Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-26

that later Ephesus and in his great faith We can bring in Gods Kingdom on the world
 Yes. he was an individualist No king could triumph over him. The humblest man could feel himself ennobled because he was a Son of God. As a logical con- sequence he could stand for the freedom of man 10 act, worship. and live by his highest light. He was the protector against the dogha that other men orI Combinations of men could coerce the conscience. of the individual man. No
 Ecclesiastical organism. however formid-
 able. was adequate 10 the coercion of the
 moral imperative of any man.
 Such men could be entrusted with free
 dom when they obtained it. Mans per-
 sonality was a free personality. lis
 wings were folded at his side He could
 spread them and leave threats and .riL.s
 behind. It is on such men a true derroc-
 racy can be built.
 g. The Pilgrim was socialistic as well
 as individualistc He was not self cen
 tered. His individualism was not over
 emphasized to the exclusion of tine soc l
 mandate. He knew he could build king
 dom in the new world Gor God only by
 combination and association. That WIS his business in the new world which wel-
 comed him not only to a homestead 5ut
 10 a continent He built schools and
 churches for an associated life. a com munity He built meeting houses aui
 laid the foundation for popular educa'-3n which ideal lowered out in the. churcnes and. schools of New England He, laid
 the foundation for the social consciknce. He created a spiritual commonwealth | built upon ethical laws which woul bring righteousness upon the world. II ? gathered these indicating calls for a na- ] ton as well as a church 10 be righteous i ly governed Under the socialistic ideal | he thought of his children and the chil- i dren's world in which they were to rye 1. And being so long-thoughted and wide-visioned I am not certain but ilr,
 we may call him im9erialistic. He be- 1 lieved in the universal reign Of God. His ! lTheocracy was 10 be universal His God 1 rcgned and would get his way ultima te. ! ly. If any men ever dreamed of a un.- i versal reign of Christ on earth. a Tneo- cracy that would ultimately realize th- | kinadom of God it was the Pilgrim. He | had not our opportunity for getting oui ] into a big open-doored world for he waf himself shut down under the hatches and had 10 fight to get his chance to breath, 1 the free air of heaven. He did not wal as we do a bunch of keys dangling at
 our belts which open the doors of all p1. | f God and Gods kingdom that would hay,
 made him a missionary propagandist l7'
 he had our opportunity But he had hi I Masters far-away look in his eyes s.e
 lSf he was shut un in his narrow pad dock. He deserted a kingdom imperia and world-swaying And in all this " are in his succession. the interiors O his ideals and his tasks. And We ar
 reaching out for a mans size task. onl
 a.E s.Hnaa ffs-sr Hfa the chaos of an upheaved world tha strong hands with the help of God mus
 right again on firmer foundations W ? are ourselves aface with the upsurse c ? a great world savagery. which is breal . ing out in fresh volcanic uphcaVa|
 which brings us sudden surprises an ' fresh opportunities II is 9 great chanC [ for true men to live and work and w . need the spirit of these men who sai that i've are no. the men 10 be dismaa 9 ed at what small men shrink back from n And we have come 10 the kingdom g | this most critical hour of history. col d fronted with these huge tasks of reco l. siruction and rehabilitation. We are
 : show ourselves worthy Of this entrus " ment of duty and We are to strive t0 q g what the Pilgrim succeeded in doin - raise up. a great guild Of enlisted wal | i riors for service in this endless car Il paign. The successors of the Pilgri It were his crowning achievement. I ! brought in and brought up and traini
 by his own great ideals a New Englar > citizenship which gave the nation a co g science and a tyne of citizenry that d IS the grooves in which the best Fife os th e nation has moved for the past 800 veal Id It was the New England protest again n oppression that gave us 2 free nation IS hundred years ago. which wrote ( ld great things in our national Constitute ot that destroyed slavery. that started IS hundred forms of social and national or forms that have made our nation gre
 in the eyes of the world. And this ,R our business, not to bank on our past at parade these inherited assets but to ot forth and surpass them. To give o' H. selves to the business of giving to | m future as. well as to the present a fin he type of citizenry. Not only to equal ! Ie to surpass the Pilgrim in construct CT national upbuildng. Better should gr l. the breed of men with these circli en suns Not toward deterioration but he ward the expansion of human life a r. achievement. Live greatly ourselves Q m see to it that our successors surDass m in fine character and noble citizensh nd and so bring. in upon the world the ref cl1 of God to which there shall be no end.