The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-14
Special to the GLOBE.
lecture by Rev. Washington GLADDEN.
at Brandon.
BRANDoN, Jan. Il

BRANDON, Jan. 10.
The fifth lecture of the course in this
village was delivered this evening by Rev.
Washington GLADDEN. of the New York In
dependent. on Good Cold The Con-
gregational church, in which the lecture
was held, was well filled by an intelligent
audience. The lecture was much admired
for its solid and substantial worth, dealing
as it did in forcblc, c0mmon-sense man.
ner with many of the frauds and inconsis-
tences of every day life.
The lecturer was introduced by Prof. j.
$. Cilcy A. NJ, and proceeded at once TO
an Interpretation of his subject. Good
Cod" as handled by the speaker, was con
sidcred not only in the sense of precious
metals but also as concerning human char
actcr. The difference between pure gold
and "rinchbcck" and 'alloy" were shown
up III their true light, and comparisons
were made between the posscssors of true
worth and the gloss and glitter that is often
taken for good gold" The spurious arti-
Gle was not new invention or a modern
device, but was used even as far b ok as
the time Of the patriarch Abraham, who
was rich in gold, while brass was in abund-
ance- enough, at least, to manufacture
calf and also enough SO that many others
"made calves of themselves" The big
| gest fraud in America, il one could name
/ it, was genuine in spots though many of
them We're so gillcd over as not to be dis
| ceruble TO the naked eye The great fail
ing Of mankind to try to palm themselves
! off upon the public as somebody else. was
touched upon 10y the speaker with much OF
satire and sarcasm. and these faults were
radically dealt with and brought out We
| lived in gil,led age. Travel back rs far
as we might aud the golden age is still
in the fal-oi1 future and it is the same at
the present day. Mankind leligh:s to HIDE
itself behind the gilled rays of
purple and fine linens; in arch
itecturc in apparel, in everyday life,
and in our dealings before the world
v',n ,,,n,, ,,,L, hou ma ;ucon,o az s,t mn 81,
tempts to appear in the light of he who has
an income of 5000. uch a surface
could not fail TO damage the substance.
From such an exterior the fountains of life
are embittercd and society becomes a sham.
The President of the sc. S. A., was III
stanced as good illustration whose char
actcr was considered to bc made of "gool
gold"-polished, digntied, scholarly, out
wardly IA gentcman-yet when tried by
fire, the gliding dissolved and in the end he
assumed the role of 'Knight of the Bal
moral" In strong contrast was depicted
; the life of the martyr President, and in his
eulogy of the life of Lincoln, the speake
demonstrated much ability and a true ap
probation of the services of that great
man. The career of Horace Greeley wa
also delneated. his characteristic power
and many sterling qualities of head anC
: heart were touched upon with much int
rest to the audience.
The closing peroration was replete Will
with scholarly and oratorical power am
was listened to with marked attention.
/. The next lecture of the course, the sixt
S and last, is to be given by Rev. w. ii. II
Murray at some time not yet specified.
Sol