1620 The Pilgrim Tercentenary 1920 American Mayflower Council History, Purpose, Personnel and Program A National Obligation A National Opportunity An International Program An International Celebration 'What sought they thus afarf Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? They sought a faith's pure shrine! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found. Freedom to worship God." Mrs. Felicia Hemans Bulletin No. I April, 1920 History The American Mayflower Council has been organized to plan for a worthy celebration of the Mayflower Ter- centenary, in co-operation with other organizations in this and other countries, which should be both interdenomina- tional and international in its scope. Early in the Fall of 1919, the English Mayflower Council, constituted by the Free Church Council of England at a meeting of various leaders of English religious life, without respect to denomination, sent memorials to the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America requesting the formation of a similar organization in America. Rev. M. E. Aubrey, representing the English May- flower Council, visited America, and met with the Com- mittee on Co-operation with the English Mayflower Council and presented the objects of that Council. "I. To hold Commemoration Meetings and services inter- national and interdenominational, of a religious character. II. To promote a friendly intercourse and co-operation with the Churches of America through the event. III. To make the story of the Mayflower and its pas- sengers known so as (o.) to recover a sense of the value of things for which the Pilgrims suffered; (&.) to make it a basis of appeal for heroism and consecration in the life of our Churches. IV. To arrive at some form of permanent memorial of this event that should link together Britain and America." Rev. J. Irwin Brown, representing The Nederlandsche Pilgrim Fathers Commissie, has also visited America, has been received by the Commission, and has presented a similar program and a like purpose for the celebration in Holland. Hon. William PhilHps, the newly appointed Minister of the United States to the Netherlands, has sent a com- munication desiring full information regarding the American Mayflower Council. Also M. Andre Monod of Paris, secretary-treasurer of the United Protestant Committee for War Relief in France and Belgium, requesting information in order" that the French Protestant Federation might co-operate in the Tercentenary celebration. The following action taken by the Administrative Com- mittee of the Federal Council of The Churches of Christ in America, led to the definite formation of the American Mayflower Council. Resolved, "That in authorizing a Committee, in response to overtures from the English Mayflower Council to create a commission to co-operate in the celebration of the landing of the Mayflower, it has been the purpose of the Administrative Committee to secure a commission, which quite apart from church organization or creed, should independently proceed to its task with- out committing the Federal Council in its decisions or being responsible to it for details of its action." Purpose I. "Believing that society is under the sanction of a truly divine instinct, when the Church commemorates its saints and sages, and the state celebrates its founders and fathers," the Council seeks to make known the story of the Pilgrims to the whole country. The coming of the Pilgrims to America was part of a movement so signi- ficant to the history of modern institutions and times that the facts concerning it should be made known to the widest possible circle. The beginnings of America are of strange significance in these days of world struggle toward freedom. It is fortunate that this anniversary falls at this time, so that America and the world may be reminded of this history, and that Americans especially may search their heart and conscience, resolving anew to keep unstained the institutions and ideals the Pilgrims established. II. To emphasize the spiritual significance of the com- ing of the Pilgrims to America and to interpret the Pilgrims' ideals in terms of democracy. What have they wrought? Achievements now per- fectly familiar to us. May they become the inspiration of the people. They are confidence in the revealed word of 'God, religious liberty, popular government, popular education, obligations to men as well as to God. III. To make the spirit of the Pilgrims the basis of an appeal to heroism, consecration, and the spirit of sacrifice that is so necessary if we are to meet the new and pressing problems of today. "The story of the Pilgrims has all the eleihents of a fascinating romance. When read in the light of what they have