Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-12-06

could be suggested to the first part Of the pro-
gramme is a quartette in which the excellent
harmony OF all the voices could be enjoyed The
third act from Faust" which formed the sec
ond part Of the programme, was rendered In
very satisfactory manner. There was the same
excellence of singing to which was added the
charm Of fine acting, especially on the part OF
Mile. Litta The jewel song and the moonlight
soliloquy were particularly merltorious. This
company will receive warm welcome II they
should ever visit us again.
THE temperance lecture OF Mrs J. Ellen Foster,
OF Iowa, delivered In Capital Hall on the evening
OF the 2Sth ult., was pronounced success, not
wthstandng all the drawbacks which we're en-
countered. A primary motive with the ladies In
procuring Mrs. Fosters visit was that she might
address her argument for prohibitory constitu-
tional amendments to the members OF our legls-
lature but the earliest evening upon which she
could possibly be here proved to be the final one
OF the session, when of course the members were
all engrossed with their official duties. But the
citizens of the town and vicinity filed the hall
with an attentive audience, which had the full
benefit of that which the legislators lost. The
lecture was mainly devoted to an calculation Of
the prohibitory constitutional amendment prop
osition, which has been adopted in Kansas and
Iowa, and which is now being pressed upon many
of our state legislatures Her propositions were
clearly stated and maintained by an array OF ar
guments which well sustained her high reputation
as lawyer. Incidentally she referred to the cell
ebrated woman's crusade, in which she was
prominent actor, and spoke many words Of in
struction and encouragement upon the general
subject. While lacking little in that dignity and
impresslveness OF which Mrs. Livermore is the
very embodiment, Mrs. Foster is nevertheless a
very able and pleasing speaker, and would per-
haps be quite as well appreciated by western au-
dience as would the former. She is certainly do
ing an invaluable work in her special department.
THE union service Thanksgiving day came this
year at Trinity church, and the sermon on the
"Religious Aspect Of Civil Government was
given by Rev. d. E Miller, pastor of the church
where the service was held. The speaker founded
his remarks on Romans xiii: 1.-THE powers that
be are ordained of Cod" out of which he drew
the idea that civil government has religious ba-
sis-the right to govern derived, not from the
consent OF the governed" as the declaration Of
independence has it,, but from God. He then
showed that the ancient governments wrought on
religion through all their history. He then came
to our own history and showed that its warp and
wool had been of religion, that previous to the
constitution this had been the case In the ques-
lions of civil and religious liberty settled by It,,
that the politics Of the nation since the days Of
Washington had been dealing constantly with re-
ligious questions. Some phase of human liberty
has been under discussion all the time since then,
the political parties have been arrayed on one