Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-30


For the Middle States clear or fsir weather,
lor!herly 10 westerly winds, slight rise IN ten.
pe!s.ure, and no decided change in barometer.
BISHOP KEANE's LEcIURE-Sarepts Hall
was crowded asst night 90 the OCCASION OF Bi5h-
% keane's lecture. the reputation ct the !ectur
er, equally with the obisct ct The ;ic:ure,
overcoming the we'll known lrdl5pos,llon o! ouF
people to attend lectures OF any sort. About q
quarter to eight o'clock, the Bishop, atiired 10
bis episcopal robes Of purple, aud attended BY
the clergy Of St. MaFy's church, aGd tie Ptcsl
den, Ct the Couisr.uce ofSt. Vicc!Dt CT Paul,
appeared Oh the s,aud. end, after expressing
the casure he felt az appearing rs tho repre-
sentative of a saciety devoted 10 tic welfare OF
tho poor, without dis,itc iou o. race or creed,
made some ailusion 10 The late thcOlOrl1a!
discussion 10 Petersburg. Ii would, he said,
b, mock modestY 10 HIN to lsuorc the tact tnat
be had been made to occupy { pTennsot pace
in the public miud, FIR d few dsss PAS, by
certain newspaper articles. IL @as rot bis
t4ult that tits vas s.; &c had scusht 90 coC-
trovc.s7, nor did be desire one. As was bis
duty, however, as a Dinls.er OF God, lie bad
used plain language Waen speakiug OF lnoncn.
tous truths; but. if 80 knew bis owo heart.
there was no bitterness ia il toward s3y one,
and be had never given utttraac1 u ABUSIVE
language, Dor would he ever do 81.
He then aououuced tho subj Get CT els lee! u:c,
Gods Voice 10 the World." Man, be said.
had always scuy ht to know the erd OF Is crea
too. aud at no limo within tie p;St century
was the public tiod more eXeic sod Oh the
mater thao now. The periodicals Of tie day
show this. for they teen With articles upon The
sutisct, That nsn, by bis unaided reason,
could not suswer the questions he most desired
Wss c:rtaip; he. therefore, s'ood In need OF
q revelation from 90 high. Had such q rCva'
lation been made? Ii 50, il was 10 be sought
for 10 the far of ages Of the past, for mao had
lust az much need ADD desire fer Il then a.
now. Research had shove that .hcre were
three tribes which peopled the earth "a the
din dawn of history, and that they al Lived IN
Asia. Ooe oil these, from some cause or other.
had been considered Inferior 10 the OTHER tWo
and had produced no ltera'ue. The Ar}ans,
our proeentcIs. had wandered away over En-
rope and Lower Asia. and 10 their Wr!ilbRs,
the earliest DOW extant, the Rls 'edas the
unity Of God and the purcst morality were
clearly taught, but SUCCESSIVE Vedas witt
ten ut different crochs had ShGWn con
tinued observation Of faith AID c0rup
ton Of morals and TO these wnungs
we could not lock az &c the Voice OF Coo 10 the
World. The Semctc r1cr, dwtIli2g - tic
served it. traditions unchanged. Tic Hebrew
of the past eas the Hebrew ofo Day, AID from
hin, We gain cur knowl, dc tf The revelation.
The Bishop then passed 10 icri,:a nc iiluSJ-
phers Of Greece uGri Rome, aod tfOsH tt Gs!-
mauy, Franc; acd Eag!ard, to Stow tia their
philosophy was unsatisfactory, cfcn to shcu-
selves. and demonstrated from their iajIGro to
give satisfactory answer to the qIc,ilors OF
the soul, the IecsEsiiy OF Te2c:a.lau, shIca, he
said, waa not rctugCQnt - iesSca, AZ some
imagined, bu. neldcd hy aud auxiliary 10 It.
He then took Up that rGv3iatlcn, ELd arsu-d
that TO &c worthy Of the Goa Tbo mace ii, 1t
must be clear aud certa'r. ii mad b>@a nEnc,
originally 10 the Hebrew pope, taIcush tic
patrisIchs aid prophets, pD'i, 10 zee lEiuts" u
time, Gcd had cnt TITO tie void, Ills only S;ou.
