The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-19 00:00:00

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EVENING CONCERT.

On this occas:

J R. Bi
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)y loud plaudits frOi

st all opposit

Bible was,

in express:

his able defence

Bible, in t

course of five lecture

man announced that the Rev. V. M. White
a lecture on Friday next, in connec-
_
"ecularism

•, ,
;ty, on the subject,
' The lecturer is to e

seven in such a manner as to render
tely and majestic grandeur of Handel's
led their efforts on unnecessary
was necessary, they
n effects, nor

nof mere noise. The light
portions of well-constructed
aght out in full and telling relief, and
there was an obvious meaning and
s at all times delightful to listen.
ected with the oratorio went off in so

cnarnung a style as to reflect much and deserved credit on.
Si*
4. R. Bishop, whose fine feeling and cultivated under-
sisal' music were manifest throughout the

concert was held in the Grand Hall, last
ion the programme consisted of a
A of miscellaneous pieces from the works of Weber,
Mozart, Bellini, Rossini, Mayerbeer, Sir Henry
,hop, Spohr, Mendelssohn, Blumenthal, Rossi, Verdi,
,ley, Donizetti, and Flotow. As may readily be sup-
.id, from the names included in the above list of cour-
sers, the performance was one of great interest; and
hen it is further borne in mind that the performers,
with the exception of the chorus, were the same as those
,„,i who graced the splendid display in the morning, it will be
41 for readily apparent that the attraction was great, and ought
...zi beau- to have been successful in drawing a large as well as a
and on the fashionable audience. Such, however, was not the case.
no, and Sir The audience was extremely limited, the body of the hall
_ not being nearly half full, while the galleries were all but
ates before entirely deserted. For this the badness of the night was
4nd Robert no doubt, in a very important degree, answerable, although
was marked even that was hardly sufficient to account for it to the
Precisely at full extent.
,en. and I+

As it was, the noble hall lighted up by the very power-
ful flood of illumination which the gas lustres afford, pre-
sented a charming spectacle to the eye, the only drawback
upon which being that there were so few to participate in
the contemplation of its beauty.
The music was gone tl

,ugh in a manner every way
-0 aistingnished artistes who took part in its
.4ance, and, notwithstanding thedepressing influence
a spare auditory, it went .off admirably.
The -

g performance of this day will be " Elijah ;"
morning concert will consist of " The
"Last Judgment." On each of the
miseellaneous concert.

DR. BAILEE'S LECTURES ON THE BIBLE

THE last of an interesting series of lectures, on the
Inspiration of the Bible, was delivered on Friday, by the
Rev. Dr. Baylee, in the "Hope-street Hall. The Rev. Dr.
111`Neile was in the chair, and in a few introductory
remarks stated the pleasure it gave him to preside, and
Complimented the lecturer very highly on the Christian
courage he had displayed in defending the Word of God

Pr. Baylee, after briefly recapitulating the line of
ament he had hitherto pursued, proceeded to adduce
• •

!low one

c inaccuracy from Genesis to Revelations. The
indeed, the only book morally, socially, politi-
and- theologically correct in every point. At the
-e lecture Dr. Baylee announced his intention of
iK holding a monthly Enquiry Class, on the first Friday in
month, in the Philadelphia Chambers, Hackie's
- purpose of supplying an opportunity for any
person having doubts on the Inspiration of the Bible to
put any questions on the subject to him, and he pro-
mised to answer them as far as he was able. A resolu-
tion was carried, with one dissentient, " That this meeting
desires to join with the Liverpool Young Men's Associa-
- their cordial thanks to the Rev. Dr_
of the Inspiration of the
-es, now so successfully