, 1876-07-22
LAKE BLUE.
Centennial Celebration by the
Sunday.School Assembly.
Grafton by DR.. Titfany..-Remarks by
Thomas Uoyne and others.
Do Witt Talmage Delivers an Entorsaln-
Ing Lecture.

\ kA6 AC[EuKNt
Yesterday was somewhat Of festlva, at Lake
Blum. Tforo Was not quite 20 much Sunday
eohool In the programme IN On the prcylou:
| days, h,I n ittlo more attention was given te
tfo secular taascs of tho calnpcrs-out. Tit
I principal attraction sFas still Dewitt Talntagc
tho Brooklyn preacher, but II WIS generally
Known TINT Ills share In tho exercises would
simply bc humorous lecture. a very lint
| bfdc~show hnl been provided III tho shape of q
| centennial celebration on nn extended scnle
which, though lttiu late In tue season Of ecic
bratioih, WIS decided success. Thu attChdanru
| was The largest B!uco tho Convention opened
there cannot hive bccn less than 1900 people
| on tho grounds. A brass banl had been tn.
gagged to asaist in tho pattiotic part Of thc bust
| hess, circumstance w1,le! gtad1cnrd thu hearts
I o. number OF Toutg ladies AMI gentlemen
! WHO liAre heen hnnkcring after \ datlce evc<
ttons, however, we!e not rcaItxcd. 1VliI|e tdcro
| Mora! courage to break through tho eonyvt,.
t9na!lttcs, and expfcaa hs Or her desire to n
tho haud had Departed mitch regret was cx-
}'al her1 nl'owea 10 slip BY.
at o'cloc1s quite larEu crowd assembled in
! lhp tabcfpnrlc 10 llstsn ~ alllscaaes on
syNRAMT.Cl+tss TRAc1IfSgn
CT. Ia brcf but teilInr scsel sic soTsHa TIC
great Importance * early tradug 1n religion.
spSss p 'a s;ss to % py gsf atsnG n! q sS
given % to tlla manner "a which children ca1.
Dast be interested III Biblical questions, anil
great stress Was laid on tho three csscntals for
sncrcssinl Neutrality-suspicious., preparation, nnd
Mrs. Virginia +. Kent, Of The Michigan Avenue
Mrthbiist Chuyeh, also gave AuMa intcrcstIpg
thoughts OIL the subject.
number Of questions were tnen put by per.
sous In tho audience aud utlawercl by the lead.
crt. THIS mceslng, wliicl. aroused deep iuter,
est, lasted upward Of nm f,olir.
THE cshFEENlAI. oEtEnRAr1oN
eame on Ut IL o'tlOrA. Circuit preparations had
Ing, al,d, Judging from the vast aul1enee witch
assemb1Gd md tho n,NoNns Of enthusiasm. dis
played, the nifpsts pf the managers had not
been throw, away. Tha Hon. Iiionlas Hoynv
lsnd cuI!scntsd to rrsiact but ho ha!l otarrlyed
T6altllcr filled He chair temporarily. Tho pro.
cccdtHEs were begun with thu l,ntionAl hymn,
NAlnrrica,H which Yas wellscrlerc1 by Prof.
hlaekmer's sho!r, ot lOo. Thc, Rcy. Dr. Tai
continucd prosperity Of thp patton.
upy. AEyRAIplX
man, Mr.. ThAtehDrt to rcal "Wasitngton's
cd tlut hi, had hean much Impressed With tho
address when boy, aud that OIL .arrtying nt
n,an's estate he Ind found Il to b. repIete With
wise sayings aud good c0llnsol. Thcre was,
however, settain Stiffness about It that dla MT
before tho multitude might bo endured once Iii
Father Il bis usanlfy. The boYsrnoT thsa sss.l i
the document IL very good Style, aid Was re-
At th}s innctars a nusnber Ut young 1ailscs,
dressed to represent tho Colonies, siatss, and
Territories, took their places, On tho platform
ant1 we're formally introduced By tho Chairman,
rilE non. TNonAs ,ioYsa
arrived per tho speasl trasA from ,Chieago about
this tiIne, aud wis invited to prcaido, over tho
Eashering. IN aesopting thu position, Mr..
se juiy erss5on. sEsu au''' Impressive p0a''''i
audience by recltipg Lincoln's second inaugural
address.
see afsf svs ps s sso: H. q s 3D. as1 ssS
game forward to deliver tic oration Of tho day.
full Of uairlotie sentln.cnt, mud flowing
over With enthusiastic prophecy concerning our
tho day. It's delivery extended ever an hour.
After music tho celcbrntion wss brought to d
clese by the benc1ic.ion. A rusa,was then made
for the hotel md the lunch-eonntess, which ohl
hour or 90.
DE- WITT TAzaAoa
was the attraction In tho afternoon. He hal
been billed tor lecture on npeoDlo We McctN It
at 2 O'Clock. Dy that time the tabernacle was
crowded, but the gentleman l,al hean t,lsap-
pointed about Its dinner, and the tan,S hnsl Ia
bo filed with a song scrr1ce. Ii
was q o'clock before hi. TalmnGp had
done Justice to tho carnut man, and wis ready
lar his task. Vhon lte 1nado llis apncarauco d,
tho platform the AUDIENCE wprp . lltt1e ttt.na.
tlent from waiting, but, fearful ot o{nlWi.ng lis
ecepnirlc preacher tley garo q few shouts Of
applause, which were acf;nowlr1Ecl by a}iaht
bow. Ouca having secured tho liz nh, Tfof.
u. Fsl, Of Evanston, Loaf Nt,la tins ii intro
,lucing lin TO public notice; untl o.tco over this
fotmality, Mr.. Ta1naau nlunrc4 riuht fntn his
subject, kce,lug bis auiiiupgS In conitruol cY.
eitcmert by lis funny and ctccntrc deaerjntio1s
Of "rcop1e w Meet" In lHuiDninv, ha SAIL
no unaofstootl Tho day to be ono oi diversion
iron, Tho object Vi lis CoDyestiop. This was
PLEASANT world to 1.-Two In. ip Ind niwnvs
bcen glad no had cot nhonyI
ths planet, for there wrro lust "a
mauy rnnyei.icnccs as we're ncedeA 10 mako
life pleasant, Standing boforu naintine t,r n
piece oi sculpture d .luzen tl,cl, miaht iinya
dozen taiKcrpnt oninlqns about it: hrit wl,crn
was the b1asp]emcr OF Ills Gptl who would erjti-
and tie otor magnificent ia f"atnrus t Il the Wt,1
Dnt il wus not ntIy snlendiI world fn lvn M in.
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