The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-05

\ committee made up Of leading Am"
creams and RrItlsh,rs, has just pee"
announced. preparatory to the ccl"0rd-
ton Of the landing Of Ia" Ma! HOVER
The pagrauts VIII begin IN EuS'IfH an"
sun III pun 'LJQW5ld"S lNtu PuElloli
ruuntry early ia lr'"Iiih'r. iirr" nun
drrd years hay" given fan 'h!tiicc l"r
I'uritanISm to vlndi"at" it's rrlncipiNS'
In retrospect, all m"D now So" that lur'-
ranism WAS tn" new birth OF LhSlahu'
nn the literary side. Ia" movement HOW
,.rrd in ShakcSp,ar, and Milton. ON ILL.,"
religious and political side, IT lowered
in John Elliot and John llampd"n. in lynn
and Sanr, in Cromwell and Bradt 'rd .''i
rrcwstCr We can never forget that ono
.rnup Of the PuritanS "ame 10 Ne" Eng
land and one group renamed III 'hH va"
England. This committee upon nc C"'A-
inn; celebration makes much OF IN" -
urrSSiun "th" I'uritanS IN TWO WORLDS.
Green in his History of IN" t.hcI'Sh
Vcuplc" SAYS the whole history Of Eng
lish progress. on its moral and spiritual
side, has been IN" hIstnr! IF Puritan
ism" In both countries. tn" statesman
N hu hal, made history. and inStitu'""~'
during the last tire" centuries nav Hau
the Puritan spirit and Puritan temper
no matter what their ecclesiastical rcIA
ton.
or course. the father Of modern de-
moCracy was John Calvin. ON IN" PM
usorhical side. Calvin placed h"tor" Er''a'
men the realization of the sovereignty
If Cod, a principl" THAI made PURITAN
religion and Puritan politics powerful
and sublime. No man IS sovereign
whose life Is not in harmony wl,h IN"
Providence. the Law and III" VIII or IN
uvcr-ruling God. II was This bcli"i tha'
made every Puritan an unCr"wn"d KING
and clothed his right arm with omn'p"-
tcncc Relieving that h" was the called
and ordained instrument of eternal
truth and Justice. the Dutch leader WIZ
linn the Silent. went forth II war against
the Duke Of Alva. and IN" Spanish KING,
lust as John Knox went ont TO huiId Il
new race Of men in Scotland. just a.
bradford and Winthrop and brewster
went forth into tn" new continent TO SOW
that world with the good seed OF demo-
rracy. Calvin died In 1864 and in that
Year Shakcgprar" was born. 1t was an
rra Of giants and the outstanding men
among thu h,ru"$ wcr" the Puritans
Tho essence ur Puritanism in this TO-
ruhltc is orc word any man may preach
ar teach, whom tn" others choose 10
hear. and tho hearers Ivy n majority IN
vote. grant him recognition. These Puri-
taus at plymouth had no bishop nor had
they n king They selected their own
pastor, bat did not orlain him. and they
elected their own rulers. hut they did
not crown him. If N" religious tcnch"r
failed of r"-"l"ctioN. l." simply took his
ulare among tho other CuloniStS. and II
tho mayor or governor failed recollection.
, h, simplv again h"Cam" private citizen.
. That compact therefore in tn" cabin OF
the Mayflowcr was the seed OF IN" Con
stitution. and the man who insisted u,-"n
this simple principle of democracy. and
wrote Il into the compact was william
brewster. who. IF that honor is To he
given TO any sinrl" person. must be &C.
cardnd as the Father Of New England
brewster was IN" secretary Of Sir WI
liam Dawson. and a prominent fiEur" m
tho court "f circles Of L"ninn.
Among his friends were Sir Phillip sgd
ucy. Edmund Spcn>'r. tho poet: Wafer
Raleigh. the pioneer; W!lliam the Silent.
in Holland.
Immediately after the s"iE" Of I"y1"n.
brewster went across to- Holland nnd TO
turns to tell IN" story Of tho pa,ho>.
tragedy and hcroiCS Of tho Dutch hurEn-
"rs who wrrr pushed by the Spanish
forces over tn" dikce into tho North Sea.
Hanging there. by their finger tips they
fought their way back again to solid
soil Later. Brewster settled nj Scroohy.
that was the Bethlehem Of Purtanlsm.
The little group OF independents hold
their first religious scrvic" at RrCwstcr's