The New York herald., 1869-01-13
LECTURES LAST NIGHT.


LECTURE ny 1Sl8nOp Clarke Oh ltnOOe lBkanOs
Not very large, but highly intelligent audience
was assembled last evening at Trenors Lyric Hail.
in Sixth avenue, near Forty-second street. to hear
lecture by Right Rev. Thomas M. Clark, Bishop of
Rhode Island, for the benefit OF the Mission Chapel
Of the Anthon Memorial Church. in Forty-eighth
street. Mr.. Ira Chase introduced the Bishop in
few pertinent remarks.
The reverend bishop who is pleasantly, sleek
looking man. OF middle age, and gifted with pleas
ing style Of oratory spoke over an hour and was lis
tened to with most interested attention. He an
chinen and, speaking without notes, was neces-
sarily somewhat dscurslve. He began with alluding
tns a O. an se Tsa
bodies. The machinery Of man was the. same,
but more complicated and more mysterious.
There were IN the room one hundred perfect ma
chimes, with all the bolts, screws levers and other
appurtenances Of machinery. There were one hun
dred steam engines with valves wheels revolving
and steam generating. There were also one hundred
galvanc batteries with electrical currents In full
sx feet long and freauenty less and as sit il e
quently happened, there was the largest power In
Napeeon G abon s
were their regulating themselves as well as their
power Of reproduction. He referred to the use OF
The hand. Six thousand years ago 1t was used in
collecting materials for clothing for the human body
and In gathering sticks and rubbing them together
to make a fire to make warm the body. This hand
had worked wonders since. Speaking OF man as
one machine, 1t had subdued, he said, and replen-
snea tne eartn. Ins man nad cut down iorests mad
puit Clucs, cons1Lucteu SHIPS tIe steaM engine ana
Ine teieerapn. ne compaIea man 70 tne animal ere.
alion-pees Maue inUst perect ceiis, Deavers uut
DLluges anu otler anInais snoweu uveIsIy VI me
CnitlIcai Skill. nul none VI .nesc Aniilais nau I'M
PIoveu. iney were tle SAINT to-uay ~ thousands oI
years ago; ~ oHe Iace " animas lnproveo on lts
PIeuScessors ~ was nus ~ viii man; no was con-
stsnty Improving anu WOuIu continue ~ Improve.
Nex. nc spohe oi ,ne sihsson VI certain cnaiac-
&rlslcs ooIi ~ VIZ oIn.e anu VIZ nuuan cIcaton'
lug young " & smepneius @ wy woulu, ior INSTANCE,
nne W slccP VI VI - i.ls 1neln zig
nAluIa isLuce VI uoss' Win nan lnnuenCes oi
generlc claIaCSeI oICen snowsu themselves Inf0uen
seneIuuons ine mystery VI iuan nau never peen
soveu-neveI wouiu De- 10 peiecs aulomatOn
nau SssI pccn laue, anu yet man wouu
s.slliu ~ hediui WiIIuus enoI. anu aimoss un-
CONSCIOUSLY. nc aiIuueu ~ ING uencate
iuImnsio ons ~ Ic eJo anu JUG cat' wnaI gave
.ss sisns - W MS u!on " mas saso nSnlMk "
iu th . % r.. - ny t o.oy, GU =, VIZ ony
s 'as n .,o s eou " aS & Wy - ..o ncnses lc
nu ~ - 80, ao % "a, n1ss " so au gasSs
a. III . A.u.c vi sonus auu nquus. lne sou was Ieaily
..,e s.uk maaa. a maj .ei uanscenng al otneIs
was .ns =. oug =. tnc Meuium
"a PossoSa1' ~, i, ~ sase nlotiou
~ Wy oonpiea,, aa...y " n,e .nIoa, oPehcu MS
.nouh,, niossu nS .olSue ou nps. sase vioratoIy
. ~ na wy a. .h 1u src % spvnen w
a az ,es ava0Iu - t o VI . avset ' caL.
snu .- AVE. ~ snc Soie voess oont paloh us y.
~ nci snouer. ~ nn. IIoin .nis topic ne proceeued
" ePean VI .u sneo's VI C'liac VI nl"l. NJ sIeae
-. mas ese, uolu oli e equator, anu
~ ,h - mas au 0ouay ~ & T., 'ns & @ ~ lavolaDle
~ tne piouucton VI 9einus. me men VI rea power,