, 1879-07-17
LAKE BLUFF.

Eeoond Days Esaalou nf the Sunday -Bohool
Assembly.
Tic exercises Of the Lake Bluff Sunday y+3clool
Assembly upencd In earnest yesterday morning
at haf.past 8 o'clock, or rather at about 0
o'clock. There wus q large increase In the at
tendance over tilu evening before, and two or
three picnic parties helped to swell tho MINI
her, although the Younger portion OF these, Mt
least, adjourned early 10 tho wooda upon the
t,ufl, to enjoy tho invgoratIng lake air aud par
tnko OF the hounttful lunches which were trans
ported In huge baskets for the occasion. And
in this way thcro was partial revival Of old
tlnes.
THE chi'drens' meeting occurred carly, and at
about the Same time took place the Sunday.
School Tcaehess' Cenfcrenee;; TED BY Dr. John
paper on "Thc unpro7idtl for Opportunities
OF thf. sundnv.Scto01 Assenihly,n In which the
speaker set forth sorno OF bis views huw tho
opportunities might be improved atil new ones
was followed by the singing OF many of tho old
Gospel songs, together with sotne new ones.
Dr. williamson moacftly insisted upon the
enrolment Of all those who were present and
with view OF nOting progression and creating
all interest IN tic 1rnceet!tsEs. All Who wished
were provided with blank notebooks prepared
for the purpose with the request on the nut
side corner !l.at the same SHOULD be paid for at
tlle rate Ut III cents per COPY.
AZ 10 o'clock tho programme announced
"UIoernphy.n' and the Rry. W. II. Burns led 4
sort Of ratech!s1n, with "Abraham u for a sub
icct. THIS portion Of the exercises proved very
Interesting md Instructive 10 the n,ary Sunday
scl,oul TEACHERS prescnt-
Prof. Sarah Iluckest Stevenson, who was, un-
nounccd upon the progrntnn1g to deliver !cct-
ure ol, the subject OF ''lhe Physiological Basis
OF Eduratlo1t," disappointed the assembly, on
ncrol,nt, II wos stated, of the severe illness 81
her father. asht consequently the llotlr from IL
to II WAS taken up by an lmpromptu nlld rather
informal discussion Of the topic by those
present.
The noon hour brought IN additional number
Of people, uuon Tue grounds, ,9eludtng Sun.
stated BY some Of the ''oltl settlers tint there
were three times Is nlsnv people. upon tic
grounds yesterday rs there were on tic opening.
Chicago WIRE noticed the Rev. Dr.. 1'ho'nns md
Leonard swett, whu WAS advertised tur tect-
urc III thr afternoon.
Tie proceedings Of tile afternoon commenced
Methodist Church, the great Tabernacle not
having Gucn rcsutted to ~ yet.
Alter short sonC SERVICE the Rev. 8. II.
Adams read m interesting pupcr upon tl.r
t'r ncbuinr theory: a,al cndeavorcd to conform
science aud the biblical nrcouns with cuc.,
other. The speaker enumerated the different
opsntons Of great men w,!h rsgur1 to the lenEth
class tllaf tr days represented great. tracl;leas
ages, unmarked b. time, but marked b. God.
To's paper called far n nnmber ~ q questions
tion Godlkei" "ls thcre any EVIDENCE % Of u
prc-Adatnftc man! u " Is there any authority Tor
saving that 0eDcsfs was a compilation from
existing nuthors!'' c!c. 4 number Of answers
we're given TO these questions, bn. they wcro
tnken rs CONCLUSIVE.
Mr.. Leonard Swctt, Of Chicago, delivered
lecture % Life on the Circuit with Aurai,an,
Lincoln tue National hmm, "My Country"
Alr. SWEET said tie thought Ills remarks should
not be diEnidcd BY tile name OF .iect,irc,' as 1t
lad nevcr been written, and he invited lila list
as lie went along III his talk. llo described liz
frstmcettnE with Abraham Lincoln, who had
at lhat t!n'ec Just colnoletcd Ills term I'll Con-
grtss, and Ind returned to resume
bis practice Of tug taw. The speaker from t!iat
tin0 was travelling lawyer, with Mr.. lincoln,
| upou circuit comprising srvcral counties, and
ihc two were together six months In n year.
Chicago had then about u, 600 Inhabitants; tc
county y-scats we're about t~sty-lyc miles apar.;
the Court would DO Ia session from, three days
to aweek. When the sesston closed tiiey would
mount Their horses anu Tds across the psatries
to the next count,.seat, .wlcu Court would hu
Immediately called, and they would try, the
petty cases. 1t was In such rcailoua rs these
that the speaker first knew Abraham Lincoln,
and and knew htG' beat, mud It was OF this period
llu asked alr. Lincoln one time to tell lin
something 81 his history. and the great Btatcs
man complied, consuming nearly two l,o,lrs, In
Which hc nsrr1ted eyeryintng that hs could
coin family first lived In Indiana, antl bis 1athcr
was in poor circumstances; yet lls was deter
nli,eu ti!at As son should 1larc good eluca-
ttOn, aud this WIS Ills idea ot what constituted
dogeared arithmetic. and Ills father Thought
that by so,lc means or other Abraham shou1tl