, 1879-07-18
LAKE BLUFF.

No excursion helpctt 10 swell tho clowd II
I,ako Bluff yesterday, but there was something
OF an Increase at moro permanent visitors, aud
tho meetings wcro vory well attended. Tho
programme 0f tho sunday.schoot Assembly
this year ls an unusually nttracttYc one, the
exercises being Of such nature rs 10 create a
great arnount Of Interest among the people
comprising the and!encc. Tho weather was
almost uucomfortahly cool. and wraps anil
shawts we're brought Into reauisttlon.
AT $40 o'clrck In the morning occurrcd
rus cnItpnkN's MEETING,
vhtcb vas u we'll Intended a. could havo becur =
expected, considering tho hour and The t,,mtc
,,pon the grounds. "WEsdom of lttlo things
OF an hour with the mtcroacopc,' was tho an
no.,scernent upun the programme. and the an-
s;cinst,o1 vas mnierialIzod 10 lhc satisfaction Of
ali. It Is neci|ess 10 say thnt tho excrvises
were highly Interesting, not only, TO tho lIttlc
people, but The grown ones a. well.
Teachers' Conference was hest, led by l.. j.
LiDdsaY md tho Rev, j. n. Richards. Topic:
tcndents."
zrau,mc, to accommodate the participants, aud
THE nKv. ". r. CnarTs
delivered a sYnupsts OF bis interesting Biblical
jcctura entitled "Thr Bible q annorhunan
Book.' Tic following salient points were de-
Quoted: .--......
L. All agree tbat the present universe had self
4. Th,s Antlor has shown III Nature that lie has
Tho ppYcT Of sc]t.revclatson.
>: Na,nrc shows W. " a.o ahat IT, Au!hos Is ~ n
snted @ by our own highest inttincts thai. rnc| n
gd noti sr ea d.
i. The natnrN law that every inesfnct has IN
answer also gtvss ~ aasurauca that mans nntser-
sal Inatiet far communication from God has somo
i. History and experience show clearly that the
natural world IL not sueh an ats1ua.o answer.
q, This adequate answer. then, H1rfst be de0-
nitely written, and therefore will BE- found among
the sacred bcoks q the word: and, A. ~ no two Of
!. Tha sscred hooks Of fhe natous. excepting
Tho Bible. have proved inferior TO the fialc. I'M.
RELIGIOUS comfort While the Dible - The bcst bf
books. true IN evcry lost. and therefore the Dhlc
j. proved to be tue trpc auswor to mans rcli0toua
i, 10th Tho Old md New Tettamcnts snust bo
incladed u tbiH rovcatoM- slnco th*r arr 70 inter
70 tn; ., e toeS0 0 and tn
0. This revelation y not merely proridcnt'al
a.s of ha,asn sRosts bnt szrfessy toFb'ds e'as'i'
10. This book could not have BEEN composed By
uninspissd goou men. for such men could not have
made fa1ss claim to inspiration; md tho coutcuts
bHdW tQAt u t10AA NV LAW AEeA %0AlpVsRu Ny VAL
:. ii. II no. eompored by either good Or bad msn.
It must have been the work Of some other mind to
WHOM its clatuctcfisacs correspond,
T.: This alness 9t tho Bibs shows It to be tho
work Of the ,uniy ncing IN the universe who has
this nllpeas-ths tnfntto God.
Al 10 o'clock the tccinrc Of
DR. eARA1 nACKFTY STEVENSON.
on 1.-THE Physiological Basis or Education"
took p1aee,-postponcd from yesterday. Tho
sumo lecture was delivered before the
Teachers Institute IN Chieago some time ago,
struetiyc production, bctoksping deep study
and thought. She illustrated the manner Of
teaching the deaf, dumb, blind. ana the diotig,
and asked the question wher7 the aeat
81 Sl-dns insps" " was 0e1ts Tho first n
Of tic atmosphere. That produced Iife. Atthe
ccntrc wns tile rescpLarle Of oxygen ald oil tho
elencnta that went to make up the com position
of msn, and here It wns that education first com
mcncrd, a,,l with tl,ts point oil tic other senscs,
no matter how remote, communicated. The
speaker commenced with The babe and followed
all tle dtflercnt phascs ut Its existence. from
tae itat untoldlnE of tts musruIar action to
and demonstrated how the muscular and
The meutal elemcnts OF 1nnnS!nd nesr closely
allied. Among tho ,tntest discoveries OF
anatomical researches was thu fart that thera
wore little brains or nerves scattered all through
the body. E,.asdlns every point. anu quickly
telegraphlnE danger to the centre or scat OF
iifA Tor fftfA rnatnn II was knntvn fnrt ti,nf
ehnrtrpccscd pcopIc could stand moro conscc,,.
live harm work than tonu-ueckri nrrsnns. Ia.
ra,,.e their hrain VIVA nrerer Tho hrcrt frhi,
s"s ,,hr chsrac,"r ~ ~ a,cranan",s ioc. s 49,.
Was E't GhAIaetEt ~ nF otestHsotts lcctutct
ena Nhen It xas ln!shcd eFeFybody pressed up
20 hef hhu askeu LOT cory "heh II was tsauc1
BY tho publisher.
Tile rcn,atnder Of the time until 19 o'clock
was occupied IN doctrinal exercises of the sum
dav,srhor1 tcarh-rs 'Tj,c to,,I" waa sl1Ti,a ri
yina E1fsteucc.n led bv fhn Rcy. r. Il Strn-
hrIjca os"i.teJ hv ~. i,ov + 4; uL.tI n.y IVY,
uGs, ~s a'.nax W N IVY. In. ns.spl, eaeh
irt ""o'" 1s'''s''1 ''''' 01atc's "po" 'i'0 soo'
From 2 10 . n. IN. The time was devoted to
primary teachers, md DR.. Jutlsiils entertained
the audsnco With ut Interesting resume al
ttTthe PatrioFchui Arc.tt
Tho Raw. ". +. l;rsfta ar,lvrrcd nm iipstratn5
1essu4o apoo n'o'o,4tuslfa"oh'
nff1Ved. @mq ifql. y. ~ Flsk uc!svcrcI an nd
u{Cke Oh LIE LfHtGllcE6 ~ IEltGi0n,p Which