The Platt-Cottrell-Smith reunion held at Wabaunsee, Kansas, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, August 25, 26, and 27, 1917 . THE KANSAS PIONEERSBy Jonn Greenleaf Whlttier VWe cross the prairies as of oldThe Pilgrims crossed the sea. To make the West, as they the East,The homestead of the free! We go to rear a wall of menOn Freedoms southern line, And plant beside the cotton-treeThe ruggedjNorthern pine! Were flowing from our native hills As our free rivers flow;•The,blessing of our Mother-land Is on us as we go. We go to plant her common schools On distant prairie swells,And give the Sabbaths of th
The Platt-Cottrell-Smith reunion held at Wabaunsee, Kansas, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, August 25, 26, and 27, 1917 . THE KANSAS PIONEERSBy Jonn Greenleaf Whlttier VWe cross the prairies as of oldThe Pilgrims crossed the sea. To make the West, as they the East,The homestead of the free! We go to rear a wall of menOn Freedoms southern line, And plant beside the cotton-treeThe ruggedjNorthern pine! Were flowing from our native hills As our free rivers flow;•The,blessing of our Mother-land Is on us as we go. We go to plant her common schools On distant prairie swells,And give the Sabbaths of the wild The music of her bells. Upbearing, like the Ark of old^ The Bible in our van,;We go to test the truth of God Against the fraud of man. No pause, nor rest, save where the streams That feed the Kansas run,Save where our Pilgrim gonfalon Shall flout the setting sun! Well tread the prairie as of old Our fathers sailed the sea,And make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free 1. 7700721 |0o
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