Evening star., 1915-11-21

also citizen of Massachusetts,, and a
Harvard man, who said: without be-
coming constant reader of the Bible
and an admirer of it's purity and sub
Unity of language no one can be-
come truly eloquent"
From Connecticut came Jonathan
Trumbull, clergyman, lawyer, judge
and governor. and, Bancroft says, a
profoundly religious man" To those
OF his fellow patriots who were striv-
ing to join the revolutionary forces. but
were unorganized. he said, while gov
ernor of his state: Form yourselves
into distinct companies and choose
captains forthwith. March on; this
shall be your warrant. May the God of
the armies of Israel be. your leader"
Let US hear what Brother Jonathan
says" Washington often counseled.
when he wavered between two opn-
ions. Thus Brother Jonathan" so runs
the legend. was used as time went on
to personalize the nation.
Also from Connecticut came Roger
Sherman, shoemaker, merchant, astron-
omer, lawyer. judge and legislator, a
signer of the Declaration. ore of the
throughout his life, from early man
hood, practical Christian. Abiel Fos-
ter of New Hampshire had been a Con-
gregational minister. Edanus Burke
of South Carolina, an Irishman by
birth. studied for the priesthood and
became a judge and revolutionary
soldier in America
In the House of Representatives, like
wise. was James Mad son of Virginia,
who remained at Princeton after his
graduation to study Hebrew and pre-
pare himself for the ministry. Charl s
Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the
Declaration, was the most conspicuou
Catholic layman in the country a d
had a chapel at one end of his mans T..
Abraham Baldwin of Georgia had been
a chaplain in the revolutionary army.
First among the members from New
Jersey was Elias Boudinot, student of
biblical literature and lawyer. He
was a member of the American board
for fore gn missions and helped to or
ganizs the American Bible Society. of
which he was president and to which
he gave $4,000. In his will he left
5000 to purchase spectacles for the aged
poor and 900 acres of land to tie city
of Philadelphia that the poor could
have wood at low prices.
In the Senate were such men as Paine
Wingate of New Hampshire. Congre-
worth, former student of theology.
the leader of the bar of Connecticut.
the federalist chieftain in Congress,
and. so John Adams said, "the finest
pillar or washington whole adm MS
tration." This great man became ief
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court.
THE law of nature" declared Rufus
King, a senator from New York, ''is
the law of God, by which He makes
His ways known to man and. is para
mount to all human control"
By type. such were the legislators
sitting in Congress who in a resolu-
tiop asked President Washington to
fix time when the people of the
nation could with grateful hearts
acknowledge the many and signal ia
vors of Almighty God" The procla-
nation was issued October 8. 1888
Thursday, November 26, was the day
set apart ito be devoted by the people
OF these states to the service of that
Great and Glorious Being who is the
Beneficent Author of all the good that
was, that is, or that will be-
The blessings for which the people
should be thankful, as Washington
stated them, were their protection be-
fore and after the revolution; the
peaceful and rational manner by which
they were enabled to establish a con-
stitutional form of government; the
civil and religious liberty with which
they were blessed and the means they