produced and in the spirit of sympathy which appreciates and enjoys the religious and civil liberty we inherit, it is fitted beyond most uninspired records, to kindle exalted ideas of citizenship and to stimulate young and old to self-denying service of our country and of mankind." Program Co-ordination of Programs. The Council desires to offer its good services in co- ordinating the programs and proposals of the various com- mittees and commissions that are planning to observe the Tercentenary Year. A program should be fitted into a general scheme of celebration that would extend over the entire year, culmin- ating in a special joint celebration during Thanksgiving Week. The program should be published in which would be given with definite detail a statement of what is being done by the different organizations and groups. In addition to the value of this work on the basis of its information it would also largely avoid duplication. May-flower Day in Schools, Colleges and Universities. Aims to secure the co-operation of Boards of Education, professors, directors of schools and colleges throughout the country bringing to the attention of students the history and significance of the Pilgrims. Ma^flon^er Week in all the Churches of America. It desires the period of November 21-28 to be set aside for a special celebration in all the churches and religious organizations of America of the Tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims. The week should be recognized by a sermon preached in every church on Sunday the 21st or Sunday the 28th. The Union Services on Thanksgiving Day held in most American communities would take the nature of a Memorial to the landing of the Pilgrims. Exercises held by the Sunday Schools and by the Young People's Societies should also be a feature of the celebration. Nation-mde Mass Meetings. A series of nation-wide mass meetings in seventy of the leading cities of America to be held between November 21-28. The Central Committee would assist in organizing the committees making suggestions as to programs and in so far as possible furnish the speakers. The Council will bring from England and Holland six representative men; four from Great Britain and two from Holland. These men will be the guests of the Council and will be used in the campaign across the country. The celebration will culminate on Friday, November 26, with a great national mass meeting to be held in Carnegie Hall, New York City. Because of its representative con- stituency this meeting will be made memorable, and in it will be emphasized as the final message, the tremendous importance of the ethical element in the national and inter- national development and the religious significance of the Pilgrims' Movement in political, economic and social de- velopment of the world today. As a method of co-operation the Federal Council is arranging to make wide recognition of the Tercentenary in connection with its Quadrennial Meeting, which is to be held at Boston, December 1-6. This meeting will be representative of over thirty denominations and interdenom- inational organizations associated with evangelical churches. Personnel Honorary Chairmen PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON HONORABLE WM. H. TAFT Honorary Secretary HONORABLE HENRY van DYKE Chairman PRES. HENRY CHURCHILL KING Treasurer HAMILTON HOLT Vice-Chairmen Rev. Frank Mason North, New York. Mrs. P. V. Pennybacker, Texas. Mrs. Phillip North Moore, Missouri. Pres. Henry Pratt Judson, Illinois. Maj. Robert R. Moton, Alabama. Hon. J. A. Macdonald, Toronto, Ontario. J. Willis Baer, California. Bishop Francis J. McConnell, Colorado. Dr. Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Executive Committee Rev. Alfred Williams Anthony, Chairman Rev. Stacy R. Warburton, Rec. Sec'y. Rev. Henry A. Atkinson, New York. Hon. Louis Annin Ames, New York. H. M. Beardsley, Missouri. Mrs. Ella A. Boole, New York. W. T. Demarest, New York. Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, Massachusetts. Rev. Linley V. Gordon, New York. Rev. Wm. I. Haven, New York. Rev. Hubert C. Herring, New York. Rev. Chas. E. Jefferson, New York. Alfred R. Kimball, New York. Rev. Albert G. Lawson, New York. Rev. Rivington D. Lord, New York. Rev. C. S. Macfarland, New York. Rev. A. C. McGiffert, New York. Bishop C. B. Mitchell, Minnesota. Pres. C. S. Nash, California. Fred B. Smith, New York. John A. Stewart, New York. Rev. C. L. Thompson, New York. Rev. Charles R. Towson, New York. Rev. F. B. Upham, New York. Rev. Jas. I. Vance, Tennessee. Mrs. J. F. Yawger, New York. Finance Committee Rev. H. A. Atkinson, Chairman. Rev. A. W. Anthony, New York. Rev. S. A. Eliot, Massachusetts. A. R. Kimball, New York. Fred B. Smith, New