Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-08
PROF. BRYAN, As
QUAKER, TALKS
ON PATRIOTISM
Speech is a Feature of Fore
fathers Day Celebration
In Honolulu
BY WILLIAM ALANson BRYAN.


address delivered on December q
at the Forefathers' Day celebration un-
der the auspices Of the S. A. r. and
[. A. r.
Friends, Mr.. Moderator. Ladies and
Fellow CoWtrymen:
PERHAPS thee all knows that il is
net the custom OF the Society Of
Friends-who by some are Wrongtully
called Quakers-to speak in the meet
ing until the spirit moves them TO do
So But1 feel impelled TO stand and
say that il has been a source Of great
pleasure TO me, and 2 am sure IL has
been TO thee all, TO listen to the true
account given by Friend William Cas-
tie touching on the hardship, privation
and suffering endured by that com
.pany OF pilgrim fathers who took ship
in the Mayfiower and became the first
colony to- settle in America. BY so
doing they laid the cornerstone of this
thy nation. They were all men OF
solid worth and high purpose and such
among thee as trace thy lineage back
TO them do we'll TO pay honor to thy
forbears at this distant day as we all
do. $780, 49," F..
In like manner the touching account
given by Friend General Carter de-
failing the adventures and misfor-.
tunes that befell a second company OF
thy national ancestors in the good
ship Supply has been most instructive.
They also are worthy of thy respect.
] am sure there is not one among thee
who will not join me in expressing the
sense OF the meeting by thanking
Friend Carter for his lively narrative
concerning them.
Ii has long been in my mind and
upon my spirit to say something on
this occasion touching on the high
purpose that moved another band Of
pilgrims to migrate from old England
10 New England and there to found a.
great state dedicated TO human liberty
end religious toleration7 Thee will
bear with me | am sure IL ] tell thee
Something of the voyage of still an
ether good ship, the Welcome, and of
the company of pioneer colonists who
first came TO this country with Friend
William Penn Since the respected
ancestor OF my beloved mother was
Friend Thomas Pearson, the intimate
friend of the great founder and shared
with him the trials and the response
bilities 81 the voyage, thee viii par
don q personal aHusion to the pride
feel in tracing my proper lineage from
peace-loving friends, while sharing
with thee each and all in the duty we,
as citizens, are entered upon In paying
our tribute of respect TO those worthy
persons who settled the original colo
MES and later set up and maintained
the federation OF states of our COM
mon country.
II Is not my purpose to tell thee at
this time OF the strong religious feel
ing which bound the early founders
OF the English Society of Friends into
q close union in q protest Of singular
sharpness against the formal lifeless
ministers and Christian usages in the
world four centuries ago. They were
one and all previously prosecuted,
however, by the established church
and state for their belief and for their
simple manner OF worshiping our
common God. They were put upon
and driven from city to city and
often being cast into prison upon
minor trumped up charges or for hold
ing meetings and worshiping God in
a manner suitable to their con-
sciences. 80
Thee viii perhaps recall from the
reading of thy history in thy school
days how Friend William Penn--who
was himself the son of the great Eng
lish admiral, Penn--was censHrec and
expelled from Oxford college for his
neglect of forms and ceremonies and
for Q revolt against the restoration Of
popish usages
can not lead thee through the
yicissitudes of the early life Of this
young man who, for his faith, refused
to u1bonnet at court, saying to his
enraged father: q am friend and
friends take off the hat to none but
God" And who for so saying cast
aside an easy life and a right 10 wear
the coronet OF an English peer, Nor
will tell thee how Penn. "the young
swordsman OF Paris, cast aside his
sword and coat of mail to dress in
homely garments and become an open
advocate of peace and arbitration.
Neither will ] tell how he became
firmly imbued with faith in things un-|
seen, a passionate belief in the power
Oh justice and brotherly love and of
the virtue of right conduct among in
dividual men.
| cannot even tell thee now how
with sword cast aside he grasped the
pen TO write of his beloved doctrine
IN such pungent tracts as Truth Ex-
hausted" and THE Sandy Foundation
Shaken" for the writing of which,
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