The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-12
THE LECTURE SEAS ON.


Dr. Cummings. large AMI respectable audience were
present.
ihe lecturer said;-Lsdies and gentlemen Tho mari
rers who goodly city 80 down to The in
ships may fit emblem Of people journeyng in
various nationaties the Of life. There may
he found among travellers those who look back with re-
grc the fast receoiLg shores OF home while others an
tjcra,e with delight the freedom. gold. which
awaits them in sume land far away towards tue set
tirg tun Thus, some nations seem to live wholly
upon the past wholly upon the future,
The Hebrew ii old looked to past only for promise
H., eyes strained TO pierce the coming time and
design Of The frat twinblrg OF Jacobs rising star
Europe passed from her medieval umber aud built the
pie Of wisdom from rsgmen.ay mass o. recollec
tions Light sought in the folds Of ancient manu-
crpts Kings bed festivals at the discovery Of clAs
sic painting aud sages wept from every over Spar
tsp coin remnant OF Athenisn statuary. The tone
ard pt Of Christian civilization Is, beyond doubt,
in goat determined by these Influences.
people may sit down in the apathy Of upcoacern upon
the present and ike the powerful Ottoman eptte
ALLOW its nationality to become stsgnaBt aud dead but
then its influence will be trifing for good or for evil
Our country, in reference to which especially wish
to lay before you thoughts OF social REFORM the
favored heme OF this az. yet in the vgor o! youta
and has its future before IT, kut at the time n has
borrowed mnch from tine past in it's intercourse with older
latiops and would 10 God it had borrowed nothing
but coed At the same tine there is much that eis
reform in socia system and this is loudly proclaimed
on an sides, and we must nos make our preparations
and agree upon plans for the future or it will
be rco late The sunny regions OF South America
settled and poped by noble European race before the
mouth rock the Catholic sung his re Deum at
st. MaIy's. Mobiles and warriors stood ia council
irs heard in Peru Brazil and Paraguay long
before Washington gathered to his grave, the
volutionsty were heard at Burk ers HILL But
beaa violence in this happy land and dsusioD
pet The social ruin which impiey had begun Yet in
Ipite fexptr.nce, like the republics Of cid are max
ing Of growing strength to introduce what caused
their cownfa Luxury everywhere upon the increase
and 10 IL crime, for the police records each year
prove that crime is far greater than In preceding year
Thn MIA nf md fhA
q eat engine, think that will effect il is popular
government. Away with your kings +" cries the Italian
Mszzini Away with emperors" shouts the Hungarian,
Kossuth; mo loyaly.n cries Ledfu Rollin; We
must and will have Republic and will not be still
until we get one shouts the prosaic German democra
In our country We have never thing but
republican ard popular goverpment We have enough
liberty and yet social evils exist and call for remedy
In Europe the cry is, Education education" g The
people only bad hey ignoran cries the
central committee in London and the rnfians at the
diet Frankfort re- echo it, In this country schools and
scboolmBs abound American who lnuot read
seldom TO be met with One who cannot write Is It more
seldom and one sho cannot calculate (Laugher
the most Of the offences committed against society
not by the upleteIed bur by the educated Turn
gous liberation" cries TIE Epglishuan; Equal tolera
ton" says she Protestant preacher Toleraton the
poor pedsrs who are found pocanng that the Pope and
all who follow him FOOLS The lecturer then went
discuss the ms Of the and pointed out how injurious
they were to social reforms Pro esantism said he,
from its nature and principles become ropuarized
ard must work political system. When the chang
ing interests and cries OF the multu lie turn away from
political scheme once popular, Protestant too
must turn away from 1t and follow the people, perhaps
in the most opposite direction must perish. Under
Jaues the First it must assert the divine right Of kings
the divine right of rebellion and notorious treason.
When the pupits roared with resistance the govern
pie liked the text praised the and caressed the
When during the late anti slavery excitement
the pups resounded with similar IMPRESSIONS against the
government of the United States, the people diked the
text aud the discourse too, and called the preacher
wooeyh head. (Lauehter) The Kings and Parliament
Britain found that the new regio served their
tuIn in robbng the Catholic churches, colleges,
and abbeys, and upheld it. Should the English people
get into difficulty and need money to get out Of it, do
think it is likely that their rulers uld scruple
rom prayi ing upon the because they
held by different set Of incumbents These rulers did
not respect the ancient bishops established by the grace
t God and viii they accept. under similar circumtan.
the statutay superntendence established by act of
Parliament The trouble with Professionalism is, that
1t is omfwhat like London soda water bottle,
for it cannot stand upon its bottom. It cannot
carry on bush on s own account, but must into
par with some broker who ends by taking the
benefit of the law perhaps through ticket by the
earliest boat to California But let resume theme
and see If Catholcity is not vigorous agent to
offer for the correction Of social evils and abuses than
the various human systems which have passed in review
before US 10 proceed with fairness in this matter
must notice two mistakes that often made and
Is by the enemies and by the friends of the church.
when surveying our history and looking into socal
abuses which are merely accidental, and her friends
identity her with abuses and embellishments which
are only accessories and contingents. In history
whose conduct is sinful and scandalous but do
you hold the church responsible for their actions!
What they do is what she forbids and what she
mands is what they will do You read Of institu-
lions and cities where hypocrisy and vice 90 unbrled
~ 0r eases you TO some
rect the evil. and sought to punish the offenders.
The traveller in the desert Of the East who approaches
some far famed monument of olden time may at
first only the uncoutb outlines Of shapeless mass and
judges perhaps that little of worth be found in the
he Is undeceved and gazes With intense delight the
noble structures Of Memphis Thebea Palmyra although
full proportions are buried and partially hidden be-
from to age the church built by the hand Of
Christ The lecturer then went to discuss the differ
ences in doctrine and discipline which existed between
the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches great
length and contended that the only mode for the
introduction of q social reformation in this coun-
try the adoption Of the religion of the for
mer church. In his arguments he travelled over
the same Ground as the every day poemical dispu-
Institutions Of the country good they must be pre-
served. Abuses have crept in and must be rcmedied-
iiihcuies are ahead and must be oyercome and, ask
GU vi at is the 'our:e from which this country must
rink in this inward life, health and strength? Ladies
md gentlemen it is the Catholic Church-the Catholic
Church alone cloud applausc)
The meeting then dispersed.
Lecture Upon OpthaImIc Medicine.
DR. Stephenson delivered lecture upon this branch Of
medical and surgical pathological study last evening in
The lecture was preparatory regular for the
of students very large audience pre-
en consisting of the governors Of the institution
arge number of leading practitioners and crowd of me-
ca students The reserved seats filled with ladies'
little before eight O'Clock Dr. Stephenson took his
tand at the lecture desk, and said I'm this intro
lucory to regular OF lectures on opthamic me-
iic,ne and surgery, enter upon the task under far
suspicious circumstances than upon the preceding
occasion and yet not without just sense Of the fearful
res possibility connected with Important under.
taking enter upon 1t with the more confidence from
the fact that at the close of my first course, the
gentlemen whom had the honor to address not only |
Ddered vote Of thanks but very respectfully in
gited repeat the during the present winter
need not stop inform you that since last mcetirg
sc have opened opthamic hospital in New York for
the benefit Of the poor Allow me to congratulate the
students and friends Of the Institution upon the occur
Before entering upon the details of the rise aud
progress Of the institution 1t not be Improbable to
race the institutions for opthamic diseases in Europe
America Institutions erected for relieving tho ills
Of suffering humanity some Of the blessed fruits Of