A Pessimist Is A Man Who Thinks

The Spirit Of Columbus Hovers Over Us To-day.

Blot Out From The Page Of History The Names Of All The Great Actors Of His Time In The Drama Of Nations, And Preserve The Name Of Washington, And The Century Would Be Renowned.

It Is A Pity That Instead Of The Pilgrim Fathers Landing On Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock Had Not Landed On The Pilgrim Fathers.

Force Was The Factor In The Government Of The World When Christ Was Born, And Force Was The Source And Exercise Of Authority Both By Church And State When Columbus Sailed From Palos. The Wise Men Traveled From The East Toward The West Under The Guidance Of The Star Of Bethlehem. The Spirit Of The Equality Of All Men Before God And The Law Moved Westward From Calvary With Its Revolutionary Influence Upon Old Institutions, To The Atlantic Ocean. Columbus Carried It Westward Across The Seas.

But The Closer We Study Their Lives, And The Better We Know Their Deeds, The More Profound Is Our Admiration And The Greater Our Reverence For The Pilgrim Fathers. Between The Drafting Of Their Immortal Charter Of Liberty In The Cabin Of The Mayflower And The Fruition Of Their Principles In The Power And Majesty Of The Republic Of The United States Of To-day Is But A Span In The Records Of The Word, And Yet It Is The Most Important And Beneficent Chapter In History. To Be Able To Claim Descent From Them, Either By Birth Or Adoption, Is To Glory In Kinship With God's Nobility.