LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 
 
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 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
 
KRISTOPHERUS 
 
 . . . THE . . . 
 
 CHRIST-BEARER. 
 
 FROM DRAWING 
 
 OP 
 
 SPANISH CARAVEL 
 
 ACCOMPANYING 
 
 LETTERS OF COLUMBUS 
 1494. 
 
 NEW 'ENGLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY. 
 
 BOSTON, MASS. 
 
SUGGESTIVE INDEX. 
 
 " The free constitutions of Aragon and Castile guaranteed the Hberties of the peo- 
 ple, and in the Cortes, or national Assemblies of these kingdoms, the third estate 
 secured a place long before representation was granted the commons of any other 
 European Country." J. Dorman Steele, in his "Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern 
 Peoples." 
 
 I. The Royal Marriage. The Queen's Choice. II. The Conquest of Granada. 
 III. Peace and its New Plans unfold. IV. Foreign Adventure and Conquest assert 
 their Claims. V. The Brave but Humble Volunteer, Christopher. VI. The Royal 
 Outfit and its Departure. VII. Visions of Glory dimmed by Envy. VIII. The 
 Queen's Benediction. The Hero's Faith. IX. The Perilous Voyage and its Inci- 
 dents. X. The Vision realized. The New World found. XI. Rival Ventures and 
 cunning Schemes fail. XII. Passion and Plunder in the Ascendant. XIII. Slavery 
 bars the Sway of Kristopherus. XIV. The Rights of Man assert their Sway. Free- 
 dom advances. XV. Columbia Delivered. Church and School assert the Higher 
 Law. XVI. Henceforth, Man's Best Aim, — to be " KRISTOPHERUS." 
 
KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
 The CHRIST-BEARER. 
 
 By henry B. CARRINGTON. 
 
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CHRISTOPHER 
 COLUMBUS. 
 
 First Voyage, 1492. 
 Second Voyage, 1493. 
 Third Voyage, 1498. 
 Fourth Voyage, 1502. 
 
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 OLDEST WOOD-CUT 
 
 EXTANT, 
 
 BY PAOLO GIOVIO, 
 
 1575- 
 
PREFATORY NOTE. 
 
 The origin of the name Christopher, from tlie Greek (" >;otOTO(^)f(^)oc ") Kristo- 
 pherus, " Christ- Bearer," is pleasantly associated with the Discovery of America, 
 because the Introduction of Christianity furnished the basis for all progress during 
 the succeeding four centuries. 
 
 This thought runs current with the Ode. 
 
 The historical syllabus in the margin may be placed upon a black-board or recited 
 as a First Voice, and the responsive stanza follows from a Second Voice, when not 
 used for declamation or made the^ skeleton for historical school essays. Fifty topics 
 are embodied in the historical text. 
 
 The blank pages opposite each couplet, " Notes and Queries," serve as Tablets for 
 noting, with pen or pencil, leading Persons, Events, Inventions, and Discoveries that 
 have marked the sixteen quarter-centuries since the Genoese sailor landed in America. 
 
 These Notes, gathered and corrected by a teacher, or made competitive between 
 sections of a class in history, would prompt thought and arouse interest, it ti p 
 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
 
I. 
 
 The 
 Royal 
 
 Marriage. 
 The 
 
 Queen's 
 Choice. 
 
 I. 
 
 The Golden Age of Andalusian pride 
 Matured, when Arragon and bright Castile, 
 Their wedded sovereigns seated, side by side, 
 Upon a double throne, all feuds to heal ; 
 And the bride, so fair, held chiefly precious. 
 To be, in faith and deed, KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
 II. 
 
 The 
 Conquest 
 
 of 
 
 Granada 
 
 is 
 
 Complete. 
 
 II. 
 
 Granada's great Alhambra felt the tread 
 Of Spanish lords, their knightly spurs to win, 
 And Moorish chiefs sought rest at night, in dread 
 Of morning's dawn, fresh conflict to begin. 
 While heathen hate, so stern and treacherous. 
 Shrank back appalled before KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
 
III. 
 
 Peace 
 
 and 
 
 its 
 
 new 
 
 plans 
 
 Unfold. 
 
 III. 
 
 Then Peace her mantle cast about the throne, 
 To shield the trophies by high valor won ; 
 The Standard- Bearer by himself, alone 
 Bemoaned the end of strife and battles done ; 
 Yet still the Oueen, intent and serious. 
 Sought other~fields to prove KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Foreign 
 
 Adventure and 
 
 Conquest 
 
 Assert 
 
 their 
 
 Claims. 
 
 IV. 
 
 New worlds to compass, new realms to conquer, 
 New pathways trace to India's golden strands ; 
 New gems to find, and never-failing treasure, 
 New converts seek in waiting heathen lands ; 
 While, as the State waxed strong and prosperous, 
 No kniaht arose to be KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
 
V. 
 
 The 
 Brave 
 
 but 
 
 Humble 
 
 Volunteer, 
 
 Christopher.' 
 
 V. 
 
 One seaman bold, with richly cultured brain, 
 Who deftly handled either helm or spar, 
 Repelled at other Courts, paid court to Spain, 
 For grant to search the regions distant far, 
 O'er Ocean's wUdest Seas, tempestuous. 
 And prove, as name implied, KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
 VI. 
 
