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Synopsis Of lecture by Mr.. Davies.
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platform OFF, Charles Washington Han " on Mon
day nigh, last, before packed audience. and was
introduced by Sir. =. IS. Hawks in the appropri-
ate words '.Iaaies and Gentlemeu-Ar.D avies.'
M. d. opened lis lecture by remarking that
when TIE Good emplars-an association fhat had
done mach good 10 oer midst and viii accomplish
great deal more-de,crmiacd % give a course
90 lectures, they knew q was only an experiment
und proceeded with grea, canton to open tie
course BY an entertainment from oas who i he
failed, would sleep just as souudly aud 90 abou,
the business Of the follow ing DAY lust as eerehely
rs r. he succeeded. (Nr. p. iai.re 20 remark on
tbe tsiu uphautsucces oftaat 6rsteascrtaipmeni.
Following this. le said, were distinguished gen
tlemen-au Of whom be had not tho pleasure OF
hearing bu, You had TIE hiss and put Of the first
steamer on the Potomac, going at the rate Of le
miles an hour, When JAS. Rumsey was adye-
tised. we knew 60 would De a success, Tor We knew
roo that our old and honored friead Alec Botc,er
would be at the helm. Then came the gentleman
fron Winchester, and Of him be would
only say that Il any of YOU fail 20 have
woodbiue and roses tEining abou, your
cottage doors, or elegant volumes Of re-
6ncd literature on your shelves, or magnificent
ungrayings on your waiis-if you ail % stor work
So the middle OF the afternoon ia order % walk
out o. the coustry with YOUR wives aud children
aud sweetsearts ,undl that park is ready il is
not for want OF good advice fran tn orator Of
Winchester-Mr. Pendicton. OF the others be
could not speak, save 60 borrow an idea from the
splendid address Of JUICE Hoge. they
~ "a
not rasie They were not Ike the Irish
man who, when tod that Opporian'iy
Knocks once In lifetime At every man door, re-
piled " TAen, faith, O, must have knocked at
mine when was out."
The Good Templars being not only moral aud
phiianIhroPic but religious-to show that they
have not been pulled up with en- 60 is success that
their triumph has DOT inflated them with vanity.
snd, 90 Mr. Thomson is nos ia the house,
a. not imitation vanity! they have invited
she same prctensiouless gentleman that opensd
the coarse 10 close IT,
AR. Davies said that for TIE purpose Of making
iuseliigse what be bad % say bis audience would
DO him The favor 90 suppose that be stood on The
Rock of Gibraltar, and they on the shore Of Ali
ca just opposite. To the East l,es the MediteFra-
mean Seattle great highway Of commerce in
those days-its waves sweeping past many spot
famous 10 song aud story, aud finally breaking on
ghe sAores Of Paiestne. To the West lis the vast
Atlantic-as yet uucrosscd-unknown save a. lar
as the islands Of Madeira. Ca Pc Verde and The
Azores. He said that De was 20 speak Of Collm-
bus and the discovery o. America-he was about
O. say +" Columbia, the Cen Of the Ocean" bu,
that phrase has long agJ lost is significance
The HoLinor diamond-evea the Tiffany cluster
ahich excited our admiration and envy at the
Centennial, sink into insi gaidcaace before the
iudescribablc grandeur of the material moral.
the civil, religious and political cluster hat o-
day sits Ike Queen between the Atlantic lad Pa
cidc Oceans he said that DE resists every temp
tation 90 preliminary remarks-no mere para
graphing can adequately herald ,he man and his
works, whose lie aud results and influences have
been so hr-reachiag and worldwide as that Of
Christopher Columbus and bis discovery % this
continent Columbus was born about 1855, in an
sec when toe theories now advocated by Brother
Jasper we're universally accepted. Men believed
that The world was lit and square-that the O.
ueau encircled toe bouais of ,he earth and all be-
yond was unknown, thc horizon, where the sun is
seen Co sink into DE sea. was the final boundary,
che chrystaiine sky resting ike a dome above
Vow, said Mr. Davies, surely scu wiz agree with
ne-whoever on phaos,rhlc principles, and b.
practical iuve,gation, proves these theories % b.
false, uiu be the herald of che axe II reason iu
Europe.
Long years before ,bis Marco Polo born in
1884 had travelled East o. Consnntinoplc, the
Crmea, Bokara, Car,lar and through Palestine,
was the d-st European Go make known Zapauza-
chat is Japan. H.s wonderful stories we're disbs-
heved. Undoubtedly De exaggerated-but his
diamonds. jewels. silks. s4tius aud ve'vrts cou.d
not have been invented. ln some ages men will
believe uotaing-in others they ready 90 be-
hcve that TIE moon 81 made of green cheese
These diamonds and silks of Marco Polo we're seed
cast on barren ground. DO, the craudsons OF the
men aho called Polo liar VIII be found seeking
The land whence De brought his stores aud his
riches. So much r,r the iraussce Of Polo's
travels The .pi-.t Of .uycs,i,a,on % the age.
Nore than goo years prior o. tlis, Sir John
Vaudeville learned Eng'.slnan. said that the
world vas rouad. Men said that De was mad
Roger Bacon born 1874, bad lived and studied.
Investigated ADD invented. lighting against che
ignorance 90 the age. His inventions remained
90 assist 10 the emancipation 90 the Intellect o.
Europe The great Bird was s,i.l en- chains; but
unseen elements were 90 work. Divine Provi
ience selects its own tine and It's own agents
great souls are always ready when great eater-
prises need then and ia che near distance may
De ess tss bur,y monk whose sublime mission
will be 90 give iis pinions 90 the sky Here 40
eloquent tribute wss paid Co the Monks Of the
Middle Ages
Ard now-the compass and The ast-olobc hav-
ins been invented what nan, from Japan in tie
Eas; % Madeira 90 the West, has reaius and skin
aud faith % dash iaio tac cn;ragc,ed deep, chase
the reeeding h-riron, and snatch c-o.n it the nv
tery n .hU shape Of ,hs Ea1tA. follow the SUI ia
is coufsc-dud out where it sets or il il does 20,
set but is, iadeed,-
An unwearied sun. chat from DAY 90 dav
Does bis Creators power display,
Publish rg Oh every land
The work Of an im;g4ty hand
Reveal The glorious tlings TO ,be world2 As
EUROPE Tor cenl7ries waited Tor the Saxou- that
IL. waited for uA9-no, an Esvptian Astro.oesr
not a Gre-iaa Arts,-uo.a Roman Warrh~. F.
but Nan, So now Europe ucits for AxAv.
solambus vas torn ir Oeuoa-ar.rr tAe ffshion .
of tle time be latrised bis name, Ctristofcro Co
iornbo 90 Columbus. lie was ,be Oldest son o. Do
minico Colombo, a woolcomber Of moderate cir /