14 BRODENELL PIONEERS points of land on the sea coast This longing desire of the Grec?? ian here, is well described by Byron:??? "Place me on Sunium's marble steep, Where nothing save the waves and I May hear' our mutual murmurs weep." The same feeling prevailed among the pioneers, whose desire to have the waves washing at their feet around the shores of the Is?? land would be fulfilled. Referring again to Themistocles, tomb and the wish of the Athenian general, Mr. Gordon quoted from Byron the following: "No breath of air to break the wave That rolls below the Athenian's grave That tomb which gleaming o'er the Cliff. First greets the homeward veer?? ing skiff." After reminding his hearers that the spirits of the honored dead may be hovering over the place and taking note of passing events, Mr. Gordon concluded with the following lines written by Hon. Joseph Howe for the anniversary of the landing of the pioneers of Nova Scotia . All haM to the day when the Brit?? ons came over, And planted their banner with sea foam still wet, Around and above us their spirits will hover, Rejoicing to know how we hon?? our it yet. In the temple they founded, their faith is maintained. Every foot of the soil they be?? queathed is still ours; The graves where they moulder, no foe has profaned, But we wreathe them wHh ver?? dure and strew them with flowers. Then Mil to the day! 'tis with memories crowded, Delightful to trace 'midst the mists of the past, Like the features of beauty, be- witchingly shrouded, They shine through the shadows Time o'er them has casi,. As travellers track to its source in the mountains, The stream which far swelling, expands o'er the plains, Our hearts on this day fondly turn to the fountains Whence flow the warm currents that bound in our veins. Prom the Queen of the Islands then, famous in story. A century since our brave lore- fathers came, And our kindred yet fill the wide world with her glory, Enlarging the Empire and spreading her name. REV. DR . MacMTOLAIN'S ADDRESS Rev. J. C. Macmillan , D. D ., of Cardigan , in his opening remarks expressed hi<s regret that on such an occasion he was neither a Gor ?? don nor a McLaren. His position was .somewhat similar to that of the Irishman who on being asked, "If you weren't an Irishman what would you like to be?" replied, "I would be ashamed of myself." Dr. Macmillan paid a worthy tri?? bute to the men of 1803, who landed on our shores with nothing but strong arms, stout hearts and unfailmg trust in God . The people of today who bask in the sunshine of prosperity can scarcely realize what trials the pioneers had to undergo, though we learn some?? thing from the older men of to?? day when they go back into their memory and gi*>w reminiscent. After all ft is not the name that tells, it is character???and the erection of the monument is a strong protest against the spirit