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Caption: Convocation - 1896 (Forefathers' Convocation)
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11 II t •• 1 it. j •a! • ' theau8ter< tj p unchanged and unadaptcd. u een in < the i »naldes at the Bay, which was to br< ithe not ml) thesplril of I lirlstlanity ;i- they Interpreted it. but also of lnd< pendence, of equality, of liberty, and of nationality int.. American life, mid bj these great marks i distinguish it to all the people of the world. [•he Puritan was in a very large sense a Dependent. He was B devoul adherentof the English StateChurch. [ndei ml n. i from it was sacrilege to him. [tsdoctrinewas his law and gospel. He differed with some fits practi 9, but when he could control its action h < was intent. And, truth to Ml, when ho was in th< ma, >rity his waj was not so very different from the way I' l l i onformists when they were in the niiijorit; N o t h e r man was ever so fond of haviog his own way - t h i - P u r i t a n father of ours, and wlien he ( • 1< h •ould be in charge of the procession he was not much diutit d by v e s t m e n t s and ceremonies. He was I an unqu itioning supporter of the English stair as v. II as of the English Church. His opposition to the Hous f Stuari was religious, but it was political as v. II as religious. But his opposition to the king never led him Into opposition to the S t a t e . It was in his mind to control nd not s e p a r a t e from the S t a t e He iM v diem leader, hut not so good a follower. II, ni • lend and he expected to control the people ,n pi,,, lie never thought of seceding until after M1 , , | taken hi- next degree. If never occurred to I h :m i permit his opposition to bishop orkiogtolead l m l yondthe advantages the state or the church cm Id in( j frequently he had ideas of getting to he hop oi king him -If. I, [>|]grim Was an Independent. He had long m ** i r • » .r/) , (Ut of the English Church, lie loved th< (lK , l;i ., a nd the common law and of course he loved .ji, in( j the valleys, the high-ways and the struct(|i 0f old England. But he was not allowed to look l1( ,,,11. and follow the highways w Ithoul Bur, hi freedom, and thai he would not do. ! (l, had left the English Chui h and Stal • •
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