The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-07-24

I to stand, and where he wonted
to sleep, he sees the scenes that
Webster saw in the days of long
ago, changed by the decades, but
changeless.
+ True, the WPA has built a fine
hard road to the graveyard, Dor
dered with a wall of round field
stone; and lawns have been laid
under Government direction, and
a driveway circles before the
iron fence that surrounds the
Webster plot Time flies back
ward as one sees the rings on
the flat tops of numerous granite
posts. There when the town had
"burying" the horses of hearse
and farmers buggies and carry
alls were hitched during the COM
1 mitment services.
The Webster grave is a stone
slab tomb. rounded with grass,
and from its foot rises a marble
name stone, Daniel Webster"
These centenary days a cluster of
bright flowers, crimson rambler
roses. white snap dragons and
ox-eye daisies, marks the rest
ingplace At the left simple
monument with sloping sides and
capstone carries the briefly
sketched life story of the man
who was born in Franklin. N. H,
but migrated to Marshfield,
Massachusetts,, w41en in his
prime. At his right, the monu-
ment to his wife.
Men once charged Webster
was an infidel. But he was not,
and his own inscription is carved
on the simple stone: Daniel
Webster. born Jan. 18, 1892. died
Oct. 20. 1852. Lord. 1 believe,
help thou mine unbelief. Phil
osophicaI argument. especially
that drawn from the vastneSS of
the Universe. in comparison with
the comparative insignificence of
the globe has sometimes shaken
my reason for the faith that is
in me; but my heart has always
assured, and treasures me that
the Gospel of Jesus Christ must
be Divine Reality. The Ser
mon on the Mount cannot be a
mere human production. This
belief enters into the very depth
of my conscience. The whole his
tory of man proves il"
Amidst Such Scenes
1t is amidst such scenes as this
that MarShfield is observing its
Booth birthday. The shore town
is gay with flags and bunting.
mobbed with people On the reg
ister books at various places are
many names of Floridians who,
vacationing in the North, have
come this way to pay honor to a
notable Old Colony community,
as well as Daniel Webster.
At last Sundays opening
event. the clergyman who
preached the anniversary sermon
brought the world situation into
the picture: the quicker we
abandon the policy favored by
some of our statesmen today, that
of appeaSement. the quicker we
abandon that policy. the better 1t
will be for the world, because
we cannot build a world on I'M
Righteousness and injustice" The
speaker was the Rev DR.. Daniel
l. Gross of Athol. Mass. for a
dozen years pastor in the Con-
gregational parish.
DR.. Gross reminded the citizens
of Marshfield of their great
heritage of more than 300 years
of free thinking and free speak
ing. He said that which came to
birth in the cabin of the May
flower must be maintained at
all hazards against the tyranny of
misdirected states"
Notables Revived
Living pictures representing
Webster and Lincoln, portrayed
by Marshfieldians posing in
great gilt frame on the stage of
the new high school auditorium
Sunday night, were features in a
two-hour program that brought
to the hoSpitable town the Boston
Women's Symphony Orchestra of
go pieces, a splendid male quartet
singing patriotic and classical Sc
lectionS, and a young woman
soloiSt from Racine, Wisconsin.
who came here for the occasion.
Miss Alice Anderson, soprano,
had just made high place IN
Racine musical circles. and was
brought on for the tercentenary
program by MarShfield music
, lovers and friends.
The week has been filled with
events day and night The home
of WinSlow. first governor of the
Plymouth Colony. and that of
Webster, were opened free to
! the public as museums of in
estimable historic value Wed
nesday a parade moved from one
end of the nine-mile-long town to
the other, many of the floats
showing scenes of the Old Colony
days. for Plymouth Rock where
the Pilgrims first landed and
America was horn Is but a dozen