The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-11-02
LITERARY TREAT FOR SALIVA.

4 series of religio scientific lecture.
will be given here on "Wednesday
Thursday and Friday evenings Of Ill,
coming week, by Rev. A. y. Gilbert
Of Indiana. under the auspices of til,
; Christian church at their house u
/ worship.
The design OF these lectures Is Il
show the harmony between scienc,
and Revelation in the history of crea
ton, they being u reply to Ingersol
( and others in their structures upon
Moses. The subjects of the several
lectures are rs follows:
Wednesday Ereniny, Nor. $,
From Chaos 10 Cosmos" Showing
| that Moses account Of the origin q:
Z the inorganic world IL i'm perfect hsr.
noDy with the facts of science.
7hursday Erening, Noe. ..
From Matter to Life" Showing
igination Of vegetable and animal
life.
Friday EreninS, Noe. 10.
From Life to Soul" or THE Crea-
ton Of Man aud his Primeval Home ~
Showing that the same harmony ex-
lists with regard to the origin Of hu.
manity.
Though Mr.. Gilbert Is a stranger To
most OF our citizens, he is well-k nOwn
to few here rs q preacher and lee
turer of rare ability. That he is well
able to deal with the laIge subject
upon which he is to speak, they and
the numerous press notices at hand
bear convincing testimony. From
the latter we quote the following:
From Chaos to Cosmos" was the
title of the first one Of Rev. A. n. Gil.
bert's course of eligiO-scientific lee
lures ut the Disciples church last
night. The audience was large, intel.
ligent and appreciative. The lectur.
er's style IL strong. clear and polished.
Each phase Of his subject Is thor
oughly considered and set forth with
breadth Of view, grasp Of thought.
dignity of manner aud argument, full
ness Of learning, and genuine devotion
which is rs refreshing rs il is enter.
tanning. That his subject was diff
cult to handle. none will deny, but all
who heard ham last night were enthu.
siastic over his success I'm making a
dark subject luminous. "-Norf0lk
Landmark.
Tonight A. n. Gilbert will give
the third Of his series of lectures es-
the harmony between sci
ence and reve lation. The subject: of
10 nights lecture will be 1.-The Crea.
ton of Man and Woman and their
Pri,neval Home" The lecture last |
night began with the earth as
matter ready to receive the lowest |
forms of vegetable life. and progressed |
with IL through all the DEVELOPMENTS
IF vegetable and animal life up TO the
lime Of the creation of man. In the
ii-cusssOn Of these subjects. and the
various theories and hypothesis Of
science which seem To conflict with, or
the Mosaic history, the
speaker displays the fruits of patient
abor and most earnest and honest in
restigation.
Lectures upon themes of this nature
Ire generally very prosy or else
'ouchei in language which can be
understood only by the geOlogist.
and scientist, but not so
' III tucDC tuc sptahtT rcuuctS cNeTys
hing to plain English when possible.
nd when the use of obscure terms is
they are made bright and
lear by happy illustrations. The lee
ures throughout glow with the beau.
les Of eloquence, and the abstruse
heories are made plain by the origi-
al mind OF the speaker. "-Amgusta
hronicse
To bring the lectures within the
zach of all, the price oftickets for the
purse has been fixed at fifty cents:I
Tenty-five cents for q single ticket.
hese may be procured at Whitehead
Seaman's and at the door.
n. B.-Mr. Gilbert will speak al
,e Christian church. on Sunday =
ext, Nov. 5th. morning and evening. ]
o these services ali are cordially In Il
ted Subject In the morning-"I .
n not ashamed Of the gospel Of =
hrist." In the evening . lecture r.
,ung men and women will b given 9
which IN Eastern paper speaks In =
IL wise: THE lecture 10 In the
eaker's best style. Logical In his
asoning, acute In his observations
nature, vivid In his poFtraitures,
'aste In his dietion. magical In G
. voice, and winning In bis D. 4
'ery, he he's charmed the lArDe .