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DR CtARD

nay truly. that DR. Guards lccture ON Friday
evening OF has. week revived the memory Of his
rrrat eifor, in the same hall q few years ago
that il was marked by t,ie same grace of wit,
the same glow az imagination, the same pro
fundity of thought and that everywhere thro
e the richn,s. Of his gifs as thinker and ora
tor. with which Providence has so plenteously
endowed him. and which. with mental acilv-
itv. he has hiniseifso carefully cultivated. were
huns with generous proiusion before his audi
ence. but what them our warmcst eiIogy
would seem tame Co those who were present on
the oceasion-wLo as thc bee on the flower
hung ON the honey Of his eloquent tongue, or
were waited into regions fdclight 10y the rapt-
urous visions that hc presented Co them, and on
the other hand. would give no idea TO those
who were SOD unfortunate as Co be absent, Ofthe
rich fea,t-"the feast Of reason and flow Of
soul which they missed
To has been said that Speech j. silver and
Slcnce Is gold" IL such Is the case then lee
silver be the currency. and let Dr. Guard be the
distributing officer In fact however, the
striking and beautiful phrase is only partially
ccrrcct. 10 is true che might of persuasive
ness dos not always he in ar,iculatc speech
that thestuuE are often thcsilent and that
Good never speaks" 70 is equally true how
ever. that lie has mos; wonjrously endowed
some of his creatures and none more So. i'm our
opinion 10 an events. and we have heard the
great orators of many lands. than the siited
Irslman 90 whose generosity and cloqucnce
yyc arc indebted Tor tLc great lecture of Friday
night
"THE MtyrAL AcrIvmEs oF TIE ACE, AND
ruE BlBLE, was the theme Of ,hc lecture.
fan report is. ot course out OF the question:
And ans -ynop>is--any number ot odd stones
selected rrom tlc intellectual structure would
bcss great O. taiiurc a> 70 would De to attempt to
convey an idea of Rachel by simply reading
few old scenes from Ajrienue LaCouvrc The
genius OF Charles Philips, I'M his "Recollcctions'
revived the eloqueuce OF John Philpot Curran.
ia Dr. Guard tLc cloqucncc of Curran again
lives but unfortunately Their, is mo- Philips
40 Cgcek choru~-no Tenophau to tell ofdoings,
that bat for him. would never have been heard
cf And ala Cor thc purposes of fame. how
invaluable are such agencies, To l. no wonder
thaj the Queen of Nayarr, exclaimed Show
lne the man thar tells the worldthat am beau-
ufcl And So, until am architects diagram
can fullv inform rs Of the beauties Of the Milan
Cathedral or an Introductory argument can
convey q c1-rcc. conception of The Tempest or
M.dsumm,7 Nights Dclm. people must 90
and hear Dr. Gglrl tor themselves, if they de-
sire an aclu4in,ancc with Lis extraordinary
gifts as an orator
We preface wha. We may further say by re-
marking that Dr. Guard is clergyman. Now.
very often. c,crsymen although the remark
certainly does mo-, apply 90 amy one of those
with whose ministra,i1u- We are blessed la this
town even the best OF men, are dosmatic in
their opinions. and severe and hard in their
manner Dr. Guard is not. The sun is not
delighted 20 shine on a more genial nature than
lis lie has real, fixed principles, indeed
which in times like these an men should have
a. well rs clergymen. but when he reasons on
them he does So in So kindly O fashion, and
With such gentle pc-saasiycness. that one re-
calls .he lines Of Milton
How charming Is divine Philosophy.
Not harsh or grabbed as dun fools suppose.
But musical as il Apo.los lutte
Weanevcr questions thar have been put Co
uswhen We say, that while there is great ylric-
Is IN the manner Of Dr. Guarl, there is mo- diff
ference in the rliue of what DE says. His sim
pie reasoning. by reason OF Tie pr0toundne~ of
iis thoughts, the sp,ue>, and richness of lis IL
Iustrati0ns and tlc marvellous beauty of hi-
diction, is es amply satisfactory as are those
thrilling and passionate passage, with which