New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-19
REVIEWING DIR. MORGAN DIX.

JAMES X. HAMILTON WILCOX POINTING OUT TIE
"AMAZING IGNORANCE" OF TRINITYs RECTOR.
A dIminutive notice was sent abroad on Friday
and Saturday announcing that "James K. Hamll-
ton Wilcox, chairman Woman Suffrage State
Executive Committee, will review the lectures of
the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. at the Free Baptist
Church in Twenty fifth St. on Sunday afternoon at
8 o'clock. Bring your friends" James X. Hamilton
W. was hand at the appointed hour About
twenty-five other people were there, hut they had
failed to bring their friends The bright warm
sunshine seemed to have attractions for the
general public than the "revlews" which James X.
Hamilton proposed to give in cold and gloomy
church.
Tile pastorofth church opened the exercises with
prayer. He then read hymn and
asked some one to start the sing
ing. There being no response to this request
the Staten Island Womans Suffrage reformer read
a multitude of extracts from the Scrip
lures to show how precarous was Dr. DiNs
most of the prophets and apostles writings. and
seemed 10 have been selected simply because the
words woman" Daughter Of Zion, "Daughterof
Israel" or widow" occurred in them The orator
thought it necessary to state that if the prophets
and the apostles had not written these texts with
special reference TO the higher education OF women
thev might have done so. One extract contained the
advice 10 women 10 gather yourselves III troops
There is objection to womans rights conventions
tnat Is there pertlneutly asked the relOfiDcf
There being no response TO his question from the
audience he continued reading his extracts James
X. ii amilton then began his lecture and continued
1t through nearly two chilly hours. He first read
two long poems about human progress in general,
without perceptibly varying the tone of
his voice. Thinking that DR.. Dix had not
been absolutely and lrrevocably annihila
ted by this performance. the Teformcr
proceeded to call the attack upon us unprO- |
vOked, uncaed for and amazing" Trinity Church, |
he SAID, had taken the same ground on the anti |
slavery question as II occupied on tho woman's |
higher education question He spoke almost con-
stantly of DIR. Dix as "this man." and |
asserted that if that wealthy rector would |
only open his medieval eyes" he |
might learn something about the condition |
of society ut the present time He asked if 1t
possible that DR.. DIX failed to rebuke the men of |
society for their well the |
women Of that society for their frlvotleS because
the decided who should be rector of his church,
DiXs lectures were amazing James X. II. W. said, |
on account Of the ignorance which was displayed |
in them ignorance of the history of the past, Of
the history of his own church and of the condition
of sOcIety."
Another surprising thing about the lectures said
Mr.. Wilcox, was that they showed that wealth.
education and social position do not necessarily |
make a man a gentleman" There was no greater
enemy TO human progress. the TefOrmcr felt bound
and Mrs PartingtOm." This last comparison secmed
to exhaust the staten Island champion of the
oppressed, for he remarked little later that time
was passing and closed his lecture. a collection
was taken up and then two members of the
dence sang the DOxology. one struggling along in
the key OF q minor and the other making famous
Roadway In what might have been nasllQ Hat.