Another Pathway is
Possible
No Human Being is an
Enemy of Another Human Being
The Holistic World Planetary Paradigm of The Spiritual UN
Caring About the Whole
Planet through
A Heart Centered Human Race for the Best in All
The Teilhard de Chardin Visionary Track for the Earth and Humanity
"Love is the affinity which links and
draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent
of universal synthesis."
Parting with War, Hate
and Fear of Others
—
“The line separating good & evil passes not through states, nor between
classes, nor between political parties either
– but right through every
human heart” :
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Building a More Perfect Union
—
Where War is Not an
Option, But a Waste of All Life
—
Joining
the Eternal Vision
—
The
Peace and Brotherhood of
All
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1885 Liberty Bell Broadside - Return from New Orleans
Presumably a newspaper insert, this broadside was
circulated around the City of Philadelphia in 1885 to celebrate the
return of the Old Liberty Bell from New Orleans, Louisiana. This trip
marked the Liberty Bell's first trip as a venerated guest exhibit to a
world's fair in the United States. The broadside below contains a poem
by Edward J. Virtue written for the Bell's honor.
Philadelphia's Welcome to the Glorious Old Liberty Bell
by Edward J. Virtue
Welcome!
welcome back, belov'd Old Liberty Bell.
Thy voice when young on three million Enthrall'd souls fell;
Heralding their bold Declaration to all lands,
Of their Independence from a cruel tyrant's hands.
Thy once
sweet, harmonious voice, is Cracked and still,
Thy presence our hearts with true patriotism fill,
As when the glad signal was given by a boy,
Which fifty-seven million Freemen now enjoy.
On that
glorious day (July 8th, 1776) our population was small
When thy voice resounded through Independence Hall;
Which even to this day is heard on ev'ry shore,
And ever shall 'til such Oppressors are no more.
Thy peals
were heard by our Land's first friend, Lafayette,
Whose blood, name and deeds America will ne'er forget,
Among its first Patriots, on its Scroll of Fame.
Resplendent shines his revered, illustrious name.
With his,
the following lov'd, 'lustrious fam'd names are found, too,
King Louis XVI, his Subjects and Rochambeau.
Du Portail, De Kalb, Barry, Laurens, De Noailles, De Grasse,
De Choisa, Pulaski, Jones, Kosioska, Stuben and De Barras.
King
George's Usurping Acts caused the Colonists pain;
To Repeal them he was petitioned o'er in vain;
Then a prayer was uttered by each patriot breath,
Oh Lord! Oh, "Give me Liberty, or give me death."
Then thy
voice caused brave Patriots to assemble,
Who made George the III's fiendish hirelings to tremble;
And he to Benjamin Franklin in after years to own
That the United Colonies were a Nation of their OWN.
From each
of the Thirteen Colonies, great and small,
Men of most all creeds, lands and ranks, respond'd to thy call,
Leaving plowshares, workshops, pulpits, parlors and quill,
Form'd the Continentals and avenged Bunker Hill.
For seven
long weary years they gallantly fought --
Partly through their blood and hardship our freedom they bought;
Though oft' bare-foot'd, ragged, out-numbered, were ne'er dismayed,
While thousands their lives on their country's altar laid.
Noble
Louis XVI, then the Christian King of France,
Sent some of his Army (3,500 soldiers) and Navy (29 ships manned) to our
assistance,
With gallants Rochambeau and De Grasse in command --
For this Signal Service side by side we e'er should stand.
Another
fact we'll state 'bout our old friend tried and true,
That to France and the descendants of her subjects then - we're due
Gratitude for aid and money she and their ancestors advanced,
Through which our Nation achieved its Independence.
The holy
prophetic inscription on thee was blest,
And our Free Land the refuge for the world's opprest.
Through Warren's death the chains from the Colonists did start,
Which the French and they at Yorktown fore'er did part.
Thou dost
not belong to the frigid, ice-bound North,
Nor to the balmy, charming, fragrant, "Sunny South,"
Nor to the beautiful, glorious, gold'n field West.
Thou dost
not belong to (our fair young sister) Louisiana,
Nor the old Revolutionary friend, Pennsylvania --
No! thou glorious, dear old Bell of Liberty --
But to God's favored United States collectively!
Thou, our
lov'd nation's Sacred trust, we love most dear,
Thy return we welcome with true hearty cheer;
Thou art our ador'd nation's pride and our fond boast --
Thee, dear old friend, we will e'er protect at life's cost.
Welcome!
Welcome back to thy hallowed resting place,
From whence thou proclaimed Liberty to every race!
Forever may the North, the South, the East, the West,
As brothers and Patriots, guard thee in thy rest!
(Entered
according to an act of Congress in the year 1885 by Edward J. Virtue,
in
the Office of Librarian of Congress at Washington, DC.)
http://www.libertybellmuseum.com/WorldsFair/libertybellbroadside.htm
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