fomt
OUR OFFER
.' n ikpenijKnt and Weekly
Orcgoniuu, butb for $2.00 r
year. IndhI'Kniiknt and the
Twice-a-Week Couricr-Jourua
built for only 1.60 per year.
JOB PRINTING
Oar JobPriudBg IVrmrtmenl
Surpass any In the County
(or neatness, qokkncaa and
cheapoc, Call and be con
vinccd.
VL XXVIII.
II ILLS BO RO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1900
No. 29.
gnmp
mum
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
fil AlK OrHlKUit,
.ovornoi T. T.li l
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tul fuulio lua-.motii.. J. II. Aekerman
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in i fii ihkuwi . . Mo,';1'-
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in-ti-yor
Vir.rtf
OUKOON Oi l V I.ANU trt KlOK.
filiaa. H. Moorea
W.u. tinl.oway...
. . . KeOMVat
(UiY Or E10K1W.
( . (Jeo. Wllmix 1 Mayor
Tl.oa. Tu
.. J. M. Mrw
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m! Jnun unnu
I .It. Waair-ner
'" .. John Milne
I . ..Win. Bmiaon
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. Ifa-iiton Bowman
(Mortlxr .
.. . . H.im'l Kverili
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I reaaiirer
Marshal
to-itio of i'eM J ;;
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... J. I'- Kaattull
POHT Or'r'lt'K INKOUMATION.
TU o.aila oloee at tb. HilUboro VoM
VZiim. W-t tloloD, thrr d OlM
mil, at 1 :ou . i.
""Uriniton Hid UarA duil, at 1
UUUKOH AND HtXUETY NOIICEU.
UUhiu ana nun
,ry l.biith, morning and nnxnit.
hath nohool ll ' A J "yK
oioettiiH l hnrmlHy Telling. . "
4hirl, rtKht. ii.U.reiltn amt hall""".
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ii-ftiiia eor Wmliwaday wiiiu;
liiirliiiun, I'ttxlor.
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Al .1'r.moliiiiuoTaryHKbl.nt., ro;n'"d
,.Vu?.m HW-ai .l.oolafr.ybabbihat
;l I.Kim ni'-t'lin evv 1 y Hunday al
na r . Moncral prayer inwitmK ary
IhirHilny ye.niiH. t-eadera' and btawarda
tumttoeUird l oeadny aTeninn ol aaob
nonth.
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J hikI t.b dumliiyii in eufli moiilh at 11
111. I'niyi-r niwliiiK 'furaday eyenmn,
CliriNtlitii Miilrrtvorul 7 p 111
K. H. Hit K-aKUOBK I'aHtor.
a. o. 11. n.
f I Illl.HIXlKI) liOUUK Nt. 61, A.O. U.
II. W UraM avery lirt and third
f ruliiy e?uiuic anon luuntb.
UuHKhtrr ( Krbrkah.
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1.4, i. . O. if., u.mta ID Uad fc'ellowii'
It Hit uvery Hut.irdny ereuuiK.
r. r 11.
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2nd and Itb f'' dayuf aaou nuutb.
11
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Al
wstlinmuay tmuniKu at u oiuo,ui
t . Hull. Vim tori made voloouis.
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W niemtM .n (Kl.l t'siloaa' ball '
urat and third Kr.ilay an-Diug ol raoli
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I
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1 wwM in M.moii.u Hull nu Monday
muiur of t.Hob ah. hojourniiui brtbri.
mooiutHl iu toiblt. wawtiuu.
A. K. and A. M.
'I'lj.VLI TV I.OIH1IC NO. R, A. F.t.H.,
1 uiiwtn pvory Hatnrday uigbt oa or altar
i all union olM)b mouth.
U. V.. M.
flM'Al.ATlN CHAI'TKIt, N0.31.O. K.8.,
1 mwui at Maminio Tvuipla ou lha ihiti
a. ..I 4th Tnratlay ol rarh mouth.
E. o. t. a.
IOI.A TKNT, Nt. IN K. O. T. M.,
ra.Hla in tl.l.t Krllowa' Hall, on
and
fourth rburwl.iy yaninira ol a"-'
.nunih
lirAHIIISOlON KN()AMl'MICNTNo.4.
V I. O. mwta on bra) and
h rd Tadaya of aaoh month.
WKS. K.IXS0M I'OKI'H . 47.;W K. ('.
