The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-17
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BtsHoP FosrRR's LpruRE. Bishop Eos.
ter, one ol the most eloquent and able di.
vines OF the Methodist Episcopal Church,
delivered his lecture on "Spirit Forces OF
the Universe" at the Fourth Street NJ. f.
Church, last night, before large and In.
telligent audience, which included many
Clergymen and other professional gen.
tlemen, leading citizens, and quite
crowd ri some ~ the best people OF our
sister city Of Bellaire.
AbOut O'Gl0uA Tue Bishop was intro
duced TO the audience by lRav. A. G.
George, pastor Of the church, and opened
his address by announcing that he was
not q professional speaker; he did not
propose to himself the end ordinarily in
view by professional lecturers, viz: The
amusement ofan audience. He said he had
no wit-was utterly devoid Of that traitnf
the mini. In over forty years experience
as public speaker, he Adnever succeeded
In raising smile from his audience. THIS
he explained, 80 that all might know what
TO expect from his remarks.
The Bishop continued, that as he was
public teacher, he proposed discussing
subject OF the most vital interest and i'm.
.Iortance to oil his hearen-the d ference
between Materiallsm and Spiritualism.
As he was q Christian Bishop, he would
Introduce the service as he usually did,
Ind would ask the audience to join him
ior moment 10 prayer. Then, bowling
his head, he offered q fervent prayer, at
the conclusion Of which he proceeded
with his lecture.
The great fact Of spiritual force and pow.
ar in the universe was briefly alluded to,
and the difficulty Of explaining the same
without bringing before the audiences
view Of the universe itself pointed out. The
,eYerend gentleman then described at con.
+iderable length the relative positions OF
he earth, sun, moon and stars, and the
tmmensity OF space between the planets,
Tue magnitude Of the heavenly bod es
vas finely illustrated, and the progress
made In the study of astronomy by Her
chel, Ross and others narrated, showing
ing that from the earliest ages the beauty
Il the heavens has attracted the at.
tention and observation OF scien-
lists and men OF learning. In q uni.
verse so vast, where this globe Is but a
lust, and the solar system a pebble, the
speaker held that We should readily ap-
preciate our own insignifcance. Tie
fountain Of all the force Of the universe, he
maintained, was spirit force. The function
Il the spirit is to think, and to produce q
change to represent his thought What
aver has thought in It had a thought be.
lore 1t. We can see changes, which show
hat thought was before all. All this
:hange is the revelation Of a spirit; every
step shows the progress OF plan and q
hinker. The thinker will find as he
looks out on the universe, q
mind, omnipotent, omnipresent Let
lin look at the result Of the spirit
force over the force Of the world, as
illustrated by the work ofman-the world
hat has been made by man. Every step
4 mans progress has been a thought first
md blow next Think OF the origin OF
Ill, the mighty power that lies behind all;
now can We fail to bow our heads and
Sorship the Creator Of the mighty uni
verse? Every finger board on earth and
.very finger board in the sky points to
God. Fi-lN 0't