His teachings lie bud comuuGlraIci to faithful
followers, and baG pEouni.ed ;heEl his assistance
and the light of His Spirit to guide item, as
srr;pg lb,m OF Ills continued pr5sar C, win
them as lotg 80 liEG SHOULD lat. a. 4 teach
logs were iutsl!ibIc, So uEs: thclls DC, II
they were His mcsser gers 10 NEE iUr a
Divine teaching must OF necessity, exclude
The possibility Of errUre lie knew that ti3 very
mention OF lnfal.ibiily. in lne:e days, made
men draw tack rs it wcra, aid il Was ssid .hst
submission TO AT iD!s!libe authority 81 shaved
the minds OF men. Cou'd thst b. 50? u!d TIE
itci that no know, uErrrnsly, thai tL!se l'm's
three cake biDe. ens'avo lis reason Z or Cia not,
;alhtr. tho .cqu!r' n"lt Il ctftA;aiy !bfohkh
inialible authority, make the mild truly tree
He t. en- proceeded TO argue tEri IS ttt'C was
no other body upon earth even claiming il fsl-
tiiity except tho Roman CS:noiiG Lhucc!, thai
church is the cxpcncht of lirinc ''H'h; the
Voice Of God in the Void II was sMt th"!
iufsllibillt7 is Necessarily lDtolcrai.t; test was
true; Truth could not TO tolerant. IL q mUI i
sense, OF error; but II IL Wbs mcsEt that thAslc"
intolerance WIS It's characteristic, it wSs rot 50.
In The s2es Of The past such intolerance "as re-
ecgrizsd as proper by mankind, and WIS re
sorled TO bJ people Of sill cfced=, but - hsrp
upon lhose tnirp rs now, Gfter they have passed
away, served ony to Stir up stlrfe. finsiiS, he
alluoed to tie cou Ia!isoE which he'd been mac o
between an infalIibe church and sn latsiible
book; Nat comparison IVES false one. The
phtrsrchs and prov bets Ct Old had recorded
part Of their message to rsn by DylGo lnsplra-
ton so had The frst teachers of Chtislsg Il nth;
but this by 20 means deroyatCd from The sui oi.
ity of their orsl teaching. Ecwtore did lno
holy Scriptures declare that they, alone. were
Gods Voice in the World; on tho contrary II
was distinctly said that lhs pnlcGEned and IN.
st.b O might wrest them 10 their own degtrGc-
ton. The church, tfyIc, was The liter
of the written word, aud beth were ia!siib!e
and ipsepsrabe
The Bishop was listened 20 for an Ecur AID a
quarter with undivided iuieres. ard aucntou,
and all, whether agrecing or not With his con-
illusions, pronounced the lecture matteriy pre-
ducton. We had expected 10 secure more
exact report, but having been disappointed, chn
give OIL ~ the above skc,ch from the pen ut )
gentleman who wrote it entirely from memory,
having taken no rotes. 1t is unnecessary 20 say
that it is fer tIOm doing justice to tie lecturer
PERSONAL -Me;s:s. s. &. Nsa!s AID liotcn
Kent, OF this city, arrived 10 Ne~ Yak, yes'er
day, On the steamer Psra. fr9l S. Cfoix, where
they have been on busioess c2clec.sd ~lth
claims If American cizans sptiost The Daulsh
Govcrun EFT Tor the d!s::u,ti0u o. property
during the inurrec'on GO that 'slaod. 1t IL
the intention OF MIR. Nsa!e's friends to ssreaa1o
him on his arrival here co Saturday pght.
DR.. NoRToN's LECTURE -R.v. DR.. Nartou
Continued his series OF lectures co the Book ct
Common Prayer ia he lec,uic room ct 81
Pauls Church as. ni4ht. larger aui.ense
than usual being 10 attendance. H. tork up
The Apostolic Creed which be explained 10 :
concise but most satisfactory maoaer. lostractng
and deghtiup all who heard him,