AtKKTrt IN OID KKI.IAWS MALI.
i L Hill-bo.o. on tha 1m. tn.l S.I. Kri.Uy
I rh m mlh t )!:: p. in.
WEI. KINSOU I'OST, SO. , W. A. R.
KKTM IN Olill KKIJ.OWH HA I.I. ON
ii th: lirni nn.l Ihirl Smardaya of aach
month, ali-.iaioVlo. il. I'. M.
NERVITA PILLS;
Rntaf iTirry,
VLOST VIGOR
J. ..a yiNMOQQ
Cures Impotency, Night Kmlaaloiuaml
atlrnr dincac, all effecta of elf.
I alue, or exceaa ana inuia-
U-iction. A nrt tonic ana
IiIinmI bulliler. Hrlnpa the
nlnk clow to pale checks and
' rcatorra the Bre of youth.
k.Ti n.ll ftlft rur hnt. It hnirt
H u..ii. I
tor iM-ftO: wllh written miArn.
P loetirt r rrftind the money,
ieml for circular. Addreaa,
c NERVITA MEDICAL CO.
Cuntan A Jaotfon ma CMICACO, IU.
I'KOt'rSMtmL lAKh.
tuiw. u To sura,
B. B. TnNUl't
N. tary lullie.
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ttfnri: Central Itloak. llooiua S Bud I
HEN III MOW. AN,
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TTORNEY-AT LAW.
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Bd 1. Mortian blona.
II. T. BAUI.E1,
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Hit lB'lt OKWtON.
Orrira: Over 1IU Drug Store
J0I1X M. WALL,
TTORNEY-AT-LAW,
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llaily -MorKau llloek, lVixium 1 A 2.
8. T. LIS K LATE It, 1. . .
plIYSICIAN ANUKUIMJEON
HIUJtl)"0. OlllCtHIN.
)rioa: at ri.Niluoe, east ort
Ho . b" r. b. will b fonud at all ..'
mbt n not viaitina patiuta.
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Iirtumtiire ai
All ealla promptly attende.!.
nll tnnra.
nittht or day
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ll Y8ICIAN, 8UKOKON AND
AtXX)U('lIKUft.
HIMiHllOllO. OUKOON.
Omoi: In Vharmaoy. Tnion Block. CJ.IIa
ttMidfHl to. niuht or day. heaiilenoa, H. W.
nimmitniM a
r. Maae I rtne inl r"
JAM. m Tiioamoa, aoTat rrai.ir.
TIIOMl'SOM ft MN,
20 ye.raxperi. .il" Upal Bnal
UeneiBl trnalae-Ht4-.l. I ropi-rty
of KhUU'I ami Inilivmiiiiin
Oltlc-attlieBaiaar, KorenUirove. OreKon
R. NIXON,
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FOitKHT tlKOVK, OUKOON
u
llMtart. -iliil teeth $.V)perit. Cement
..wl Ai.n.lvaiii Alliinra W ci'iim eiu'li. Uold
hlliiiK" from l up. Vitalized uir for pain-
a extraction.
Omoai threa doora north of Brio
Htora. tMBee bnna f mm a. m. to4 p. m.
j. e. aikins,
Dentist,
iiillsuoko, ohkcion'.
Orrica llotiaa : tt a. m. to 4 :."!0 p. m.
Olnea In Union block over I'liarniacy.
MaklTeapoalllTelv aSirkllead
arlie, Imliir.Htioii anil roiiKtipalion. A
ileMKlitlnl herb drink. Keniovea all enip
r il... akin. nrMliiiuir n pert.?! ciiu-
nleiion, or money refunded, 'lit cts. and
&.I eta. '1'ba DelU Irug Store.
WANTETt-ACTIVK MAN OF ()H)I)
t!H AKACTKll, to deliver and mllt in
Oregon for old eatublinlicd luaiiulurturinir
wliulefuile limia.'. a'.iai a year, ,urt
lloumiy more than experience required.
.ur lelerence. any IwtnK in any city, r.n
rloas alf-a.lilreiMl atainped envelo.
Maiiiifactnrera. llnrd loor,3.M ixnr rn
t., CliieaKO.
M.MVEIt It EMI UTS.
