The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-10

iaIe6 d now 1a integral part) tho
visltoeD win b taken by some large
and eoumodious vessel aroGnd the
harbors, luncheon viii be served 4on
board and afterward dinner: During
The interval q service will be con-
Quoted in the venerable Dutch church
Of Delfshaven, and q popular concert
Of American and D1tch sacred music
viu be given In the cathedral OF. st.,
Lawrence. This edi6ce. recently ne
stored, is one of the most stately and
impressive in the Netherlands. 1t is
replete with historic mementoes, and
as 1t seats some i've Thousand hearers
one may Judge what impression this
function may make both on American
and Dutcl, delegates. It will be the
crowning 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
banished by Charles II--and IN the
still more venerable English reformed
church in the Bagynh0f, Amsterdam.
The latter is associated not. only with
Pilgrim history but with the curious
and heroic stories Of the Reformed
Church of America and the Reformed
Church in the United States. It is e1-
pected that one Of the events Of the
Amsterdam VISIT will be the unveil-
ing of memorial windows:s :, E
No doubt also the plan to have a
fitting memorial erected in memory of
the Pilgrims at Delfshhven will be car
ried~ont. We can scarcely exaggerate
what America, and indeed the world,
owes to Holland. And that debt Is
due to Holland not merely through the
Pilgrims hut through the Dutch influ-
ence in New York and through the
influence of the Reformed Church in
the United States still further south.
But the main subject Of this sympa-
thetic Dutch celebration will be the
Pilgrims heritage-and that is mar
velous one. The Pilgrims loved liberty
before they sought refuge in Holland;
but in Holland they had their love Of
liberty UNNECESSARILY deepened and in
tensified. They learned tolerance Gas
the most tolerant nation then existing
understood it, they learned repre-
sentative government, freedom Of
press, personal care and concern for
the poor, and such practical concerns
as the keeping of archives, the docu.
menting of titles and deeds. And It
must not be forgotten that the twelve
years that the Pilgrims spent in the
Federation of States" now called Hol-
land taught them to analyze and think
out the. problems Of states rights and
federal government. Truly Holland
was the nursing mother Of the noble
band that afterward founded New
England, as she was the direct mother
Of 50 much that was at first directly
and exclusively Dutch in the great
commonwealth. =, G<<ee.3.,. -.,s.s. E .S
~ n Al Americans Invited. a
= All this and many new and fresh a.
poets Of the old questions viii be pre-,
sented at the congres4 BY the best
minds Of Amenca-divines and law
yers-and by The best thinkers Of
Holland, the trAined sons Of her an
cient schools ofFlearning. 55s5 ~
The English celebrations begin ut
the conclusion Of the Dutch congress
and last a week. They will be held
in part at Southampton and Plymouth
and in part at Scrooby, the cradle Of
the Pilgrim community. Thus the two
series Of meetings are closely co-ordi-
mated. -.
+ No event In the memory Of the pres.
ent generation, 1t Is thought VIM 20
move Holland as this historic 6esti-
val. While 1t % n the main and pek
malily, religious. It appeals e the