, 1873-03-04
The Great Preacher ut tho Michigan
Avenue Baptist Church.
Two Thousand South Siaors Liston to Ills
Lecture.
lie Tolls Why Education Should
BE Compulsory.
A characteristic Introduction by Wen.
dell Phillips.

A4euAEAA 4ANUAuo DAtLlbt OuurCll, lR6G CVOnlnE
to hear Horny Ward Dccchor gpeak on :" Com
pulaory Educaton." Tho lecture was Into /,
commencing, for Aomo unknown roaaon, but til.
organ filed tho hiatus agreoably. At twont
nlnutos pnat Mr.. Wendell Phillips camo upol
the platform, followed by Mr.. Doochor. A fain
xipp1o Of applause 1nn over tho aulionoo, hut /
was impossible to dotcrmino for which Of til
gentlemen 1t was intendod. After q brief in
terval, Mr. Phillips, upon whom dovolyod tn
ceremonial Hpooch Of introduction, arose nns
said:
TIE INTRODUCTION.
LADIES AND dENElEMEN: Tho Committee hav,
kindly allowed tile pleasure OF announcing to yo1
s ns4s hs s's s @ @ irudsss iss v Gnv Cd
tho word reminds OF tin only occasion, for twcnt,
yoara th:t llayo had tho honor of hel,a pla
form With Mr. Dcechor Il waa just that length ot tne
ago when the Abotoniats wcro mobbo out Of tho City
Of Now York. and friend sent US word from ncToss
tho ferry that 4 sO would como to his church Ito would
Find enough to chow MO 1900 people, whom nnne
but hs could haYo ttat week collected. rho subject
he eF Tho S ., MT
people, whom 1a,uc but hta could haye collecled
mud who wish to hear voice but his, aud beg him
to begin. (Appsnse.]
MI. rEEcnEn sA1p
although tho groat olemcnts Of thought follow
on moro or less together in tho worlds history,
groat til emcs sometimes riao md pradominatc,
go that 1t seomB as il thoro arc waves of thought
90 thore aro wavos in tho atmosphere. Flrst
comes tho clement OF war, thcn theology occu-
pics tho worlds attention, and sometimes com-
m orco, industrial elements, and political econ
omy hayo occupied nnnlsind's attention; but in
our own ago now element which has mover
boon wanting In interest In tmos past, but
mover has come to such etrongth and breadth
,..,,s ~. ~ - "" WS' IN naHlng
aasell 1eie. moan mathematician
tvhn ~, snc.a lover nna ooen time
ebdre M on for tho
1Gn 1sia men sons, education Tor those that are
nstea, as 1t 10 sald, to bo educatcd,-thoro has
ntasss goon 81 stg whGn tnero haa not been M
ratou Is ~ 49, - our oaY national cd1-
~ htn ~ s1I lhehuto,-tae eaucatlon OF al, from
SnS H w ' W lug tne uostoih ~ 81 Hocloty.
no 9,1 man inns ING whole OF himself, who has not
t. h;msnjt hS;aon % an1 %ovo[y man haa perfect right
perfect nanheod is sought usnsa md prom from o,
son of eunst}on Mthnt alahns pons, ts is the rea
whic a ~ nao no'h n.y. nuF 5ns nio and for that
ton ~ not T. ~ IT, '1 Mhoh you ioq at odueu
aro 9ne s;anapont Of political economy, It as
s'tnes erres uaosent aspect, though NOT perhaps,
tho wfno ,xnr1d ~ :. nnp neef o. po1tieai economy
n1.nf1
tbat tS;s ~ Geuca.ca e1e What ~ remarkable is
+hnmsa,roa p 40 nuW .uu uonanu Or tho ignorant
+,on, tst H., IL now beginning to dawn upon
small .ny dSasDn a. !elr much work ind
i;oa T. t;s Ill.,! uepalsas,ons ana doGradatlons,
ho.n ~ - ttih n lnas taoso VINO govern them know
onI to - th, , ana snoy thas nIogoyoTncd do not
na eiiy aso po8lnning 60 ASK for TINT mysteri-
a., 1 l nnnLItpt ~ n,"y W callea euuca-
,vi,!or d,a w. odaat;. nnnuHt .nnu y, I!Sn1 10 II
.an, a'o't Suucat.oi ls spreading throughout tho
does not hnn,x ,r1,ohor - ~ ~ r.. Hoonnu, pus
or State, In old timea the nriest wSa ~ tc nd
ssor' and grest doai s duo to the priesthood for
Us Us sanre IN INC Gauoaton Of tho world. Now
1BsaSsg Bseaneg rs separate function
modern naons Of Europo o ~ aai Gpfh fMot of + tho Inc
grsst gsa s sG9ot GaI, between Germany nn AUSTRIA il
the Austrian military foreos In naen the eoac aeaig2ysa
tween Germany and France, 1t was again tic
school-house which oyorthrow France. Thoro
could rcad nnd r,to haJyo TT,y os roe efnany Who
percentage Of man of an1iraho M's "a very lnfgo
cuturs IL tho Gonan arnv TIero apa uan ae1or s
CENT or inc bronoh army who could read md |
write; OF course they won't down; they ought |
skill Of German Gonprnls., tho ah",nol
full .incapaclty Of tLo french I aoYoTn- Hrlu-
mont, it is atill true TINT tho romoto ea,,so Of
en and Asstan 1saGn Of tho
Franco in educnton Ninety mr. cont - ~ ~. "
raised in france IS OF ~ tno
G1rsa,y GnuoInya oSsaDnsamont per cent upon tho
1,or ca,t 70 aa per cent upon educaton-4
nitions Of war and Ill tho trappinrs NJ ar,nr,
No nation conld stend ,,ndass "'H1s
@o~~ nrSrr,Ts or rnr,.r,o,.
DIR. Deechor said:
am looking ct education, you ohscr-vc sro,, A.,