"To tho mountain, our people in
IncreaHlnK iiuiiiUts yearly look for
I hone days of rclaXHtion and recrea
tion ncwHHary to nitiinlxin the hu
man machine In fair working condi
tion. The litiiKUoroua floth ol the
aenahora pro via very aeduclive while
it laata, hut many have d.rjilol thai
the annual oulini; ahould provide not
only radical chance of air and aur-
roumlinilM, nut aiao aucn ailuiuialiou
of UiittKlnl enerKlea aaw ill provide
brawn anil vliror rr the return to
lalnir. For Ihia Ihcy ure Ihe moun-
ain climb and ramble, the balsam
of Ihe mountain pine, and the clear,
unadulterated mountain air."
In thia direction theShaala Koutc
now alTordaa wealth of attract ion
The entire line of nm.l from Ashland
to lUnMimr ia at willed with charm
ing and aceenxible hotel and camp,
w hero are cheer and comfort and
hcallnir at reasonable cimt, and where
you can hunt, flh, ride, loaf, or play
with equal facility."
1r if you liaik for heaiinir water-.
none letter en be f.aind, hot or cold,
than the prlnga of A"hlao.l, t'oltxtin,
An.leraon, IV-trllt It, Ityron and I'hmo
Ititblea."
IU'fore v lulling hurope, Ihe pe.
nle of Ihe North went ahould aee Ihe
glorie of Yoaemite Valley, and Ihe
wondmiia grovea ol .MniHa a-iu
(Vilavera-; the Pariniana are likely to
make Inqulriia eoncernlng tnewe at
tractive rcaorta."
tnid to Mr. C. II. Markham, Oen-
eral laaenirer Airent, I'orlland, for
tu.ar hiikM. on I amile I racf. Pnasl1
Springs l.1oud River, Yoaemite , I
and excursion ralea I hereto, I
THANKSGIVING
I'lcaeliod in tho Congregational
Thursday, Novemhor 21), by Elder
K. II. Sickafooso, of tho Christian
Church, Hillsboro.
Hp hath not iIphII ao with any
TImmi he wtid unto Ihem "O i your way, eal Iho fat and drii.k lu uwtn t
and wild a iMirtlmi lolliem for whom oothlnit U reiar-d, f,.r IhU ilay in
holy unto the Lord: nether he ye aorry, for ttui Jo of Ihe Lord U your
iirenlh. Nelieiuiah VIII: 10.
The circuiiiHtaueea of thia ad-Ire
of Nel.eii.iah, I lie Kovernor of Ihe re
turned eaplivea may Itf) oltined
from the context. Willi they are
rej l. to with IntereHtand cutJKea'ive
i.t Hf, our puriawe lialay la not an ex
paiion of the text, but to allow
lroi.1 our national hlntory that, if the
ret umeil eaptivea from liahylun had
a retiHou to otiaerve a thank-giviuK
day, we much more have. There ia
little room for doubt, from the habit
ol our Pilgrim FaUiera lo wa-k Scrlp
lurul prceedei.l for all their proceed-
iml'k. that the first national thank
giving, pnielaimed by Governor
Nchemiuh, ttuggeated o Qovernor
Bradford, after the flrat harvest ol
ihe New England colouiala iu IC2I,
that a day ahould be act ajiart by
them for a similar reJoHng, in offer
lug lo Giod praiae and prayer.
llrmlually the cuatoui grew of ap
pointing an annual IbankHgiviug
day after the gathering of harvest.
Thine annoiiitinenta were confined,
for a lung time, to the governors of
Ihe New England States. Lturing
he rfvolulion a -lay of national
lhankagivitig waa am ually reeom
uiended by eongreaa. Washington
reeommende'l auch a day afW the
adoption of the count it ut ion j and hla
example waa occasionally adopted by
aucceaslve preaidenta. During the
rela-llion, President Lincoln frequent
ly recom mended the observance ( I
audi a day after some Bignal victory.
foday it may be considered one of
our nttlional . institutions, oucn a
cuMtom is eminently laflttinj and
beneficial. To acknowledge diyijie
Xiriivl.lence," Which glvetli ua rain
from Heaven and fruitful aeaaona,
Oiling our hearts with gladness, la a
dictate of the natural conaclcuce.
The aentiment of gratitude for blcea
inga received la ever ennobling and
la fitting, and lis practice praiac
woithy in all. Thia national cu-tom
f thankagiving la creditable, both to
the head and heart of the nation.
Our hiatory as a people la replete
with tho higher! reason for the exis
tence of Ihe a?n fiiiy i f mi worthy
ciihtom. Let u.-, tt.ia morning,
take advantage of the occasion to tc
view the paMi, and aee what the Lord
has one lor ua, and how marvelous
ly he has led us from tha beginning
until now.
