, 1863-12-16
the PEACE OF GOD.
~ "A. EF.NInsters before the Den.
ocrnfic Kuviuc7blcs=.7dY Ythlc.sI
K~o1fscrhootl-~AN NTail for
tho Good Old Times.


~ =. ~ ~ x.G.sss.s. H sE 77c-1.
Tf~o1f,crhooI--A xVn;l 80.
the Good Old Times
ine uenoaa,e n',aeao'e Cino has been rather
wv. petAspe a''uns =. aptactlcai a2plea-
wv. -, w psaeo - ~, Pt'se doctrine 30 c!o-
,a.aa.s ~ ausu ~" " .uosc wac assume to be the
1880. ~ -s F44s5 q N" a'eiap13 to get mp
nce'1ne nA'e resulted IN miserable failures. but
|Ae H"n"a9ea' enst one OF tnelr greatest liter
a3y nsnts "oold lecture IN Bryan Hall last even
Ing ore" together IN average suaicnee. The
speaker was James A. McMasters. editor Of the
HcW 4ofK fTeeHsas journal; his subject" The
Pe&ce Of God"
The lecturer is q tall, spare man with epcct.cp-
Lar attachments. and rather hcsItst,np msuncr
Hla uttcrances are smooth. even polished. tha
method OF his discourse il Of that character xxh,c
ono calls d{n1ouatfc: running rnund . o,.at;o-
arriving at untenshlo conclusions bya nrnccaa ~
lengthy, 70 apparently candid. TINT the he,1ar 49,.
scarcely find fault With any one.stcn in thu daanr
tive process, though little reflection Womb aho,v
the entire nnsuhstsntiality Of the whole f,br1r
Now and then he makes in intcr}aeulator7 apn]i-
cation to passing events, which is rapturouslv
applEuded, sometimes inconvenlently 80,
The lecture Last evening was very ineeu1oua
sophiBm from beginning to close. Cnmmcnc,nc
with that soothing allusion to the rrestrras cf
Chicago and the enseru,ise anf, no.,5e,, 1nf,na,s
Of her people, which is 60 we1l caicn]nte1 to m. Nv
audience into good huuor with tbe aneal,r 10
gracefully turned to n 1eoend NJ tha eiao-
and delivered fanciful sketch ~ ,n,51,o .. 49,
tori Ha related how tow.ra, 49, a1nae ass us.
tenth centnry ..Rrntlorhooa ~ po.ss,, ,n.s ~
formed the members ~ u,b,r. icr1o.1a,. ~, ,.,,s
~ -, ,,t..oa TIT :. ,.f...- -. @o o'to
fr,,r Frb4f,,o 1o.r1n,, :. - 49, :. a"s'a1n
no'n usuuus' tce'"s ~ 70 Iaose VINO delighted
custed at intervals along the whole stre.,o NJ
tsne th.t to the one sash at
claimed for it. and was entirely disconnected nom
may be remarked en passant that The lectnrcr nd
mlaed tnat tne Welent OF evidence was counter to
INC eketen Wnfch pc chose TO ca1 history. HIS as
sertions as to the existence, nature, objects and
'sN nooa 81 reacs, "eIe suosIanna1ed b5 no better
Of an intebaronsleler1esi convention In ,,ss SbIeh
ce,ta1n rulcs were laid down. not forbiddin. war.
nr+ Int 1epp,atinc tha c1a,,Sa ~ .rroad sas;a
oi men while passing through neutral or hostile
territory Yes there was one other item Of
proof. It vss nm extract from a hnJ1 og pona 81.
rester the Second, Illuminated IN tho gear soS con-
tanning these memorable words. .stWe xarn vou
NJ 49, ron ws s1,,,n1irsts -o,, L., ~. - -
"e pray sou' We suppnca9 you IN the name Of
3onr Neoeemef 10 CONSIDER inst the peace Of tho
Church cannot exist without peace among the Sec
ular u6wcrs.' rInon this SLENDER fonu5atinn tha
,...t,.o, .,;t4 ~ -.aa:,,oa,aHt as..-.-..S w.
aeetats' oa''l up "'Asal'oqaeut usses1ptlen OF
people whose virtues and practical philosophy
might copse to b1uah the modern c3v3lized Chris
t1.1 r, .,,-,,a ~ 5a.;s,t-s,t.,, - ..ss.I
aAA. IL '"oiu1 n4a uese4 'l't'oA VI ttat hhppy
epoch was but q variation upon the panezyrics
urononuced by the elder poets IN rba neonrc of
= fo-ne- <,o,5on s,a s~f~ ~
1na.a, stusa = a.es age,,o,. =. ,,..ou>,
indeed II was appafeht 10 any one who listened
10 his etlnelon, that he was using those descr1n-
ttorR nn1r aa cloak tn .he ysao,n ,r1ch crer md
.no, 80 vant.5 I, oont.,.,;vo .n.t..s. ~
auon m"' setsa ~ eouansuFe hea'eneess he
cnoee tne pat""se, aAo "oTe "of0 pict1fe 10 suit
the moral intended to be conveyed, Eilie1 yas
stmp1v t]ns. ttat The ,nenhera of Tho nr.ont NV
o.,n-so,,t ~ It, n,,4or.ar. 49, @,,taoa,
as1neae - aAe - euppotseie .1e "1tnout eaeeptloa
the WORST Hfetcaes that ever existed. The fellow
ing is sketch Of his diseourse:
Nine centuries a1nce-fu tho latter rart of tho
n NIL. seninrrEon inrI,nfion Sv,s f.r,1x1 ~ ~ ~
srrtI, ~ E1snre ~ in,1,ia nn +snnr ,ni ~ t stc
1ttt1 - th.,. ,-nro iu. e1!7 ~, WV
~ ,1o;r ~ HIscnce E III .ne .s
their ~ md rci;o;n1a Ii1c ~ rrhn. -;
~ e41i X ~; = t. .he ~
rHI 4Isr ..h;rh thos ,h,s ahnsa ~ Psnso