The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-04-16
Holland Will
Honor Pilgrims

be either in the cathedral (the Peters
kerk or ST. Peters church) or In the
great auditorium Of the university
There some of the foremost orators OF
America and of Holland are expected
to speak. Proceedings will be partly
In English (Which all educated Hol-
landers understand) and partly in
Dutch.
After two days In Leyden the con-
gress will move to Amsterdam, where
a truly regal reception awaits them.
They will visit the state picture gal
lery under distinguished guidance and
take part in religious services In the
ancient Bagynekerk 1.-THE English Re
formed church,, where the remnant
of the Pilgrim community Chose that
remained on In Amsterdam In 1920
finally sought church membership
On the Pilgrims Trail.
On Thursday, September 2, it is pro-
posed that American members of the
congress be carried by canal boats
from Leyden to Delfshaven-or' at
least q part of that way-along the
exact route traversed on July 81, 1920,
by the earliest group Of Pilgrims that
sought a home in New England. On
arriving at Rotterdam (of which Delfs-
haven Is now an integral part) the
visitors will be taken by some large
and commodious vessel around the
harbors, luncheon will be served on
board and afterward dinner. During
the interval a service will be con-
Quoted in the venerable Dutch church
of Delfshaven, and q popular concert
Of American and Dutch sacred music
VIII be given In the cathedral of st.
Lawrence. This edifice, recently re-
stored. is one Of the most stately and
impressive in the Netherlands. 1t Is
replete with historic mementoes, and
as 1t seats some five thousand hearers
one may judge what impression this
function may make both on American
and Dutch delegates. 1t will be the
browning event in this series. On the
preceding Sundays devotional services
have been arranged to be addressed
by eminent American pastors in the
ancient Scots church of Rotterdam
the church Of the exiled Covenanters
ho nichnI lxr (NhorlnC In, tha
still more venerable English reformed
church in the Bagynhof, Amsterdam.
The latter is associated not only with
Pilgrim history but with the curious
a.3 heroic stories of the Reformed
Church OF America and the Reformed
Church in the United States. 1t is ex-
pected that one of the events of the
visit will be the unveil-
ing Of memorial windows.
No doubt also the plan to have a
fitting memorial erected in memory of |
the Pilgrims at Delfshaven will be car
ried out. We can scarcely exaggerate |
what America. and indeed the world,
owes to Holland. And that debt is
due TO Holland not merely through the |
but through the Dutch influ-
ence in New York and through the
influence Of the Reformed Church in
the United States stlll further south.
But the main subject Of this sympa-
ihetic Dutch celebration viii be the
Pilgrims herltage-and that Is mar
felous one. The Pilgrims loved liberty
before they sought refuge In Holland:
hut In Holland they had their love Of
liberty UNNECESSARILY deepened and in
'cnsified. They learned tolerance Gas
he most tolerant nation then existing
III; they learned repre-
sentative government. freedom Of 4
press. personal care and concern for
Re poor. and such practical concerns
Is the keeping OF archives, the docu.
nenting of titles and deeds. And II
must not be forgotten that the twelve
TeaH that the Pilgrims spent in the
Federation OF States" now called Hoi-
and taught them to analyze and think
,ut the problems of states rights and
ederal government. Truly Holland
vas the nursing mother Of the noble
and that afterward founded New
rs she was the direct mother
4 so much that was at first directly
md exclusively Dutch 10 the great
All Americans Invited.
All this and many new and fresh as
'ects OF the old questions win he pre-
ented at the congress by the best ,
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