Far convenience sake we will di
vide our hli-tory into three stage:
IhI, The colonial.
21. The Iranailional.
31. The National.
We will olwerve thia order aa we
glance over eur annals, and
con I rant the colonial hiatory of the
Pilgiim Fathers, who landed on Ply
mouth K a k, w ith that of the lead
ing colonial m tileHieiita on Ihe conti
nent by the tatin raeea, namely:
1. The Hpaniah who came in con
bu t with the ohleat and moat aplen
did civ ilia it ions, namely, those ol
Mexico and Peru.
2. The Portuguese who baik
eiou of that moat splendid country,
llrniti ; one of the richest iu resiect
to minerals and jewels, aud whose
vegetatiou is among Ihe moat prolific
iu the world. The French wh iex
temletl their influence from the HI.
Law rem v to the MiasiMsippi. The
English had two cent era, Virginia
aud Plymouth; whoae respective
rmiirds, beginning with the same
year with slavery on one band and
freedom on the other will help still
more to emphaaixa the grand con-Ir.i.-t
which it is ours lo point out to
day, Ihi.t our hearts may be inspired
with seulimeiits and emotions befil
ting thia hallowed day.
I he practical quewtion which forces
itself upon Ihe mind, as we celebrate
this two hundred and seventy-ninth
anniversary of Thanksgiving is this.
What has caused Ihe contrast Is?
Iween Ihe Engllah colonisation, ea
ieciully that one at Plymouth, and
that ol the n'her three named
M,tauih, Por njn rl French?
The answer m iru ud i.i ti.e senti
ment which brought into existence
the very institution under whose
auspices we meet balay. And still
more clearly w ill this be seen as we
trace Ihe character and Ihe hi lory of
Ihe colony,
I. The origin of the Puritans.
In the north of England a compar
atively amall band of Christian men
and women, having been enlightened
by Ihe word of thai, entered Into a
solemn religious covenant In Ihe year
1602, t reject eery human Invea-
lion mat nan neen miuimiimvii into
the worship of Ood, (a grand n solu
DISCOURSE
Church,
nation. Pualiu CILVII: 20.
tion), and to organize thomwlvt.
iuto a Church of Jeaua t'lni-t; whoe
main objoct ahould la) to woraiiii
OikI in spirit, aud in truth, lokeeM-1
llibuiaelvea unaMtted from Ihi
world, and i do all in their ower
to bring soula from darkuess to light
Considering tho grows dirkuesa in
which even the English were envel
opeil at that time, this must lie cole
idcred a highly courageous step
even for thia pious and enlightened
people. The fathers and uiolhers ol
these men and womeu had pas-Hit
through great tribulaliona. Htventy
years la-fore, England passed ovei
from Papery to Protestantism, under
the exciting circumstance of tin
divorce of Henry VIII IroinCaiha
riue of Aragon. r Everything in eon-
unction with the church in its rela
tions to the st Ue, was revoluttouii il,
The Papal inflitutions, mouai-terieti,
nuunerics, cathedrals, churches, etc.,
etc., were abolished, and, conacqient-
ly, hosts of priests, and nuns and
la?ggara, who had tieen maintaineii
by those instilutions, were turned
loose on society.
The reformation of the church now
began In earnest. A bonk of homi
lies waa put forth In 1640; a new
communion service and catechism in
1548; the first book of common pray
ers Is 1549; and many other changes
lo adapt worship to the new order ol
things, It was, hi wev. r, In Ihe sanif-
rilualislic mold in which the Papal
worship had been carried on. To
thia the Puritans objected. They, as
the name given to them iinpli.-s, do.
sired every t Id ngbascdon Ihe pure
worn oi uou.
The brief reign of Mary five yea re
only reversed the whole order of the
reformation; and at the coi-t of un
told suffering and much bloodshed,
ihe old order was restored.
ElizHls'th's accession, in 1558, again
restored Ihe new order, and lo her
fir nines? and to that of the ioimortil
Cecil, who waa (he originator and
director of that enlightened policy
which has constituted England's
glory and governing power from that
day to this.
