The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-24


LECTURE. - The tenth and last of the
course OF Lectures before the Young Mems Chris
tian Association was delivered by the Rev DR.. LIE
on Friday evening last. . a7eo -a2ts 81
DR.. Lee said he should consider himself fortu-
nate IL, alter much had been said, aud so well
said by the able ministers who had preceded him,
he could contribute in any manner to sny extent
to the interest felt In the Association, the inn
provement and usefulness of its members. Fl
While he should avoid ia subject and in STYLE
the grave dienities OF the pulpit the solemn forms
of sermonizng, and the astute sanctty OF those ho
~ services which deserve and receive the profoun.
dest Grafton of our minds and bearts-wheu the
sound of the .'chureh-going bell" calls and guides
us to the temples OF prayer and praise, he remind
Ell his hearers that they were representative Chris
.ians, with religious character to maintain and
precious faith to preserve and perpetuate. We are
consecrated, he ssid, to fe's devotion to the
highest and hottest interests OF humanity 5.
In the exercise of nur liberty to discuss topics 10.
cidental 10 religion he had selected of which
he might say in advance, and Independent of its
treatment, it has natural attractions that very few
are bold enough to despise, exceencies that eio-
quence cannot augment, nor duness disparage, and
. wealth of merit 70 which spontaneous and
cheerful tribute is awarded "by Saint, by savage,
and by sage" Sculpture has exhausted the crea-
ton of it's skill Painting taxed the highest periec-
tion ofthe srt Poetry poured forth its richest and
sweetest strains; Music wsrbled Its most meliifu
GUS notes; Science softened its features al mul.
paris OF speech, and all it's rules-a Tree will offer
ing from all to express sensations and sentiments
universal In their existence, and Transporting in
their power. Yet all In vain. After describing how
Sculpture, and Painting. and Poetry, and all had
retired incompetent to The task of ru,hfuIly por-
traying the subject towhich he had alluded need
say, continued the lecturer, my theme is
Homon.-Ho consoed himself with the reflection
theme might sppesr however unskiiful its treat.
ment, the subject remains intact unaffected In ito
simple lovslipess a full possession of s it's attrac.
tions,-sli its elements of beauty and power
How long the first man kept house by himself we
have means of knowing. 1t was long enough 20
produce sense of loneliness, consciousness OF de-
feet in his domestic arrangement feeling that
companionshp would increase his happin ess without
dividing hi, property and without disestng les
OF and aspire to be now-the seeolthest man in
the aoorld-abe to get married and Competent TO sum
country, and quite up to the highest style of the
| times. -
Angels above and brutes below him had compan.
The world was sad-the garden was wild;
And man, the hermit, sighed { : - =
constant appeal to Heaven to relieve his tolls and
| cheer his solitude. Ifsoude has charms il /. ali
the more charming when one has a coupanion to
whom he may ssy-"How sweet il solituden He
| considered marriage not only honorable among all
men, but the natural right of all women, and the
| positive duty of all men wife was provided for
| mens supply had beer kept baud for all his de.
scendants- Promising that man was made of dust and
woman of better material the lecturer hen presents
ed Millions poetical description of the crestion nf
woman, when after Adam had been BY supsrnatural
power thrown into deep sleep =,
Opened his left side and took
| From thence q rib
He portrayed in the Poets language and his own,
| their first interview. When he -
"Pressed her matron lin
With kisses pure,' .
the which makes h IN with seye
of man, and showed it to be both inatured and
unjust II she was the first In the disobedence. she
has been the CHIEF sunsreI by the act She has felt
lation to the divine plan of redemption. from tbs
ruin that followed her act of disobedience, we nd
her in relation hich places her first al the crsdIs
of the Redeemer, last at bis Cross and first at his
grave.
Notwithstanding man has made her life so isolate.
her heart fountain of weeping and her breath =
sigh, it 10 still IS true a. it Is poetic and beautifuI
Without the smile from partial beauty won, e.
Oh! Whist were mana world without sun
Man. from whatever motives was by consent and
deed partsker of the act aud is involved in the guilt
quite as deeply as she. He
SCRUBBED not to eat
Against his better knowledge not deceived
But foadly overcome with female charms
The lecturer next alluded to the plsca uba,..
woman was taken, as indicating her relations TO man
aud society. Man was made of dust~sbs Of d dn.t
doublv refned-the completion of the Creativa skil
| and the browning glory of the Creators worIM
| side of man-not out OF his head to be above him
nor out Of his feet to be trampied upop bv hin, III.
Gu. o. ms nae, 70 os equal with him under his
arm, 70 De protected by him. and near his heart r.
| be beloved" Man, in his loneliness, had bssn ~
nihcently provided for by Companion ssantsS ,hir
wants-though secondary aud subordinats and Nam.
ing his protectlon yet fitted in sympathi.s a.
and intellect endowments to be bis ro ,s.ies,
| and friend. Her position, though subordiosfs ~,
ipfueuce if not almost supreme in p3wsr sh a.
| richly endowed, for It Amply aud honorablv ha:
she acquitted herself in the task of mas
from the wreck and ruin of the fall ana pnra.;g
in tho domestis circle that which wss Lost hv hk
eating the forbidden ffuit but she has ony
ed in making the wilderness OF her creation TO re.
joce and blossom with the order, beauty and f,s
GRANGE of garden, as abe has maintained her plsc.
at the side and under the arm of man. This ssssr.
ton of the speaker was illustrated by picture Of
the condition OF society where woman, a. In Greece
and Roue, had been sung a. an angel or worshippsd
0oddes5 and, on the other hand, by descrip.
ion of those nations as 10 Africa and smoEg the In.
The indolense and brutal fer0city of man. On the
subject of the alleged inequality Of the senses he
showed, by tain IT facts eloquenty presented the
not inferior to those of man Her religious instincts
he considered compliment to the truth of Chasti.
suity. The sneer OF the infdsl, ''The religion of
eommsndation Of the Bible and of woman inssmach
~ IL showed % high an appreciation Of that subme
repository Of truth By her. veil endowed By ma.
turs with the perceptions and feelings that AVA
ksned and controlled BY that which s beautiful ana
pure.
D.. Lee next commented upon the uunssural ana
Iinfhl tendepciss Of the position assumed BY strong
minded women and piaced In contrast picture Of
Irus woman toing In thst sphere In which her ex.
lsncies find their fees and obiest exercise
Ind In which her virtues are drawn out BY one
I'D bright and beautiful Is the flowers Of Spriag or
Ihe stsrs 81 sausmsf Asussment. Her poslHo, ari
relations, her duties and II they have
not tns ciai power and puhlieity Of ths sphsls j.
"..noos mevss ssssirs ssss,.hsi:
.s1ss s1d wsrriors courage Hes housshold IL
~. ,a sof whess veal she toils With Roman %.