Show I 1 mop jagt ALWAYS BLUE ai at 0 writer asserts far more leeral girded than Is Gerc generally rally believed offered 0 offered adly W amy from the pur tans ns though popular belief has coupled them former body permeated W th aristocracy 10 always suggests O 0 to us that double impulse of respecting cl ristian ideals and of feasting clenti fully the latter element Is quite pre domin dominant int in the general attitude toward ta tle e day it w would be a good idea to I 1 laphen ate the words thanks arving for in that way the word giving rather than taking would mould be emphasized emphasis ed and thus b bp in letter accord with the true spirit of the day in iny event we me are all very thankful that in our coultry we me still till express our gratitude to the loi flotd d in the same language used by tl e pilgrims three hundred years ago in writes I 1 rot B J cigrand in aber of ficula university of 11 II ligols in tl e chicago american it Is to be regretted that so many people uso the terms pilgrim and puritan interchangeably in reality r they are widel d P lgrimes liberal minded the pilgrims were liberal minded people they were double protestants having rebelled against not only the roman poman cl ristian methods but also 0 the regal or english govern ment church in the belief that they could not reform tl it e former and not amend or change the lat at ter they chose to go to holland and later to america there to worship as they pleased the Purl puritans tins believed they could alter the episcopal or government church so they iera alneA faithful to the regal religion and the sove soNe the pilgrims were liberal minded far more so than they are given credit for being while it was the puritans who were strict the pilgrims taught equality they eald said love ione one another and their A united two nd aid they formed the congregational cl the pictures we me ii 11 nt of hese these pt people cau causes es the r ing generation generi genevi tion to shun condict with these well ell mew mein ing earla earl kmetic ins there i ia more cruelty la in tl ti e average size I 1 commini ty todia alere tl ere Is more tyranny ir ii the land this moment amoia industrial classes more unreason al ie le ch ie ic tax atlon to say nothing of various religious restrictions tl an was exacted in those das dabs of the pilgrims regime anere hive been more unjust lations against these nation found ers thin americans realize those people were not halt balf as blue or severe as we me have been led to be lieve they were mere human and most charitable I 1 et us teach and preach to love and revere them laws did not exist Is claim artilur oilman gilman a great authority on legal affairs in the colonies writes that it Is almost needless to say hat at the so billed blue laws which have been made the butt and joke and ob eject of violent were never in existence in that colony but were manufactured by a writer who desired to hold the colony up to ridicule certified cop es of these blue laws fall fail to materialize in tact fact new jersey virginia and parts of the south were by far more strict about the ober vince of the first day as the sabbath was called new jersey forbade traN traveling eling for pleasure or oth er is milar recreation infraction ot of these rules might be punished by the whipping post a fine ot 01 imprisonment let us not point our fingers too sharply at the pilgrims it may surprise some to read that rum madeira wine and punch with plenty of mule power kick could be obtained in pilgrim communities the ordinances specified the prices to be charged ladles ladies often bened the drinks at the public taverns which were under the immediate jurisdiction of the coun ty laws those taverns were clean wholesome places often serving on the sabbath as places ot of religious worship we are all glad that the pioneers had good things and knew how to use them thern stirred punch with sword chave I 1 have before me a long and well defined account of a stag pilgrim party that famed military spirit capt miles standish sh had a big bowl of punch before him the ac ae fit V 4 calta n M les stand sh at the pilgrims stag party stirred th the e steaming punch with his sh ning sword cordiality cordiality and toward new corners comer sIs Is one of the sn sweetest detest memories of pioneer america they were ever anxious to win people to christ without completely malt mak ing over the new recruit it is wrong to charge them with mith even exacting that all in their midst be of their faith for of the who came over in tl V e mayflower all were not of the same faith when the puritans of boston and they came many years year subsequent to the pilgrims made it so unpleasant for boger roger williams it was the PH grim community of plymouth which welcomed him and made his trip to I 1 rhode island sate safe by I 1 iro aring kind y treatment from the ind ans williams was banished by the puritans for as sorting it is wrong to prevent a man from holding office if he be not a christian clung to old english idea the puritans too were art aristocrat ic they clung to the old english idea that a man was measured by his blue blood and again gain some blue and bloated pocketbook but not so with the pilgrims they cared nothing about blood and less about the 1 ing s metallic picture the I 1 puritans were the republicans of ne xe v england and the pilgrims were the democrats the former decided they would not associate with the easygoing equal equall ty community as thea the called the pilgrims soon after the lord caused a great sickness to fall upon the bos ton to colony governor endicott was obliged to beg governor bradford of IlY I 1 lamouth mouth to come to our rescue and send doctor fuller puller that fam ous to take tale care of the lack acl cajon bals gillege of illness count tells of the captain stirring the steaming contents with his hi sword the juice of the grape wag was used in a sanctified way not in that reckless debauching way and unreasonable fashion of the present the pleasures and merriments too were of a sane and profitable character tend ing to uplift and make better the en tire social fabric let us not find so much fault with our pilgrim ancestors the mothers knew bow how to darn dam stockings in those days they do now only the word las 1 as a different meaning give these pioneers of republican institutions and democratic ways a place in your heart give credit and honor where it belongs that form of truth will no not only make us free but will keep us free day days deeper meaning three centuries ago the plymouth colonists kept our first thanksgiving day for more than threescore bearg the date has been established and the observance nation nationwide wide the history and the spirit of thanksgiving ing are simple and familiar yet of a kind apart a and d exalted and requiring to be many times retold scholars have spoken of a kinship of this feast to the jewish feast of tabernacles but the likeness Is indistinct in ceremony and remote in time it need not change the feeling that thanksgiving dey diy Is a day distinctive distinctive and original evolved of the genius of a strong new people earnestly at woric work and conscious of ol god |