The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-04-06

The Club meets tonight at Rice's Hail.
Republicans, attention. Music, AZ usual.
60 There was q great rush to Mrs. Tall
Ions opening yesterday. The new bonnet
"went off, and we presume will now be the
style in Keokuk, ne well as in New York.
0T We cannot answer "Emma's ques-
ton until the document 10 sent in.
"DAstEL. s-There was very respectable
audience out to hear the Rev. Mr.. Jocelyn's
lecture on Tuesday evening - audience fi
though few" For the sake of the Institute
We regret the slim attendance. There ough
to have been twice or three times AZ many
people present, and we can not account for
the lack Of interest shown on this occasion.
The Lecture 10 one which draws crowded
houses wherever MIR. Jooeiyn has delivered
tin Burlington, Muscatine, Des Mones,
and other places-in oil OF which, Wa believe,
he has been invited to repeat ii. MIR. Jcoe-
Ign is an earnest, eloquent and impressive
speaker, and his productions are highly fin-
ished, Astounding In beautiful and splendid
imagery, and striking and profound thoughts.
lie 10, ia fact, ivs man, and grapplss earn
esty and honestly with the stirring questions
of the day. The great theme of the lecture
on Daniel Ia the "Higher Law"-improvin
the example OF DanieI to illustrate the rel.-.
tions Of individual conscience and the pow
er Of the State. The relative rights and ex-
tent Of each were sharply defined.
We may be allowed to suggest that the
speaker, on this occasion, was too hurried,
and therefore frequently indistincs in bis de-
livery. lie seemed 10 be conscious that bis
lecture was very long, and he was apparently
fearful that his audience would become wear.
led. His haste betrayed this consciousness,
and therefore tended to produce the very ef.
feet which be wished TO avoid. Had he spo-
ken with bis accustomed ease and dstincsness,
such was the intrinsic interest and power Of
his discourse, that we dare say no one would
have noticed the lapse Of time.
We would also suggest that the symmetry
OF the lecture would be much improved by
curtailing several passages which are not
strictly pertinent TO the main theme. Ii
would then BIO less discursive, more compact
and pointed, and at the same time would be
reduced to such limits that the speaker could
deliver 1t with more deliberation and effect.
Rev. Joseph Frapneti. J~., RECTOR Of
81. Joha's church. okuk.
DEAR SlR:-lt seems 10 nae your anxiety about
preiimlnarles Is altogether grnnHdless-- Yaa
will, Of oonrse, rely upon what evidence you
please, and so shall |. III you rely more up
on tho s'Christian Fathers " than |, you have
q perfect right so 10 do. LII yon think The
Bible more fully inspired than |, all the pop
ular prejudice is on your side, and should
question it at my peril-not yours. II /
should appeal TO mans reason and conscience
you would not object, after your Gne ealogy
on them in your first lecture. II should
tell men to Judge even of themselves what
10 right" Jesus said SO. If should try to
find God in unity, or Trinity in Nature, Jesus
told us to behold the face of S. Our Father''
in the rain and sunshine, the grass and the
flowers. Ii should commend the soul Oh
man to the guidance Of bis Holy Spirit which
leadeth into all truth, Jesus promised il to
oil for the asking. II could tell you just
what and how much evidence il would take
to convince me that such things as the eternal
salvation or damnation of the soul hung up
on just what the mind stho't of Christi or
. Of the truth Of such doctrines as Total De-
pravity, Trinity, Vicarious Atonement, SAL
walton from endless He'll by Faith or Elect
ing Grace, Ipotld. cannot. Bot / prom
Use to hear gil you have to say, and believe
all can. And if you will do the same by
me, when ! introduce irrelevant evidence
It viii DO time enough for you to NOV.
that ii be ruled out, Bet Ia not thi.
squeamishness about evidence an after
thonght9 Had you been as careful Of you,
witnesses as you wish me to be, would yor
hare called "Dr. Sears''-a Swedenborgiar
Of years standing--a representative mar
Of the Unitarians,o and "reeent CONVEX
from them''2 Yet, do not accuse you Of
Intentional misstatement, or call you to &C
count for choosing your own materials ant
making your own use Of them in you
course % ieesures. snail DO the same, an
swerable to God only for the use make O
his word, the christian Fathers or what
ever else may think will advance his truth
Your Brother, L. WHlrkxY,
Pastor of Unitarian Ch., Keokuk.