, 1875-11-09

Lecture ON London Literature and
Society.
Ms Monc1Fo u. Conway gave one OF hia do
lghtful conversational lectures in tho pa.lors Of
tue Third Unitarian Church. corner OF Mouroe
and Lhtin Streets last evening. Mr. Convay's
theme WAS "Londou Literature aud Society II
mud, in tue course Of tts exposition ho s.id that
after All sbeeuce abroad of thirteen years be
had returned to End the country prosperipg in
an une1anpled degree. New York and Boston
had grown wonderfully, and Chicago had E rosn
up out Of the ashoe Of her big fire. lie
felt like the old Abbot In tho story, sho
replned at tho thought that RlI they did In
heaven was to efng. lie left h,s mon astory. yoot
out into tho forest. and by chsnce hoard =
nightingale ring. When he returned eyory thing
was changed, "a new Abbot was Ia tho monastery,
end, in fact, he had been istsnlng to the night
ipGaIc not for = siugta morning but hundred
years. So tho speaker felt on bis return to bis
country, where be saw everything changed aud
improved.
Eighteen Eears ago he first spoke In Chlcago.
On this occasion he would speak to tho people
OF Chicago about bis friends in England,
men who were the nstors OF literature
Of tho present century. He didut know
man 30 misunderstood a. poor, old Carlyle.
Before leaving England. the apeaker had called
to bid him good-by. '.WolE." SAID 5Ir. Carlyle,
"iou ar9 going away. don't suppose anybody
the greatest And most important countries iu tho
world" That wAa btu good.bY. Tho speaker
declared that Cartya's purpose Ind been 10 war
Against thasn. and to sas up real ariatocsaoy;
,ina ,h.t hn argued @ TT syeIy man had certain
10 tho Government. Carlyle Was never In fayor
OF any slavery to Which lie would not submit
himself. In fact ho somstinea thought he
needed master: People wers continually COM
many down there who made tile best poBsible
,nsatets. EYen the speaker'a own cousin bad
told Carlyle thus and she no doubt believed sAe
tola saal she truth: Ones. n bis pres
soatherps rhe i a..bnses sesaaGa lin to Of AoIs ps
mistaken idea. unco. iu Hydo Park, the speaker
had told him about 9hat ho had Witnessed in tho
south 10 tho way Of treating tho slaves. Carlyle
fired With indignation At tho recital IT tho cruel-
Rsw In him the greatest clements tho human
mind could poesens, - intellectual capacity anal
kindly fesllng fos othcrs. Carlyle was opposed
to democracy on tho ground thas an aggregato
,nI psa up O. hs nn: .nd
nent the one olenlent wAs as powerful and
welded as much influence a. the other, While
writing Frederick the Great, hls library was
crammed full OF Woska on tho aubjecs, aud the
possessed With the demon OF Frederick the
Great. As ho nearsd his Both birthday, there
aoemcd to have daHned upon him ak!ndlisr fool
lug aud = better appreciation OF mankind.
In answer to question a. to Whist CssIylo was
doing. NJ. Conway said he waa reviewing ths
studies OF bis youth-Kant. Bch!o.
Kat, aud tbs great German 1uetaplysiciauu.
Carlyls'a religious faeliugs wets ysgue Ike
lhoso OF Wordsworth, lying more upon seuti-
nens Amd feeling than upon any h1ed and settled
opln!ou.
Ihe speaker was asked about tho Church
doctrines In England. and replied that |
xhen he went 10 England, ho was do. |
'ofmlucd to brand Al hypoctite every I
man who had graduated 1t Oxford, and insisted
Upon everybody accepting tho Astanaaiaa creed.
The speaker had found that tbs crsad was te-
Ipsctsd IN certain sanss, but 1t was regarded
II Atmost too old to ba Of much uso. Tbs Dcan
IT Westminster NsA accustomed to speak Of il Al
y too aoclout." DnAp Stanley was Que Of tho
most progressive Ut the churchlnon Of tho day.
)ns Of hts recsut declarations Was thus: "W4oo
lesus wsa on earth lie said, II ya bs-
love In God. belisrs In mo; It lIo
Fera on earth now. ao woul.l say,
IT 70 ballaFe in me believe in tod" Max
luel!es actually stood In poan stan'ey'a pulpit
nl declared thera wero Six Of soEen great re-
9lou8 IN the East to Which Christianity Lxd
san. sud would always be. indebted. hut tAe
dsct was not ~ great - II he had been IN Of
ers, and there was no law on which Auy opposl-
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