Il must be admitted by every stu
dent of those times that the accumu
lations of those times were such that
it waa luiossible to attain the grand
ideal of religious liberty, trcedom of
conscience and simplicity of spiritual
worship, sought by Ihe Puritans,
without the moat absolute revolution
in society, as well as in rtate. Thus-,
after palieutly waiting through the
long reign ol Elizabeth, within a
year of its close a period of 45 years
and enduring constant persecutions
for not adopting Episcopacy, Ihe cov
enant, to which I have already refer
red, waa entered iuto, and a serious,
well-planned and prayerful fTut
was made to bring the English peo
ple to right viewa of worship, not by
state edic's, but by preaching aud in
struction. Their a ft" iris, however, only served
to expose them to continual vexa
tion, misrepresentation and suffering.
They la-aeeably and willingly em
braced a banishment lo the Nether
lands, and settled In the city ol
Leyden.
Thia occurred about 1610. They
did not meet herewith the success
they anticipated. They could make
no impression on the Netherlander.
They could not with ten years' en
deavor, bring their neighbors partic
ularly lo any suitable observance of
Ihe Lord's day; without which they
knew that all practical religion must
wither miserably. These reasons
were deeply considered by the
church. After many deliberations,
accompanied by the most solemn
humiliations and supplications before
Ihe dial of Heaven, they tiaikupa
resolution, under the conduct of
Heaven, lo remove to America.
These good people were now f atisfied
they had aa plain a command of
Heaven to attempt a removal as ever
their father, Abraham, had f leave
the land of Ihe Chaldear.s, and ! as
nothing bnl such a imli(aciion that
could have carried them thnaigh
aueh otherwise insiierabe difil
culties. 8uc-h waa the character ol the men
and women who came over in 'the
May Flower in 1C20 and settled in
Plymouth, and laid Ihe foundations
hard and deep, of Ibis grandest re
public that waa ever organized, and
whose institution are Ihe glor.i of
lite whole earth.
The mccouiiI of the depait'irs of
these English exiles from the Neln-,
erlan.U f.ir Ihe unknowu wildernesa
HcriMsan angry tavan ia Ihe nuait pa
theiic in the history of human annals.
After making their preparation,
aud a couple ol shi, the H eedwell
and tiie May Flower being hired for
their trannrtatiou across the Al
lanlie, a day waa set apart for fasting
and prayer. A sermon was preach
ed, Ly their pastor, front Ezra 8:21
"1 proclaimed a fist there, at the
River Ahava, that we might aftlid
ourselves before our Uod, lo seek of
nun a right way f"f o- am) f'r"ur
all our friends,'
. Thus, after fervent prayer, and
amid weeping friends, they took
their leave f Ihe city where they
hail been pilgrims and strangers,
f leten years. Their excellent pastor,
on his kueea, by Ihe seaside, poured
ut their mutual petitions, uuto Ota);
and, having wept lit one another's
arms as long aa the wind and tidt-
would permit them, they bade adieu
and went on board the vessel I hat
were waiting to bear them lo their
ildi mess home acrosa the aeaa.
, This was July 2, 1620. Oil the Oth
of Nov. (old style), or Dee. 21, 1620,
iif the same year, after four mouths
of terrible experience, they landed al
lx I Cod, and ou going ashore the
first thing they did waa to fall on
heir kueea and offer heartfelt praise
t'i Uod that they were permitted to
reach land in aafety.
; liut why were they landed at Cape
Ood when they designed to laud
oiue where on the H'ld-wi rivei?
Some of Iheir iM iilil on in Holland
mil bribed the captain lo land
here he did, because Ihey wanted
i o secure the best locations on the
Hudson. "Hut this false dealing
proved a safe dealing," says a writer
n this point. And subsequent
events proved that even their base
rick God overruled for the prolec
ion of the Pilgrims, and for the ulli-
'ivile good of I Ida vast country. On
the second day after their landing,
lea-tossed as I hey bad been the)
called a h.eoiiug, drafted a
institution for their government,
solemnly promised toola-y the laws,
irdinances, acts, constitutions, and
ollicer that from lime to lime should
l. thought moat couv. nient for Ihe
ood of the colony, aud elected a
governor at, once, John Carver, a pi
ua tanif prudent man, lo be their
liief executive officer.
Such were the men Ibt laid the
foundation for this Americen nation.
And whethei you compare them
with Pizaro and his cavaliers, who
undertook the Spanish coloulzitlon;
Cabral, who biok possession of Hrazii
in the name of the King of Portugal,
on a giaxl Friday, and on Etster day
erected an alter and celebrated a
mass; and earlier, the French naviga
tor who, in 1535 entered what ia now
called Canada, on the fettal day of
.St. Lawrence, and called It by that
name in honor of that saint, it is not
liflicult lo see the reason lor differ
ence in Ihe subsequent civil Izationa
that have grown nut of the respective
seed planted by these respective co
lon is'a. .
