The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-26

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which you have elevated me is one Of
grave responsibility and almost perilous
exaltedness. The great men of the nation
have woven around it spell of eloquence
and grandeur till, till like the Olympian
mountain of the Greeks, it has seemed a
sacred theater Of the gods, toward whose
Handicapped glories the mortal gaze might
be reverently lifted, but to whose lofty
height no ordinary mortal should ever
climb"
The Rev. j. Hyatt Smith, the Baptist
minister of Brooklyn, who was elected as a
greenbacker congressman, has been ex-
pressing his views on the question of eter-
nifty. He seems to hold about the same un-
orthodox opinions on the subject as do Hen
ry Ward Beecher and Rev. Bob Ingersoll
His ideas about the future world and the
proportion OF people who go to eter-
nal damnation were given quite succinct-
ly IN his sermon recently delivered in
which he said: "They would have us be-
lieve that God created 100000, 900 human
beings every generation, picks out say 100,-
100000 to be saved, and makes Niagara
of condemned souls of the other 100000
900. 1t is monstrous. 1t is not in the
Bible, and | should not believe it if it were
there" 1t lisa clear case. The reverend
gentleman stands in need Of the religious
influence of The BULLETIN.
The sacred concert at the Presbyterian
church, last night, was beyond all doubt
the greatest attraction Of the evening and
one of the finest Of its kind given in
this city for many day. Those who took
part in the exercises were: Miss Annie
Pitcher, Mrs. w. P. Wright, Miss Hattie
Mckee, Mrs. j. NJ. Lansden, Mrs. STAINS
bury, Miss Ella Robbins, and Messrs. n
W. Hacker, Walt Mckee and J. S. Ais
thorpe. A number of others, whose names
we did not learn, also took part in several
Of the choruses. The programme was car
ried out to the letter from beginning to end,
and had it been much longer the in
terest would not have been less
ened in the least The church was full
almost crowded-with our best people,
who showed by their close attention that
they thoroughly appreciated the exercises
The following is the programmes The
Wedding March - Midsummernight's |
Dream, Mendelssohn-Miss Emma James
ITO Thee Great God"-Moses in Egypt,
Aria-Oh thou, that |
tellest good tidings-Oratorio of"The Mes.
siah," Handel-Miss Annie Pitcher. Quart
ette-Christ, our Passover, H. Willard
Mrs. Wright, Miss Mckee, Mr.. Hacker and
Mr.. Mckee. Duet and Chorus
" waited for the Lord" Mendelssohn-
Mrs. Lansden, Mrs. Stansbury and chorus.
Tno-Sancta Maria, B. Owen-Mrs. Lans.
den, Miss Pitcher and Mr.. Aisthorpe.
Solo--Judith, Concone-Mrs. Stansbury.
Solo Ofertoire in A fiat, Edward NJ.
Read--Miss Ella Robbins. Solo and
Observation-Disclosures Mater, Ros-
sini- Mrs. Lansden and chorus. The in
part of the exercises were high
ly creditable to the performers, and proved
that they possessed the skill of persons
acquainted with the
instrument; of long experience in
Its management, and complete
knowledge of the minute details of music.
The vocal exercises displayed a remarkable
clearness and power of the voice. which
could only be natural gift or acquired by
long and studious cultivation. Cairo's
favorites amply sustained their regulations
rs vocalists of high order. The entertain
nent was brilliant success in every parti-
,ular and must have been emnently sat-
factory to the managers, since it was so to
he audience,