
OF the Teutonic nations is due to the
fact that power was taken from the
high and placed low in the hands of
the people. Here THE Puritan played
his great part by his firm resolve to
see the right prevail.
In interesting digressions from his
address, DR.. Cadman condemned the
enormous expose for battleships in
this country and touched upon the
social evils whereby In England
millions are starving for want of
employment. When a government
gets back to the wants of the people
then Is II successful.
Taking the history of ahe nations
of Europe. in which the Puritan
played a great and conspicuous part
the speaker referred to Scotland an(
England where the Puritan played &
greater part for his country than II
any other. John Calvin was classet
as the greatest character of five cen
turies and John Wesley ranked
among the foremost. '1n England,
, said the speaker, Cromwell arose II
all of his power with firm resolve ant
breaking away from all precedent
the head OF Charles I was cut of
while the people stood in awe. Thi
was the Puritan, a man with higl
ideals of manhood, with broad con
ceptions of duty and so firm in then
that no one could move him. He 4
rock among his fellows and h,
cannot be moved from truth"
, America owes all that she is toda.
to the bible and to the Puritans
, There Is a common superstition tina
the Puritan came from England
7 but this is not true. Robert +. lie
| and Stonewell Jackson we're gian
5 Puritans who could not be move,
from their ideas of right and VIII
feared none save God. New Eng
y land and Boston have laid sol
2 claims on the IPuritans but in tn
|
, thing in Boston is a train for NeN
York at $3.50.
"In order that people today ma
see how the Puritan lived an
! studied we must go TO history an
in turn we may see what a grea
part he played there. Idle readin
:, matter did not come into the hom
OF the Puritan but only the creates
OF literary works" In presentin
y this part of his subject the speake
: classed "When Knighthood Was 1
Flower" as novel which lbrough
millions to dts author and which wa
! not worth more than ten cents
We should get back to the Bible an
religious things as the Puritans di
and in turn the nation Will not h
disturbed by the evil which houl
ishes today. The Purtans were mai
row Vt is true, but so narrow as {
be great. Tho speaker said that h
disliked the term "broad," and tha
the narrow men who thought grea
things rather than studied many id
Wings was the character OF the tyl
of the Pumtan and many hbire Z
his-type are needed. Sn9
4 In closing, the speaker urged a n
!. fufh to the first love of our for,
fathers who loved right and stoo
like heroes in defense of 1t. Cultu
cannot save else we would worshi
at Athens rather than at Calvar
and the need today Is genuine Pu
itanism with a belief in a few thlnl