The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-29
Mrs. DuniwaY's Lecture.

A large and attentive audience gath
cred in Oro Fino Theater on Sunday
evening to listen to Mrs. Duniwayis lee
ture on "The Christ of Nazareth and
the Christ of Christendom.r Promptly
at half-seven o'clock the lecturer APP
peared upon the stage, and after reading,
in very creditable manner, q portion
of the Sermon on the Mount, and offer
ing q fervent prayer, proceeded with
her lecture. She compared the life and
teachings Of Christ of Nazareth with the
manner in which His precepts and eX-
amples are followed by certain Chris
tians of this day. The point which the
lecturer apparently wished to establish
was that in the day there is too much
eye and lip service among some of the
followers of Christ, and too little real
Christianity. While Christ, when on
earth, moved in the most humble cir
cles, and wrought His wonderous cures
and exercised his loving kindness among
the poorest of the poor, Christians in
this day, many of them, while worship
ing in most costly churches, and max
ing elegant personal display a notice
able speciality when attending church,
too often turned deaf ear to the solicit
tatiOns of the poor and needy on every
hand. The lecturer attended DR.. Chap
in's church on her recent visit TO New
York city. After noticing the gorgeous
dresses of many of the wOrshipers, and
the fact that many of the hymn-bOOks
and Bibles which they carried were dec
GRATED with jewels of sufficient value to
alleviate an immense amount OF the
suffering eXtant in their own and other
cities, the lecturer went on to state that
during the services n collection was
taken up for the poor. After passing
out, at the conclusion of the exercises,
she noticed, right across the street from
the church, ahaggard, woe-begone, pow
erty-sticken woman, with a babe in her
arms and other children clinging to her
garments, apparently in great distress.
The lecturer approached her, inquired
into the circumstances of her case, and
asked why she did not apply to the pub
lie authorities for assistance, or to the
Notwithstanding her that she had
just seen collection taken up for the
poor In the church across the street.
lhe poor woman Informed the lecturer
that there were so many applications
from the poor to the public authorities
that proper attention could not be given
TO all cases, and that an application on
her part to the pastors or sections of
churches would most probably meet
with rebuff. There (said the lecturer)
was most deserving object of charity
just across the street from a church
where a few minutes before a collection
had been taken up for the pOOrI The
lecturer thought that among very many
Christians there was too much theory
and too little practice. She wished by
these Sunday evening lectures to create
a better feeling among all sectsi to re-
vive, if possible, the noble, practical
Christianity taught by the meek and
lowly Nazarene, whose righteous pre-
cepts were far from being followed In
these degenerate days. We have not
space to follow the lecturer in detail.
The remarks were listened to attentively
throughout. At the close she an
nouneed that some financial assistance
was necessary to enable her to carry out
her enterprise, and the substantial re-
sponse elected from the audience eyinced
no small amount of sympathy on their
part. Mrs. Duniway then announced
that on next Sunday evening she would
lecture, at the same place, on "Our So
cial System,u and the audience was
dismissed. At the next lecture congre
gational singing will form one Of the at
fractions. We hope to see full house.
Herald.