Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-11

iect of an epigram ending as follows:
:. So strange n thing we ne'er shall see again,
A Pawnee escort for wild Sioux traih'
The glorious sunrise in the mountains
was disposed of by two lines OF poetry
which Mr.. Train said exhausted the sub
iect. A dash into politics followed the
lengthy description of the West its vast
plains and grand mountains
He stated that an organization OF the
Sorosisters in Memphis was the result OF
his visit. A society Of ladies was or
ganized, the members of which intended
to vote. This subject was referred to at
length. The Fenian question was ven
tilated; and now came
THE LOGIC OF CIRCLES.
Mr.. Train made small circle on the
blackboard representing the little church
at Waltham, Mass, Rev. George P,
Rector, where he worshiped in his child
hood days. For years he thought it the
largest church in the world, until he
went to Boston and saw the gilt-edge
churches, but was unable to find the
Church of Christ In New York, the
eloquent talker said, you can be
Christian for $1,000, but in the country
it only costs about 800. In England,
he saw the Catholic Bishop of Lon
don riding behind six horses, the
Protestant Bishop behind eight, but
the Savior of the world rode
into Jerusalem on an ass, thereby
showing a difference in style. lnfantl-
eide was boldly practiced in New York.
You see only few children in a family,
and the seven-story palace of the in
famous Madam Restel, Of New York
city, was built on infant skulls. MIR.
Train added circles to his blackboard
delneations-one representing the sixty
million of skeptics in Germany whom
religious America sided with to crush
out Catholic France. The Russian
Church had 10000, 900 Of worshipers; in
China the followers of Confucius num-
bered 4O0, 1000; in India Buddha had
2OO,OOO,OOO of believers; the Fire-Wor-
shippers of Persia worshiped Zoroaster,
and number OO,OOO,OOO; in Arabia and
adjoining countries 2OO,OOO.OOO of peo-
pie believe in the Koran.
AZ go" said Mr.. Train, to the fol-
lowers of these Prophets or Gods and
ask them if they ever heard of my grand
father, the Rev. Geo. P, of Waltham,
Mass" They answer, mol Never "
Another CLEAN of light breaks in upon
me.
CHRISTIANITY AS TAUGHT AT PRESENT.
Train stated that Christianity, as
termed at present, was not the religion
introduced on earth by the Savior. The
circles we're again called into requisl'
ton by the speaker. He said there are
only oO,OOO,OOO of Christians in the
world--2OO, OOO, 900 of Catholics and 100,
900, 900 of Professionals. There are l.,
300, 900, 900 of people in the world, anc
as none can be saved outside Of the
Christian churches, it follows that l, 600,
600, 900 of people go to hell. 1t is also
necessary to go to church in order to be
saved-only one-ffth of the population
of Memphis go to church. In the entire
world there is only room in the churches
for one-tenth of the population-tha
disposes of 100000, 1000; out of the 300,
100000 left, only ten per cent. belong t.
the church-that is, 100000 which
sends the remaining n 100000 TO the in
fernal regions. Here, then, is the dress
circle of 5000, 900, and the pit holding
! | ,297, 600, OO0-the result Of 1000 year
of Christian teaehing-and this take
place every thirty-three years or gen
Grafton. Those who think that the ricl
are in heaven and the poor in hell forge
that the Savior was born in manger
, If the Savior of the world lived in thes
days, what chance would he have to
seat in Beeeher's gilt-edge church,
TRAIN GOES WITH THE POOR.
After describing heaven and hell i
the manner as generally understood b
the world, he burst out into magnihcen
peroration, saying: If this be true,
want to 90 with my relatives and friend
to the abodes Of the damned. ] wal
TO look into the face Of Byron; to stan
and gaze upon the eountensnces
4 Washington, Jefferson and Hamilton.
want to sit beneath the grand old shad
Of VIII Shakespeare and the philosophe
4 Bacon. prefer to stand entranced b.
4 fore the musical geniuses Of the past
), Rossini, Beethoven and Handel. Nay,
. prefer to clasp by the hand the gre'
Goethe, Hume and Gibbon; the in6del
Tom Paine, Voltaire and Jean Jacqu
: Rosseau. Iprefer being with these gran
7 shades and with the millions Of the POI
than with the gilt-edged elect, the disc
- Piles Of MammOn."
At the close Of the wonderful leetur
u a burst of applause filed the hall f
several minutes, and crowds Of ladi
h and gentlemen surrounded the lectur
s. to congratulate him upon his literal
l. effort
n And thus closed a series Of lectur
the most remarkable ever delivered