 The 
 
 Royal 
 
 Outfit 
 
 and 
 
 its 
 
 Departure. 
 
 VI. 
 
 The anxious Queen this roj-al grant procured, 
 Her ready purse supplied the ample means ; 
 Three fragile barks and needed crews secured. 
 Her pledge once made, this gift in full redeems. 
 So sails the fleet with wishes generous. 
 To execute her will, — KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
 
VII. 
 
 Visions 
 
 of 
 
 Glory 
 
 Dimmed 
 
 by 
 
 Envy. 
 
 VII. 
 
 No venture, e'er before, like object sought. 
 
 Nor shared so many hopes with doubting fears ; 
 
 No other Age, so well the spirit caught. 
 
 Which grasps, at once, the fate of coming years ; 
 
 While yet, the proud, benighted, envious, 
 
 Had naught but scorn for this KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 The 
 
 Queen's 
 
 Benediction. 
 
 The 
 
 Hero's 
 
 Faith. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 The Queen's own banner waved the fleet " Adieu,'' 
 
 And trumpet echoes cheered the hero bold, 
 
 Imparting courage to the humble crew, 
 
 His plans and hopes to help unfold ; 
 
 And he, with nerve high-strung, but courteous, 
 
 With prayer joined faith to be KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
 
IX. 
 
 The 
 
 Perilous 
 
 Voyage 
 
 and 
 
 its 
 
 Incidents. 
 
 IX. 
 
 No lashing seas, nor tempests fierce and wild 
 
 No angr)- threats his earnest life to take, 
 
 No chafing of his temper, firm and mild. 
 
 Could make him from his solemn purpose break ; 
 
 But as such strokes grew madly furious 
 
 The more he dared to be KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
 X. 
 
 The 
 
 Vision 
 
 Realized. 
 
 The 
 
 New World 
 
 Found. 
 
 X. 
 
 The Seas once crossed, the Xew World surely found. 
 
 He gave it hallowed name. " Salvator Blest," 
 
 And planted royal banner in the ground. 
 
 With honors duly borne from East to West. 
 
 By faith discerning nations numerous. 
 
 The fumre subjects of KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
 
XI. 
 
 Rival 
 Ventures 
 
 and 
 Cunning 
 Schemes 
 
 Fail. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Passion 
 
 and 
 
 Plunder 
 
 in 
 
 the 
 
 Ascendant. 
 
 XI. 
 
 From other Eastern lands and British Isles, 
 
 As years rolled on, the swift-winged transports flew 
 
 On rival ventures, and by cunning wiles 
 
 Sought each to bind the Old World to the New. 
 
 Yet lost, through methods harsh and tyrannous, 
 
 The spirit of a true KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Then, maddened year by year through treasure found, 
 
 And Passion's greed for titles, lands, and pelf, 
 
 The natives of the soil, in bondage ground. 
 
 Were used alone to meet behests of Self; 
 
 And Christ-like graces, pure and plenteous. 
 
 Were lost to view without KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
 
XIII. 
 
 Slavery 
 
 Bars 
 
 the 
 
 Sway 
 
 of 
 
 KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 And thus it came, while kings and thrones 
 Made merchandise of men for selfish ends, 
 Despising man, as man, his wail and groan, 
 And each with other only plunder blends, 
 The New-Found World, so fair and beauteous. 
 Must loncrer wait for true KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 The 
 
 Rights of Man 
 
 Assert 
 
 Their Claim. 
 
 Freedom 
 
 Advances. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 The years rolled on, and many score were told, 
 Till centuries twain and more sad record made. 
 When, as the rights of man their claims unfold. 
 Just rights for all, whate'er their race or grade, 
 There sprang to view, with Freedom glorious. 
 The sway and charm of known KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
 
XV. 
 
 Columbia 
 
 Delivered. 
 
 Church and School 
 
 Assure 
 
 the 
 
 Higher Law. 
 
 XV. 
 
 And thus Columbia's soil, set free at last. 
 
 From rule by brutish force and selfish aims. 
 
 Through IXDEPEXDEXCE g^ned and dangers passed. 
 
 A higher law. the Law of Right, maintains ; — 
 
 \\Tiile Church and School, with savor gracious. 
 
 Proclaim the Conquests of KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Henceforth, 
 Man's 
 
 Best Aim 
 is 
 
 to be 
 Kristopherus. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Henceforth. — the aim of nations to be great — 
 ^^*in lasting wealth, and compass true renown — 
 \Miile each, the other's merit seeks to mate. 
 And only honor's course, with glon.^ crown. 
 Shall be — to prove most wise and virtuous. 
 And man become indeed. — KRISTOPHERUS. 
 
Songs 
 
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 IX PATKI'OrnC READES. 
 
 . Dwight . . 266 
 Shaw ... 455 
 Hopkinson '■;6 
 Holmes . . 512 
 
 • Key ... 443 
 
 . Percival . . 437 
 
 Wliimer . . 510 
 
 Holmes . . 513 
 
 Lanier . . . 511 
 
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