The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-03
Mr.. Tuxbury's Lecture.


A very respectable and intcllgcn, audi
cncc assembled last evening to hear lee
tlirc from the Rev. Mr.. TuXhury. of Bran
don. Mr. Tuxbury was introduced by
the subject for the evening, Earth and
Man. or the Wonders of Physical Geogra-
ply" Mr.. Tuxbury said that our subject
was the wide. wide world. our instrument
the narrow, narrow mind, and our time
the short hour. We must not expect
treatise like that of Humboldt or Ritter on
the surface of the Garth or Hugh Miller
on the crust He compared the facts and
laws of nature to jewels that do not grow
old by age. Gods work does not grow
shabby"
If the finding and furnishing of the
world is more fully revealed in the book of
Genesis. The production of single
page, of the London Times under the mi
croscopc is looked upon as "A miracle by
those macquaintcd with sun pictures, how
much greater the miracle that places the
account of the creation on II single page,
The history of creation is written with an
iron pen upon the rocky crust, from the
surfoce downwards. As the Hebrew hyro-
glyphs were not all letters, but sometimes
animals and fishes, SO the student of gcol-
ogy finds here and there remains of animals
along with the writing of the iron pen.
The earth may be compared to an apple
which II boy roasts by twisting before the
fire, the heat causing the juices to form
ridges ON the surface, the apple, like the
earth, becoming rough ON the exterior.
Smoothness is not desirable, either in men
or bodies, for AS an object becomes smooth
so it becomes slippery.
He next proceeded to consider the many
contrivances for watering and warming the
earth. The earth is enveloped with water
like garment, or gather two separate gar
ments, the great reservoir, the sea, cover
ing the lower cXtremtics, while the upper
part of the body is envelopcd in the atmos-
phere, the upper garment being forty miles
deep in the deepest part, and the lower six
miles.
Those countries that have opened them
selves to the invasion of the ocean and
thereby have more coast line, he declared
to be superior, and in illustration compared
the countries of Africa and Europe. Eng
land is superior to France, because her
shore line is three times as great Our.
country is ahead of them both, having
$4,000 miles of shore line. The victory
hereafter will depend not so much on our
ships as on our sailors.
The tides fill an important part in the
economy of the world. They are the en-
prcssmcn that knock twice day at our
doors. asking if there is anything to be car
ricd to the countries over the sea As ii is Gus
tomary for us to remember these servants of
the public with gifts at Christmas and New
Years, how much more should America
remember with gratitude the Great Giver
for His benefits The great powers cxcrtcd
by gravity and centrifugal force were no
tccd The clouds are the great water car
i'Nif7f "'N Wv 'NhibliNH w
ing. South American lies as flat as a
founder, with its vertibrp on the left side.
II this was found in the founder we should
consider il n dcformity. As il is, it is de-
sign, for the clouds borne ON the trade
windss striking the Andes, are broken and
thrown to the ground Clouds are like
msersi they grndgingly give few drops
or dollars, but when they strike the high
mountain peaks of death they disgorge
their wealth, which is given back by the
Almighty to enrich and benefit the earth.
Speaking of the contrivances for warm
ing the earth, the lecturer said that water
was great carrier of heat, in fact water
might be called the maid of all work in
this home of ours, ever ready to perform
any service required of her. Warm baths
are as conducive to the health of continents
AS to that of individuals The Gulf of Mex
leo, as the source of the Gulf stream, might
be called the teakettle of England If
those that complain of England's supre-
macy on the sea would open the lsthmus
of Panama, the River Mersey would be
frozen eight menths in the year. The coal
beds are great sources of heat. They are
coal cellars, ready filled for our use.
AT present the world is too large for Adj
ANS family. Men are disinclincd to leave
the crowded centres of trade. Gold is the
great power used by God to draw popula-
ton away.
The Anglo-Saxon is the most important
language of the world The Romantic Ian
guages lost their power by striving to en-
slave the minds of men, whereas the An
glo-Saxon, by giving to mankind an open
Bible, has established a position that can
not be overthrow, and to them the Lord
says "Men that honor me will honor"
The idea of employing our home talent
for home consumption on the lecture plat
form, is a wise movement on the part of
the congregation under whose auspices This
course of lectures IL hping given In the