The centennial of the New York avenue Presbyterian church : Washington, , 1803-1903 . ^ tickets. Not till the population had. Stephen B. Balche, D. D. THE CENTENNIAL EXERCISES. 91 SO increased in state and city, not till property had sogrown in quantity and value that a small tax-rate couldyield a large return, not till the lottery had ceased tobe a public necessity and had become a source of pri-vate gain did our fathers begin to regard it as an evil tobe suppressed. But it is not necessary to pass in review every phaseof life a century ago. Surely enough has been said tomake plain the fa
The centennial of the New York avenue Presbyterian church : Washington, , 1803-1903 . ^ tickets. Not till the population had. Stephen B. Balche, D. D. THE CENTENNIAL EXERCISES. 91 SO increased in state and city, not till property had sogrown in quantity and value that a small tax-rate couldyield a large return, not till the lottery had ceased tobe a public necessity and had become a source of pri-vate gain did our fathers begin to regard it as an evil tobe suppressed. But it is not necessary to pass in review every phaseof life a century ago. Surely enough has been said tomake plain the fact that our ideas of the political,social, and industrial rights of man are utterly unlikethose of our forefathers. Could our positions be re-versed, could the men of 1803 come back and be withus this evening, they would be astonished beyond meas-ure at the wreck which time has made of their practices,and at the marvelous fulfillment of their theories. Thesafeguards which they set up against the abuse of lib-erty were long since thrown down. Manhood, nothouses, lands, income, wealth, is now the basis of rep-resentation. Sco
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