The history of thia colonial period
with which, all in our day are more
or leva familiar, extending from Dec.
11th, 1620, to July 4, 1776 fs fraught
with lutentest Interest to i vi ly Am
erican citizen, indeed to every I: telli
gent student of the past, and is one
of the most marked for its steady
progress in the establishment of thai
civiliztlion, both secular and reli
gious, for which the Pilgrim Fathers
braved so many perils. There ia no
taraliel to this, save in the history of
Clod's chosen people. And c-ven In
contrast with them, so far as the
Israelites are concerned, the Pilgrims
and t'.eir successors have proven
theV-S'lves to be far superior iu all
that constitutes true manhood and
intelligent devoted neaB to Ihe true
Ood.
II The transitional period.
Though exceedingly brief in dura
tion it was one of the moat Impoitaot
in Ihe history of mankind.
1. It will be found that the same
sturdy Independence, love of liberty
and fidelity lo well formed convic
tions, characterized the colonists al
the close of a century and a half as
when, for conscience sake Ihey left
the home they loved for principals
which they more clearly loved. Tbe
Plymouth colony was for 13 years a
strict dein.avracy, aud afterward a re
public, uuder chatter from the crown.
And in Virginia, In 1620 a represen
tative and opular government was
established. There was nevettheless
a deep seated loyally cherished for
their mother country.
The loyally of Ihe colonists waa
often severely tried w hen, for exam
ple, the navigation acta were passed
in England In give English shipa
monopoly in commercr; when the
ln dui-e of the colonic was required
to las sent to England, and duties
were levied on commodities sent from
one colony to another.
Against these assumptions, aa Ihe
colonists considered them, they made
earnest and repeated protests.
Bul when Queen Anne, of England
Joined lha King of Spain In flattering
the slave trade, each Investing nne
fourth of the stock, and thus aa Log-
lish Queen becoming, personally one
f the foreiuiist alave dealers lu Chris
tendom, the loyalty of Ihe liberty
loving eol'vilata was aer'ously check
ed. Thou slavery had entered
Jamestown, Virginia, in the very
-H.IHO year that liberty waa establish
ed at Plymouth Rock, the Virginia
colonist did not take kindly to the
accursed system. The entortvment
ol Ihe navigation acts, in 1761, by
search warrants, caused great bitter
ness agaiust the English government
"ee'sMj !a Bos'on. Asnln, the
stamp act, passed, four years later
1765, intensified the feeling against
the English government and caused
riots. It was the stamp act thai
roused among others the eloquent
Patrick Henry, who in one of his
impassioned speeches, uttered Ihi
immortal axiom ou which all free
government must 13 based: "No
taxation without representation."
Though that particular act was re
pealed the principal was insisted
upon by the English government; so
on glaas and paper, and printers color
aud tea. duliea were Impiated. The
people organized Into societies called
"Sons of Liberty," and Iheseutiiiienl
of Patrick Henry became almost uni
versal. In 1773 these dull, a were all
repealed save a six cents per pound
tax on lea.
But in levying thia tax, the Eng
lish still Insiated upon the right to
impose taxes without represent tion.
This the American leople refused to
acknnw ledge; and some carg.ays were
thrown into Hot-ton harbor. The
English parliament to retalliate, paa-
s d the Boston Port Bill, hy which
Boeton ceased to be a airt of entry;
great distress ensued, and the people
of Bostou received the sympathy of
all the colonies and liberal contribn
tions of wheat from Virginia and of
rice from Mouth Carolina were made.
The English government now de
termined to do what had never been
attempted by it before, namely, to
assume Kitpreme control of all the co
lonies, and a fleet and ten thousand
troops were sent over to compel sub
mission.
While the colonials professed loyal
ty to the English crown, which the
most of them sincerely felt, they
were equally determined lo resist, to
I lie bitter end, any such unwarranted
assumption of Ureal Britain.
Volunteers came promptly to the
front, began to drill for any action
they might bo called upon to make
and military and provision stores
were gathered together here and
there.
