single parish or a single street of shops。 There�察�jumbled together�察�he will
find names marking the noblest Saxon or Angle bloodKenward or Kenric�察�
Osgood or Osborne�察�side by side with Cordery or Banisternow names of
farmers in my own parishor other Norman´French names which may be�察�
like those two last�察 �in Battle Abbey rolland side by side the almost
ubiquitous Brown�察 �whose ancestor was probably some Danish or
Norwegian house´ carle�察 �proud of his name Biorn the Bear�察 �and the
ubiquitous Smith or Smythe�察�the Smiter�察�whose forefather�察�whether he be
now peasant or peer�察�assuredly handled the tongs and hammer at his own
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forge。 This holds true equally in New England and in Old。 When I
search through ��as I delight to do�� your New England surnames�察�I find the
same jumble of namesWest Saxon�察�Angle�察�Danish�察�Norman�察�and French´
Norman likewise�察�many of primaeval and heathen antiquity�察�many of high
nobility�察�all worked together�察�as at home�察�to form the Free moners of
England。
If any should wish to know more on this curious and important subject�察�
let me remend them to study Ferguson's ;Teutonic Name System�察─�a
book from which you will discover that some of our quaintest�察 �and
seemingly most plebeian surnamesmany surnames�察 �too�察 �which are
extinct in England�察�but remain in Americaare really corruptions of good
old Teutonic names�察�which our ancestors may have carried in the German
Forest�察�before an Englishman set foot on British soil�察�from which he will
rise with the fortable feeling that we English´speaking men�察�from the
highest to the lowest�察�are literally kinsmen。 Nay�察�so utterly made up now
is the old blood´ feud between Norseman and Englishman�察 �between the
descendants of those who conquered and those who were conquered�察�that
in the children of our Prince of Wales�察 �after 800 years�察 �the blood of
William of Normandy is mingled with the blood of the very Harold who
fell at Hastings。 And so�察�by the bitter woes which followed the Norman
conquest was the whole population�察 �Dane�察 �Angle�察 �and Saxon�察 �earl and
churl�察 �freeman and slave�察 �crushed and welded together into one
homogeneous mass�察 �made just and merciful towards each other by the
most wholesome of all teachings�察 �a munity of suffering�察�and if they
had been�察�as I fear they were�察�a lazy and a sensual people�察�were taught
That life is not as idle ore�察 �But heated hot with burning fears�察�And
bathed in baths of hissing tears�察�And battered with the strokes of doom To
shape and use。
But how did these wild Vikings bee Christian men�拭 �It is a long
story。 So stanch a race was sure to be converted only very slowly。 Noble
missionaries as Ansgar�察 �Rembert�察 �and Poppo�察 �had worked for 150 years
and more among the heathens of Denmark。 But the patriotism of the
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Norseman always recoiled�察�even though in secret�察�from the fact that they
were German monks�察�backed by the authority of the German emperor�察�and
many a man�察�like Svend Fork´beard�察�father of the great Canute�察�though he
had the Kaiser himself for godfather�察 �turned heathen once more the
moment he was free�察 �because his baptism was the badge of foreign
conquest�察�and neither pope nor kaiser should lord it over him�察�body or soul。
St。 Olaf�察 �indeed�察 �forced Christianity on the Norse at the sword's point�察�
often by horrid cruelties�察�and perished in the attempt。 But who forced it
on the Norsemen of Scotland�察�England�察�Ireland�察�Neustria�察�Russia�察�and all
the Eastern Baltic�拭 �It was absorbed and in most cases�察 �I believe�察�
gradually and willingly�察�as a gospel and good news to hearts worn out with
the storm of their own passions。 And whence came their Christianity�拭�
Much of it�察 �as in the case of the Danes�察 �and still more of the French
Normans�察 �came direct from Rome�察 �the city which�察 �let them defy its
influence as they would�察�was still the fount of all theology�察�as well as of all
civilisation。 But I must believe that much of it came from that
mysterious ancient Western Church�察�the Church of St。 Patric�察�St。 Bridget�察�
St。 Columba�察 �which had covered with rude cells and chapels the rocky
islets of the North Atlantic�察�even to Iceland itself。 Even to Iceland�察�for
when that island was first discovered�察 �about A。D。 840�察 �the Norsemen
found in an isle�察�on the east and west and elsewhere�察�Irish books and bells
and wooden crosses�察�and named that island Papey�察�the isle of the popes
some little colony of monks�察 �who lived by fishing�察 �and who are said to
have left the land when the Norsemen settled in it。 Let us believe�察�for it
is consonant with reason and experience�察 �that the sight of those poor
monks�察�plundered and massacred again and again by the ;mailed swarms
of Lochlin�察─ �yet never exterminated�察 �but springing up again in the same
place�察�ready for fresh massacre�察�a sacred plant which God had planted�察�and
which no rage of man could trample outlet us believe�察 �I say�察 �that that
sight taught at last to the buccaneers of the old world that there was a
purer manliness�察�a loftier heroism�察�than the ferocious self´assertion of the
Berserker�察 �even the heroism of humility�察 �gentleness�察 �self´restraint�察 �self´
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sacrifice�察�that there was a strength which was made perfect in weakness�察�a
glory�察�not of the sword but of the cross。 We will believe that that was the
lesson which the Norsemen learnt�察 �after many a wild and blood´stained
voyage�察�from the monks of Iona or of Derry�察�which caused the building of
such churches as that which Sightrys�察�king of Dublin�察�raised about the year
1030�察�not in the Norse but in the Irish quarter of Dublin�此 �a sacred token
of amity between the new settlers and the natives on the ground of a
mon faith。 Let us believe�察�too�察�that the influence of woman was not
wanting in the good workthat the story of St。 Margaret and Malcolm
Canmore was repeated�察�though inversely�察 �in the case of many a heathen
Scandinavian jarl�察�who�察�marrying the princely daughter of some Scottish
chieftain�察�found in her creed at last something more precious than herself�察�
while his brother or his cousin became�察�at Dublin or Wexford or Waterford�察�
the husband of some saffron´robed Irish princess�察 �fair as an elf�察─�as the
old saying was�察�some ;maiden of the three transcendent hues�察─�of whom
the old book of Linane says�此�
Red as the blood which flowed from stricken deer�察�White as the snow
on which that blood ran down�察 �Black as the raven who drank up that
blood�察�
´ and possibly�察�as in the case of Brian Boru's mother�察�had given his
fair´haired sister in marriage to some Irish prince�察�and could not resi
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