Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1858-03-25
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LECTURE. u
q. g, Andrews. ESQ, Of Isl Cloud,
iectured ~ Al attentive and sppreeistive
audience n ths Congrega RATIONAL Church
&C this place, last Tuesday evening.
His sObjec. was TIE three principal
Eros u .amfr;can H;story.' = He stated
the first % BE The settlement VI James
Gown |; the second, the Revolution; and
the third, tho adoption Of the Cons,itu-
ton and the Union. An elaborat. dis7
cussipr Il 81 2 period % long aud % fnll
of stirring events could net Be crowded
within the limits Of . single lecture w
The speaker. therefore, attempted moth
Ing more than glance At the character
and political bearings upon mankind oil
these prominent and noticeable events,
announced a. tho subject ofhis remarks
He did this in very handsome manner.
His style = chaste and scholarly, and
his delivery, though slightly Iabored, is
nevertheless pleasing. % possessing the
essential merits Of animation and unai-
.fecied earnestness. '4ls
A thing to be well said must be earn
estly said. BY how much the more we
have arealizing sense Of the entire
truthf,lness Of the sentiments to be ut
tered, by just 50 much more does the
expression of them. reach the mind and
affect the heart Mr.. Andrews evident
y has : high appreciation Of the stern
integrity and unexsmpled courage 81
the Pilgrims their naughty resistance Of
persecution In the lands from which they
ffed--tleir defence Of danger, whether
upon the wave or in the wilderness
and animated BY such sense OF their
heroic virtues, his tributes Of praise as
might have been expected, were alike
nobly conceived, and elegantly express
ed. Feeling deeply, he spoke earnestly /;
aud we own the elevated tone Of this
part Of his address intensified our i'd
m'ration Of the heoric people, whose
proud history he 50 gracefully acknow-
lodged. Of the Revolutionary era,
We think. if he had brough, to view
more than hs did, its distinguished act
ors and memorable events, it would
havs added much TO the completeness
and symmetry Of his production as a
whole. Had he enforced the examples
Of some Of the many bright names Of
that period, IS gathering luster with the
lapse Of years. and a. legacies to inspire
us with 4 purer patriotism, we think, It
would have added yet another 10 the
many beauties il contained.
or Constitutional Government and
the Union, he spoke we'll and Justly,
eyincing careful study and comprehen-
sive views. His aallusion to, tho dis
tinguished men who composed the
Convention uniformed the Constitution,
were equally Just and eloquent Frank
lin, Hamilton, Sherman, Madison and
Washington were artfuliy placed in the
forograund. u Had he dwell more upon
these celebrated characters, II would
have pleased US better; for his brief
I - them was 50 pleasing to US
in style. that we were much disappointed
when Ne suddenly passed from the sub
ject. ia tss ~. u Y. ..si. s..5 "
~ Not intending y review, We have only
to add that Mr.. Andrews handled his
subject in q method 50 precise and sys-
tematic, clothed in language always so
appropriate, and often 50 pbetical, as to
IMPLY the possession Of cultivated taste
and classical attainments. v.
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