It was on the return of a body of
British troops sent out to seize one
of I hero depots, that they were at
tacked by a lew of Ihe colonial volun
teers, and then occurred the first bat
tle of the Revolution called the battle
of Lexington, on the 19th day of
A ril 1775. That waa the beginning
of one of the most eventful struggles
in hlsloiy.
It is properly called a ''Revolution
not a Rebellion." Tiie English gov
ernment was the aggressor. The co
lonists were simply defending their
rights. And the result is suggestive.
rhough the colonist weie without
military training; scattered over a
large t -rrilorj ; without any thought
of separating from their mother coun
try, th'-y nevertheless conquered in a
struggle with one of the best organi
zed armies of the world and with a
kindred race, renowned fir its indo
mitable courage and determination
never to la? beaten.
After a series of engagements, 24
in number during a course of 6 years
and 6 month, the British losses were
not leas than 25,000 men, while those
of Ihe Americans were less than one
third Ihe number. The moral his
tory of that struggle which will ever
remain one of its chief glories, is a
bright wgu in human story, and
one of the most conspicuous figures
In that moral history is the comman
der in chief of the armies who has
ever sit oe lieen known as the Father
of his country and who was as mark
ed for Ina prayerful dependence on
Ood as for his great military pklll
and almost unparalleled wisdom.
Tbe form of g ivernmeut which the
American isople were led to adopt
to meet their new condition has been
pronounced the greatest master piece
of political wisdom the world has
ever known. 1 1 can scarcely be said
of It that, though not faultless, it is
matchless among all the governments
that have been formed during the
course of hun an history. An over
ruling Providence was manifest In all
of tbiaj in ausacr In Ihe fervent pray
ers of an anxious people.
Thus have we found that, in both
the colonial and transitional iM-riods
of our history, tho American people
have been trom Ihe beginning guided
protected and pro-ered by Ihe mark-
eil and graeioit providence of (i'sl.
III. The National riod.
A few wia-.iiiiint sulfide on this
mot interesting (heme of al'.
A period Just a hundred and twelve
years counting from Ihe adoption of
tba constitution in 1787 88, yet what a
century It has been.
C jmmenclng In extreme poverty
and discouragement with a rip.ila
tlon with not quite three millions
one sixth of which were African
.laves, debt of nearly fiajr millions,
an army unpaid and discontented, a
paper currency utterly worthless aud
alwinkrupt treasury, and Ike stntisj
frmi. which the money must comi
htavily (.aided with debt theinsel ve,
two political parties at once arose after
the war, federalists and anti-feder
alists. The one, fcdeiaiist., advocat
ing a vigorous ci ntcralized govern
ment and the antl-iedcralist advo
cating the doctrine of tbe rights of
(h siaies to te sovereign a!i'J inde
pendent K)wers.
In this gieat crisis the national
party succeeded aud Oeorge Wash
ington became In Ihe Providence of
God the first President of the United
Slates Ihe word united la?ing vested
with a deeper meaning than we can
now conceive.
But not o.ily politically did God
graciously lead in the foiniation oi
the government and in imbuing the
uiijority with right views, and just,
but He came to their help in a social
and religious point of view. Even
i efore the Revolution, Dr. Blair one
of the foremost preachers among the
colonists said iu 1740 "True religion
lay us it were, a dying and ready to
expire when the Uod of salvation
was pleased to visit us with the bless
ed eH'u'on of the Holy (Spirit."
Thus reformation of the churches
commenced uuder the preaching ol
Jotinathan Edwards lu 1734 when
the moral and religious state was
corrupt beyond expression.
In that we aee the grace of Ood lo
extending the borders nf Zion. Just
at the time that the colonists needed
.guidance and strength for the great
struggle that awaited them. The
war of the Revolution, however turn
ed the attention of the ssple from
religion and for many years there
was a great spiritual derth. Through
the Influence ol Infidelity and such
book as Paines Age of Reason, the
religious sentiments of the American
people as they emerged from the war
was tending strongly towards skepti
cism If not infidelity. Now, again,
just when Egyption darkuoag seem
ed to be settling down upon the land
a few years before the close of the
last century and at the la-ginning ol
Ihe present a powerful religious
avakettlng KOfik - p av-o "Which mrread
far and wide, and again the Ameri
can people were rwcueu ny me
hand of Uod from that horrible vor
tex of licentiousness and blood lulo
which France had plunged alaiut this
lime. It would be a most interesting
study toinvestigntH the results of Infi
delity in France,and the turning from
infidelity to Uod In Christ of tbe
American people. For a time, both
peoples were led by tlieaamo political
writer. Whence the difference? In
a word, the French had not an en
lightened aud Uospel Ministery to
instruct them and pray for them.
this, however, the American people
had. And this waa the agency that
God used to deliver them from tiie
danger that threatened I hem, and
this was the real starting point lu
that career of progress which has
characterized this nation from that
time to this, with very rare excep
tions, until the three millions have
become seveulysglx millions, and the
1 1 in I led area of colonial territory has
extended from decade lo decade.
