New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-26
BROOKLYN z. NJ. C. ASSOCIATION.

A LECTURE BIZ THE REV. DIR. DURYEA-THE
STUDY OF THE HUMAN MIND-ITs PRAC-
TICABILITY, USEFULNESS, AND ATTRACTIVE
NESS.
A course of lectures, chiefly scientific, was
begun evening at the and under the auspices
of tho Brooklyn Young Mems Christian Association Long
before the time announced for the lecture TO commence
the stairs and hall were crowded with expectant
throng and when the doors opened every seat was
at once filed The Rev. Dr. Duryea selected TO de-
liver the Introductory lecture He announced as his SUBJ
,ect "The Study OF the Mind its PractibIty, Useful
meas and Attractveness Dr. Duryea prsfaced his re-
turc Of his subject, and the, necessity ., Of
foFmeF Is simply setting forth the facts and referring
them to prncples the latter department 10 conyersant
with objections and is bound 10 meet sf and answer
them He should wholly omit the poemc treatment Of
the subject since the simplest objections may be started
enough tine 10 attend the ddaCtc department First
what Is the hannah mndi II is the study OF the human
on Sl9 upon mt hese four Questions First what
the human intellect Second what does IL performi
product of it's performing or doing What Is the mindi
What does IL dol How does 1t do 1T And what is
human intellect 1t Is accessible to the observation Of
every one OF % suppose you e aRGesks w ,Hf
tell You You are on tho right track because you
have something tangible. You can see ~ weigh IT, IL
will mud the earth Is deylded into How deep
you go IyOu 20 on little iEThgr you VII ma an ar
Another from the Rocky Mountains You cannot go to
oil these places and you could You cannot 90 over al
TIE earth e VERIFY ft to hsmaS 30 Mind EVERY
thing In any mind In All the mind that there Is
N the gTSTse y IN yG ~ s because AtSS the sn attention
will naturally be drawn to material things which strike
piece Of rock Again Every fact you receive no mat
ter whence, you yourself can verify. The rauonast
ast that does not have 10 take OF all his facts
upon testimony one OF the knoies things from tne 9e
ginning OF time Is the argument that the human VIII
Has ne pooer Of contrary choice That is TO say, man
thing aud Ia choosing IT, under all the conditions
thing else The speaker, in illustration. said that one
morning, when he was on his way TO preaen, ne inca
the church aud not go near this morning ana
ees thought: "eM turn away and could no, 40 IL;
chose % and had to GO Thus 5e simplest aHa
The speaker then referred 10 consoousness-that was
slnguiar fact that tho MIND not 0ny o kPpSs Su'
can do, and look at itself while II Is doing lie then mar
a 81 b ssSS n T to rise S the
ceiling and then looked back to see how his body looked
I nna 9i rare Al Sa R G
arguing back aud forth inside OF themselV Ss-
Of watching their minds with Their minds 6 Ug
then you reason To whether you really do
think so or whether you are dTeahE nS tSs
mind Who is not In contact directly or indirectly with
What Is the grandest thing she do for the child Men
dream and women, too. " what they call establish
men They want 70 their child established ID the
world. That money and the superficial benents
OF money. Yet money be converted into thing the
most opposite to the sensual aud material. don't De.
eyo put into this world TO believe that the MIND
Is only 10 know how 10 develop the body by meat
aud drink, aud exercise, and never know how
10 develop Tho mind by thought. feeling,
and the minds action The lecturer then referred TO the
Importance OF studying the languages In our schools
especially Greek and Latin. lilo said that man who
mastered the Greek language through and through
VIII be logician sometimes without knowing the prlne
pie OF logo. Regarding the power OF the mind In max
Ing impression upon people DIS orators do he said tat
quality consisted In knowing just what VIII take mold Of
the feelings. IL said OF man up the North River
that at funeral after he had described the position
qualities, and history OF tho deceased he said. now
my friends, l come 10 tho pathetic part" Now
people won't cry out Of pure stu6borness and you
must guard against conflict with the WILL Concerning
the soyeness OF this study OF the mind he said any
thing attractive that satisfies curiosity, and IL We
have any curiosity his subject then Ia that consists
s atractiveness Again, II the study and workings OF
tho mind will rebound TO your elevation, you Will be very
patient with the teaching Of the subject and just In pro-
portion advance IN this study the more attractive
will II become This We have shown. The development
OF the mind grander than any acquisition except the
development OF character Tho two together constitute
the n06eness OF our nature.