, 1874-03-06

OF not attempting to doHctibo st. Potog'a Catllo-
lrnl-,that DR. lnastodon Of anorcd architecture.
interesting "details, which amounted to very
cleyor outline OF tito glorious structure, and tho
audience could not hcip ntn,ring tho ingenuity
Which tho rcador displayed i'll conveying B,lo nil
doprecatory. Tile thor churches, gallorios,
studios. and places OF genoral interest wore
gracefully outlined, and showed that tito tourist
LAS tho bumps Of location color, aud compariuon
S Ts posan %f s Lecture
wlo. In his celebrated pioturo Of tho I" Last
Of tho poGe's, favortte, whom ho lad
person reterred to Ind boon placed nniong tho
damned, Ills Holiness had no power to releaso
linn from htB painful position, for, with tho
Church, "ont OF loll thoro IN no redemption"
:, This sa1ly produced tho ilrBt caclnnation OF
tho oYouing.
This sooond portion Of the dlscoprso concluded
with graphic dccol,nt of papal reception, In
which Alr. Hosing figured iu linoo!ing posture.
Next, tho orator handled tl.o third section OF
IIia romarks dccidullly favored the separation of
Church from State, md ho remarked TINT tho
papaf Government Ind entirely neglected tho
interests Of tho noople-beatowing iss patornal
care OH things entirely Utoptau or unique. It
o benofactor.
Ar. Hesing would, evidently: llavo lkod to
travel n step or two farther, hut he remembered
that llo wns tn kind OF Bocial poWer-nlagHTino,
and removed any iron nala tiat might hayo 5een
m explosion. Ho know TINT the only safe iron
there WAS tho nails Of tho CrorB, and that Was
unavailable, being suppressed to ne conprsBou IN
the Iron Grown OF Lombardy. His description
Of tho crowds OF prieRtB ana monks, throng!ng
tho Roman etceota, was decidedly lserotical. 1t
showed kindred blood with Bismarck md WAS
not cordially received. Doubtless tho picture
was true, but 1t is hard for II good Roman
cehoe TO- hros Imagine A. Gn 5sgEea f ~ ar "a
pufBiyofor, II 1t botokeas laziness or misfortune,
It MISC botollonB humility, which ID ever allied to
truo religion; but there appeared to DO no good
reQBun Nhy n monk should havo cnBsook llna!l-
ly ventilated, aud face rcsplondons With dirt,
while there was soap in tho Eternal City, mud
wator Ill lor magnificent anueluctH Eyon should M
tho latter fail, thero still was "ola Father II
bcr." wllercin Cmsar immersed htB heroic body
on the day ho cried out to tho lantefn.ta%od con-
Treading carefully through tho broken glass
OF things half temporal and half splritual. Mr.
Heaiug roached tho main business. that Of tho
Italian metropolis, and. ganc|ng hurriodly at the
bis hotel, paokod bis valise. aud. fn frame of
mind half divided between disgust and ocstacy,
wound up his "hlonth III tho Eternal City,
roErnY AND MANHOOD.
The Rev. II. N. Powers, D. D., icctured yoB-
to-day evoniug In the Thlrd Unitarian Church
upon the subject, Poetry md Manhood" :"
This was tue iaet lecture In the course, and was
not vory largely attended, except by holders OF
soason tickets. Tho church should 1,avo boon
better warmed tue n5%osp1cre basp5 m nsi1s being
Of this fact, or tho general uupleasantness Of
tho evening, may have operated to keep peoplo
at home. Thoro WAS also delay Of twenty
minutes in commencing tho lecture, which time
ings Of woudor ut the unexpected Btage-wait
Considering tho Temperature OF the church, this
delay should Aavo boon spared them.
DR.. Powers was introduced by tho Rev. Minot
]. Savage, aud began Ills lecture at $500. Fol-
lowing is q brief summary:
He said ha used the term manhood in its
brond, generic sense. without regard to sox.
Manhood moant tho noble. awoot, pure, and ele-
vated in human nature. Poetry. had been con-
sidorod somewhat weak, and rather moro appro-
gotio, practical, oyery-uay life OF manhood.
Tho poota creative power WAS u glft, though
how much has been repreasod BY circumstances
tho world would mover know. In large Aensos
thero was poetry II. H. whatever Appealed to
running brooks, the woods, in human faces, mud
In all Nature but in its strcter sonRo il waa tho
language OF passion. The lecturer illustrated
BY quotations from Longfellow's Hyperion. and
his Ode to AgasBiz, from Wordsworth, and
Byron.
Poetry rnust necessarily have form, aa we'll as
the spirit which waa expressed in tho form.
But it tile form was destroyed tho spirit was
also destroyed, as tho flower with its elegance,
whom crushed mud acentlees MAS no longer the
| flower OF beauty which We formerly admired.
Tho poet felt q aetigo Of tho diyineneaa Of
thingB. Ho WAS in tuno with all things good.
true, and pure Lovo was the great priuclplo
mont ho Expressed. First in showing the in
| 1lueuce of puotry, DR.. Powers said that thoro
werc two forms OF pleasuro,-tho sensual and
the spiritual. Tho formor was bl1ghting, i'm
pure, mud aoou aatiatcd; while tho pleasures Of
lhe soul wore innocent aud mover cloyng. OF
this latter class was poetry. It afforded an ox-
prosBiou tho most varied and profound. There
wore some sensations that we desired to get rid
Of. and Houle which We wished renewed. We
desired form Of expression Tor these fooliuss.
! and when one had not the readiness to choosethc
form for ones self, the noxt most pleasant
thing was TO tind that expression In tho words OF
anothor, The marvellous power Of much poetry
was in it's ability to fully express tho innel
| thoughts Of tho lenrt which lay noarost 10 tht
springs of life and action.
| Poetry refined and enlarged our hearts. Boil
| tho sentiments aud the forms Of expression hAG
this result. Loolting through tho goat poe,r,
Of tho world, wo found the most elovated ant
| sublime, aud the most solemn and tender ln
| pulses and Incidents iluatratol.
The lecturer devoted q short paragraph to {
feryent defense o. sentiment which many pooDle
| considered weak, foolish, and rRwklslA. TA!!
dofense concluded with glowing reference tt
tile American nag and the lato war. poo.l.
nurssd tho split Of gontlonoss and refinement
No purely worldly person was ever
loyeE Of poetry. Il had, also :
great liberalizing influence. It widenot
I Tho perceptions, and eaye true catholicty tt
tho soul. Some persona ueycr considered any
thing good unless it WAS labeled with some pe
name aud carefully pokod away into the lttlt
pigeon-holo Of their particular elan. or scot, o.
creed. Poetry was as broad iu its generosity 81
our humanity.
Poetry had IN ennobling and inyigoratng iu.
0ueuco. Tho poems which we're most read, and
which were 1noHt valuable, were those wl,ic
we're based on morality. Not those OF tidacti<
character but those which taught by thor iu
heront character, Their lessons wero in thei,
very warp aud woof, Thoy taught by means o.
the virtuos they indirectly presented, not by any
moral directly drnwA.
Tho moral aud religious feolings belonged tt
the highest order Of poetry. III Illustration
DR.. Powers citod many selections from yagiou:
great poets. A large portion Of tho Bible, III
aaid, was poetry. a groat doal IL said about th'
real and practical III our time. Nothing wa
more roal tllnn TINT whioh impaired to lib loh!l
ity, courage, and 1naniiaeas, mud TINT il ono o
| j. f.,H,, unfr frtY