Now, with our forty-seven stales and
territories, we have an area of nearly
four millions of sq tare mil. a, oi
which nearly Ave millions of acres
are occupied as farm, and over two
hundred millions are under cultiva
tion, with a proJuce thtt bullln
mind tn contemplate in figures.
Behold what Uod hath wrought!
Though we bave passed through
three wars In the last 100 year, ihe
second, Ihe great Rebellion, in which
was lost so much in life and treaaurt ;
the third with Spain, in which Ihe
Cubans secured their liberty, yet we
have grown all the richer, stronger,
wiser and better In every way by
tli iae terrible ex perlcnces. Above It
all, America's great inconsistency
and shame, African slavery, has been
wi?d out of existence, and four mil
lions labeled "chattle good," yet
with human souls, ha,ve lava raised
lo the proper dignity of manhotal.
The year 1881 was Ihe saddest iu
ti.e history of the nation, if we count
heart sorrow and a common sympa.
thy in woe, sadntr, for the most
beautiful and perfect flower that ever
grew out of the heart of Ihe Ameri
can .nation we call it James A.
Garfield. He waa cut down by a
ruthless hand. When he lay smitten
and stricken, Ihe nation knelt at his
bedside In prayer; he went down un
to his death with his plume unsullied
and his faith unshaken; the heart of
the world followed his cortege, and
wept its sympathy at his grave.
Still lu that great national sorrow,
all the civilized world sympathize,
and the blood of our martyred presi
dent proved t be that which Oial
used lo cement the nstions of tin
earth in a mor real union than had
perhaps been known before.
The inlelhctual power, the moral
heroism, Ihe devout Christian spirit i
nf James A. Otr field, will la? handed,
down t unborn generations aa a
ample ol what kind of men are pro-,1
Uuced under a republican form of
government, where prevails civil aud
religious liberty, and whoae youth
are, by the million., taught God's
word in the Sunday school.
Washington, the father of this
country; Lincoln, the pros rver of hla
country, and Garfield, the brightest
Jewel in Ihe diadem of bis country
are a trio oi men of whom any na
tion may be proud. And today we
are richer, not only in material
wealth, aud all that gues to make up
materia! waultb, but .: Ju luuisl
and religious elements of power, than
auy other nation under tbo whole
Heavcus.
As we have learned froiu this
baaty glance at the hiatory of our
country, the underlying cause of thia
splendid Western eivilizstiou. which
ia attracting so much atteution from
the whole world, aud whoae moral
and Intellectual glory is outshining
even Its territorial and commercial
spleudor, we can truly praise Ood
that it la a civilization whoso essen
tial principles are those which the
Sou of God came down from Heaven
to establish on the earth.
It is Ood, through God fearing
men aud women that has caused the
establishment aud the growth thereof
from Ihe begiunlug uutil now. And
I atllrtn, on historic aud sUictly sci
entific grounda, that the only ade
quate reason that can lie given, ia
that it is a Christian civilization.
And as a necessary conclusion, the
more strictly we adhere to that
which is Christian In our American
civilization, the longer will lie our
duration, the more hencficient will
ue our influence on the nations of the
earth, aud the more prosta-roti and
happy will be our thanksgiving to
God.
"Let us go forth, then, wilh happy
aud grateful hearts to rat the fat and
drink Ihe sweet, aud give a portion
to them for whom nothing la pre
ptred; for this day ia holy unto our
Lord; neither be ye sorry, for the joy
of the Lord la your strength."
We are living, we are dwelling
In a grand and awful time, f
In an age on ages telling; 1
To be living is sublime. (
...
Worlds are .charging Heaven
tieholdingi ... ..... 4-.-.-j,
ihou bast but one hourlo ilghl;
Now, Ihe blazon'd cross unfolding,
Onl right onward for the right.
Out let all tbe soul withiu you
For the truth's sake go abroad;
Slrikel let every nerve and sinew
Tell on ages tell for Oodl
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