The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-03-12
DR.. Willis Lecture a. The Hall!

The nth and last bur ono e.: I'll" cdrrtu'
lecture cour>" was delivered by br. !.
Wills. Of FELTON,. bel, formerly Of ,he Ne"
York Conference of !hc Il. l.. Church, ol
Monday evening The Juror over the enter
rainme.t given lay Mrs. Dillchunt the werl
previous had not subsidized and many per
sonS neglected. to inform themselves As l.
he amount OF entertainment and lnSiruc
riun probable from the lecture Of the doctor
md taking it for granted that il was 10 b.
nf mediocre character, remained at home.
All such missed it greatly and lost To them
selves :! treat.
Prior to the coming of the lecturer his
subject remained Uuannounce'i, ant; no one
knew until he told them what he was goinl
to talk about When be appeared before
his audience he announced that he woui'
speak of Many things in general and
some things III particular, giving himself,
therefore, any amount of ground 10 work.
and so many fields We're entered by him thai
it is impossible for Us TO follow him through
all
He hegan with the assertion that "a
man WAS adapTcd 10 the world, the worl''
was adapted 10 man and that everything il
this world is tributary to his wants Tha'
it is possible for all his wants TO be Statistic,
whatever they may be, from a button to:
brown stone house, temporarily, and the
same truth applied to intellectual wants
Notwithstanding the fact that everything
might 60 along SO evenly and smoothly,
great fight for bread is constantly waging
The wealthy ana strong eat up and swallew
the little fishes and their possessions, thu
ever keeping the multitude down. IF,
said the speaker, Vanderbilt had lived five
hundred years he would have owned The
whole world, but fortunately there is a cure
for this capacity in some men Of soaking ~
all, and that is Deuth. He kindly steps il
aud relieves the oppressed. The best friend:
to the poor he said, sis 4 sound mind in
sound body, a good Dutch stomach, and III
greatest curse, an unsound one" Dyspep
Sia he named as the greatest foe of man.
the pandora box of creation, and bad bread
the foreruuner of a bad lite-even the JOY,
OF the honeymoon are often swallowed NJ
in TIE fumes Of he oven. TIE speaker herr
very fnnnily related the story of the hornet
that got into the batch of bread and the
fate of the man who ate it,
Among the many sources Of enjoyment
in his world free to all, he named the vari
Gus senses, sight, taste, smell, hearing, and
the factors, good books, music, poetry.
the drama and fiction; he defended thu
drama and fictitious writings. and inStanced
some of these rs the greatest sources of in
Struction rs the parallels of Christ and thu
works of great authors. Wherever,
said he, ''the drama demoralzes, the dra-
matte has been demoraliZ-d.'
Upon the theme Of moral goodness h.
dwelt some time, and said every man should
have Il creed: better a bad one than none:
better he an Atheist than have nc creed II
all. OF men of the various ages he SAID
there We're the weak and strong, the dull
and sharp among all; hut Christ, in His
divine manhood, WAS the great type OF
exemplary excellence Noah, the old her"
of the ark. got drunk on his own wine, and
Jacob trading cattle n" doubt was one Of
the gre7teSt sharpers of his times. He
weighed heavily upon the mean man and
related Il funny story of a CHURCHMAN'S whom
the gospel had cost only twenty-five cents
in twenty-five years.
Trurhfulness. Justice, and Patriotism he
named rs the three great principles of life.
He here spoke Of Washington and his char
acfer as to truthfuneSS, and related Il story
OF Il boy who initiated hm. He had no
hatehet, so he took an axe and cut down his
tther's peach trees. (ThiS must have o.
CURED in ne!aware) When asked if he
did it, he, like George, said he did ii with
his little axe. Washington parent took
him upon his knee and commended ,hi>
truthfulncSs. This bows fither took him
upon his knee. but with his face downward,
and applied Il peach branch. This boz,
said the speaker, vowed he'd never tell tie
truth again, and never did, and finally
wound up in Congress.
Patriotism, he commended As another
great virtue. and extoiled the spirit of the
boy who when asked 10 bound the UuiteG
States did it in this wise con the east by
the rising sun, on tn" west BY the setting
sun, on the north Ivy the AURORA b"reais,
and on the South by the day of Judgment.
His ideas OF his country We're certainly
large. The lecture throughout was filed
with witty and telling points and Was
greatly enjoyed by the audience.
The sixth ami last entertainment OF he
course will he given o.: next Monday even
ing, by readings and recitations by Prof. 5.
X. Murdoch, of Philadelphia.
New Carpets: Oil Cloths AMI Rings AT
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