The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-30

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yers-antl by the hest thinkers Of
Holland. the trained sons of her am
cient sclonls Of learning.
The English celebrations begin ut
the conclusion Of the Dutch congress
and last Il week. They will he held
in part ut Southampton and Plymouth
and in part at Scroohy. the cradle VI
the Pilgrim community. Thus the two
series Of meetings are closely co-ordi-
mated.
No event in the memory Of the pres
cnt generation. 1t is thought. will SD
move Holland as this historic feSti-
val. While II is in the main and pri-
marily. religious. it appeals to the
Imagination Of all readers Of history
and all vii" know what the Pilgrims
stood for. All American citizens who
are in sympathy with these principles
are cordially invited to be present.
The speakers and the delegates will
he the special guests Of the I.ey,len
commission Mt the houses of privat"
citizens. and they will be received
with enthusiasm and their visit held
in high honor. 1t might he we'll for
intending visitors to the congress to
write ut once To the Office nt the
"Holland Commission on Pilgrim
Fathers" llcerenstr:,at. ~. l.eyden.
Holland.
Amsterdam was the great mission
AIRY centre for the world from the
year 1880 for !; century onward. 1t
planted aud kept vigorous; alive III"
Dutch Church Of America. and ii
subsequently foSiered the Reformed
Church in the United States hy sup
plying the ordinances of religion. train
in. her ministers. supporting her by
handsome gifts. All this will he. and
ought TO be-. horne in mind when
Amsterdam asks memorial windows
to he placed in the Ragynhof church
in memory of the Pilgrims and as II
token Of appreciation from those Re-
formed churches of America that are
indebted for their very existence to
TIE muniticence and sympathy Of
ancient Amsterdam.
oOIISIO0UV opSS'd' S'ouV.
But it Is Rotterdam that needs the
more distinctive memorial Of the
present hour. For l'elfShaven. the
classic spn, from which the Speed
we'll started. is now the most flour
ishng part Of the Rotterdam port:
and in Rotterdam within the next few
wears there will he an enormously in
creased percentage If American ve>-
sells. The present trying condition Of
affairs has only to right itself to II
small degree ami that Dutch port will
BE filed With American shipping. For
wears America mast feed Europe. and
the vast commercial relations which
;his will bring about will remain f"r
generations and grow. long after the
initial necessities of the situation
have passed away. For the American
sailor in Rotterdam there must be- Il
Sailors Rest. with modern equip
mrnt. 1t Is proposed to call 1t the
Pilgrims Rest. "Spep,lweli."
This will he the most worthy me-
mortal that America can raise. It will
keep alive the story Of the Pilgrims:
show how the great republic apprr-
GATES all that Holland has done: and
it will provide for the social and spir-
itual well-being Of Americas young
sailors. giving them a home and safe
guarding them amid the allurements
and pcriis of foreign port. II the
! Pilgrims could come back to DplfShav-
en- and look around them. II they could
he interrOSated this tertentenary year
on what they might consider their
most fittin. memorial. It Is safe tn con-
lecture that they would say. Build a
house IT rest and ~ prayer for our
own children. the srafarers from the
West. who thrNng the streets Of this
Dutch city without knowing the ways
Of its people. without speaking It's
tongue" II is not certain they would
say. 'Ruil,: the tomhs IF the prophets
! IL you VIII but remember the needs "
| the living too. This ought W to have
! done. and not leave the other untlnne."
The erection Of Pilgrims Rest at
DelfShaven will he work Of piety,
philanthropy and gratitude.