York. Executive Secretary Rev. Chas. W. Gulick, Room 61, 105 East 22nd St., New York. Members of American Mayflower Council Bev. B. A. Abbott, St. X.oui8, Mo. Pres. John C. Acheson, Pittsburgh, Pa. Bev. Peter Ainslie, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Fanny Fern Andrews, Boston, Mass. Bev. Alfred Wms. Anthony, New York City Hon. Liouis Annin Ames, New York City Bev. Henry A. Atkinson, New York City F. W. Ayer, Philadelphia, Pa. John Willis Baer, Pasadena, Cal. Bev. Lemuel Call Barnes, New York City Pres. C. A. Barbour, Rochester, N. Y. Hon. John L. Bates, Boston, Mass. Prof. David Bauslin, Springfield, Ohio H. M. Beardsley, Kansas City, Mo. Bev. C. H. Beck, Pittsburgh, Pa, Bev. Henry Beets, Grand Rapids, Mich. Nolan B. Best, New York City Bev. W. C. Bitting, St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Ella A. Boole, New York City Bev. Nehemiah Boynton, Brooklyn, N. Y. George W. Brown, St. Louis, Mo. Bev. Wm. Adams Brown, New York City Bt. Rev. Charles S. Burch, New York City Bev. F. W. Burnhara, Cincinnati, Ohio Bev. Charles E. Burton, New York City Pres. M. Ii. Burton, Minneapolis, Minn. Pres. Kenyon L. Butterfield, Amherst, Mass. Bishop W. A. Candler, Atlanta, Ga. Bishop James Cannon, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Dr. H. K. Carroll, Plainfield, N. J. Bev. Wm. I. Chamberlain, New York City Bev. Francis E. Clark, Boston, Mass. Bishop G. C. Clement, Louisville, Ky. Bev. Henry E. Cobb, New York City Pres. F. G. Coffin, Albany, Mo. Geo. W. Coleman, Boston, Mass. Bev. William Covert, Chicago, Dl. Bev. W. Stuart Cramer, Lancaster, Pa. Bev. L. A. Crandall, Chicago, 111. W. Murray Crane, Dalton, Mass. Rev. Samuel M. Crothers, Cambridge, Mass. Pres. Ozora S. Davis, Burkhaven, N. H. Bev. A. K. de Blois, Boston, Mass. Rev. E, H. Delk, Philadelphia, Pa. W. T. Demarest, New York City Rev. Paul de Schweinitz, Bethlehem, Pa. Dr. James H. DiUard, Charlottesville, Va. Rev. S. A, Eliot, Boston, Mass. E. F. Eilert, New York City Pres. W. H. P. Faunce, Providence, R. I. Bev, H. L. Feeman, Adrian, Mich, Pres. John H, Finley, Albany, N. Y. Bev. B. O. Flinn, Atlanta, Ga. Bev. Paul Revere Frothingham, Boston, Mass. Robert H. Gardiner, Gardiner, Maine Bev. W. E. Gardner, New York City Bev. Chas. W. Gilkey, Chicago, HI. Miss Anna Gordon, Evanston, 111. Bev. Linley V. Gordon, New York City Rev. Teunis E. Gouwens, Mountain Lakes, N. J. E. R. Graham, New York City Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, Independence, Kant Rev. B. B. Guild, New York City Pres. Wm. H. Guyer, Findlay, Ohio Pres. John A. W. Haas, Allentown, Pa. Bev. Newton M. Hall, Springfield, Mass. Bishop J. W. Hamilton, Washington, D. C. Bev. J. A. Hamlett, Jackson, Tenn. Dr. A. W. Harris, New York City Hastings H. Hart, New York City Col. E. H, Haskell, Boston, Mass. Harry Haskell, Kansas City, Mo. Bev. Wm. I. Haven, New York City Bev. John J. Heischman, Brooklyn, N. Y. Bishop E. B. Hendrix, Kansas City, Mo. Rev. Hubert C. Herring, New York City Hamilton Holt, New York City Pres. Lynn H. Hough, Evanston, 111. Bishop E. H. Hughes, Maiden, Mass. Rev. E. Humphries, New Bedford, Mass. Bishop Alfred T. Howard, Dayton, Ohio Charles L. Hutchinson, Chicago, HI. Rev. B. A. Hutchison, Pittsburgh, Pa. Bev. F. S. Idleman, New York City Rev. Chas. E. Jeflferson, New York City Burris Jenkins, Kansas City, Mo. Bev. Bobert Johnston, Montreal, Que. Prof. B. M. Jones, Haverford, Pa. Bev. L. G. Jordan, Philadelphia, Pa. Pres. Harry Pratt Judson, Chicago, HI. Rev. Ralph Welles Keeler, New York City Hon. Wm. H. Keller, Lancaster, Pa. Alfred B. Kimball, New York City Pres. 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Mrs. Phillip North Moore, St. Louis, Mo. Bev. S. L. Morris, Atlanta, Ga. Bev. Jasper T. Moses, New York City Major Robert R. Moton, Tuskegee, Ala. Pres. E. Y. Mulltns, Louisville, Ky. Frank A. Munsey, New York City Pres. Lemuel H. Murlin, Boston, Mass. Pres. Chas. S. Nash, Berkeley, Cal. Pres. Wm. A. Neilson, Northampton, Mass. Rev. Frank Mason North, New York City Frank W. Ober, New York City Col. Frederick J. Paxon, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. P. V. Pennybacker, Austin, Tex. Hon. Andrew J. Peters, Boston, Mass. George Haven Putnam, New York City Rev. Wallace RadclifTe, Washington, D. 0. Rev. J. B. Remensnyder, New York City Rev. C. F. Rice, West Lynn, Mass. Prof, G. W. Richards, Lancaster, Pa. Rev. Wm, H. Roberts, Philadelphia, Pa. Hon. Henry Wade Rogers, New York City Rev. Rodney W. Roundy, New York City Bt. Bev, Robert L. Rudolph, Philadelphia, Pa Rev, Frank K. Sanders, New York City Rev. W. G. Sargent, Providence, R. I. Bev. Chas. E. Schaefifer, Philadelphia, Pa. N. J. 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