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Show I t Dr. James L Vance On the Kent Dngtand eaii near enough 1 lo hear the wash of the wave ss they Invi th shore; Is a bracked tnni- which has become to (bote who love Hbertj nmi revere religion, r ihrlne. Thc on i blfMik day thro, hundred years fK" the Pilgrim, .fleeing from wrongs snj .seek Inr-: a land where ho might "n, the rirzhts vouchsafed by CJod to every mu.i, landed and took possession. His ship wail the Mayflower, a boat with ii ,.t i trik'i h gentle nume to sail SCUS i BO Wild nnd land on a shore no Inbosplt , able :i people SO prim nnd Htern. Tn. Pilgrim has been perhaps more tin-. JuStJy blnnied and more undeservedly , praised than any of the trlorlous company who came from lime lo time to stand in the forefront of our nation life nnd tamp tholr characters and deeds upon th,- laws and Institutions of the new ! world. , it le said that bis mind eras narrow. Mi l.eait cold, and his creed cheetlesa. not more than half of which perhaps was , true. ... He has boon pictured as a baint with an almoat uncanny familial Ily with aplr- j i'uiil tilings izi.iduated out of faults. !o; oalne all virtues, a miracle of perfection for hi own day. a marvel an an example t for all other days It Is bard to believe that all this Is true. I Th. Pilgrim doubtless had his faults. Lot ,,s bOPS h had There Is little In xpiruCon for common folka to be bad from peopb- who are 'faultily faullless- The I'ilmlm undoubtedly had great vlr ; Uiei I a.' l u rejoice that he had. Both hln lunUrt :md his virtues are our hori-1 hi. i ivilts to avoid, his virtues to i Imitate and proclaim I-rfH us beware lest Mn fighting Intolerance we should been,,,, Inml'-ianl 00 |