Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-08-05
BrotherIy Love Properly Exemplifed
REV. ALLAN CURR's LECTURE AT GREENWOOD
MRS. CURRs ADMIRABLE REGULATIONS
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REV. ALLAN CURRs LECTURE AT GREENWOOD
| MRS. CURR's ADMIRABLE REGULATIONS
| AN EVENING AMONG THE EPIsCoPALIANs.
| The indefatigable worker. lecturer, and Pas
! tor Of the Baptist church here announced on
| Wednesday evening last that he would lecture
at Greenwood, in Albemarle county, for the
benefit of the Episcopal church on the follow
| ing Friday evening. Before the arrival of the
| train here bound for Greenwood that after
noon, jovial and appreciative party of twen-
| ty-five or thirty ladies and gentlemen had as
| sembled at the Chesapeake and Ohio depot,
who, having already become familiar with
Mr.. Curr's captivating style of presenting
subjects in his humorous lectures. promptly
seized this opportunity to visit Greenwood. A
representative of the SPECTATOR had the good
| fortune to be included in this sociabe party
| by special invitation, and soon the train
reached the depot. in which train he was pro-
vided with comfortable seat, and like Tenny-
sons brook
| "By twenty hills we hurried down
Or slipped between the ridges.
By twenty thorpS, a little town, WaynesbOrO', u
And half a hundred bridges,
but stopped at Greenwood. instead Of ''going on
forever
At this quiet retreat. nestled among the
mountains, it was evident that something I'M
usual had already taken place, or was on the
eve of occurring. The arrival of the iStaunton
party infused new life into the social proclivi-
ties of those already assembled, and those who
did not kno. each other were introduced, and
the time which interviewed between the arrival
of the train and the delivery of the lecture
was surrendered to social enjoyment. About
twilight rare collation. was serv ed in the
Greenwood hotel.
The church being about two miles distant
from Greenwood, the depot was admirably ar
ranged for the use of q lecture-room for this
particular occasion. 1t was prettily decorated
| in the interior-Chinese lanterns sus-
pended in large profusion. and the platform
| from which Mr.. Curr addressed the audience
was handsomely decorated with sun-f1owers.
| A liberal supply of benches provided seats,
and these were all comfortably filled. One
hundred and fifty tickets were disposed OFFS
cents each for admission. From the sale OF re-
freshments a neat sum was also realized. Mr..
Murray, the Rector of the church, informed us
that the success of the entertainment would
fully meet his expectations.
When the time for the delivery of the lecture
arrived, Mr. Curr was appropriately and hand
somely introduced by Mr. Murray.
Mr.. Curr opened his lecture by saying that
he would endeavor o please his audience al
though he labored under some disadvantages.
His appearance before Greenwood audience
was the fifth time he had lectured last week,
having spoken three times at Harrisonburg in
one day.
Mr.. Curr then propounded the question,
"What is love?" 1t was, he said, subject
alike important to young and old 1t was a
golden chain which was handed down from
Heaven, and which united us in hallowed
bonds. No degree of wealth and dignity could
compensate us for the lack of love. Sailors,
while being tossed about OF the tempestuous
ocean, amidst the greatest perils, remembered
the loved ones at home. The men and women
who did not believe in it, were on the verge of
moral destruction. 1t asks not for fame, wealth,
or distinction, but only to be loved in return.
Benevolence, Mr.. Curr said embraced our duty
towards each other and doing ali the good we
can. The man who refused to pull another out
of the ditch deserved to be in it himself. In
the language of Scripture, our Savior went
about doing good"
Pope had said the "proper study of mankind
is man, but Mr.. .Curr said he begged leave
to differ from him, as he thought woman was.
He dwelt in happy strain on maternal atfec-
ton, and said there was no love so constant
and sweet as that of a mother
Mr.. Curr then advanced to the topic of WOO
ing. In this country people married in haste
and repented at leisure, while in Scotland, he
said, they married at leisure and repented in
haste.
Mr.. Curr's lecture was interspersed with
laughable anecdotes dpropos to the subject,
which excited great deal of merriment. At
its close. Mrs. Curr favored the audience with
some capital delineations of character from
the Burlington Raaokeye, also with the reci-
| tation of Tennysons Bugle Call" all of which
| were enthusiastically applauded.
1t would be difficult for Mr.. Curr to find
| more efficient co-laborer in the prosecution of
his benevolent work than Mrs. Curr. At the
close of her Rotations, refreshments were
again served, and by this time the hour for the
return to Staunton had well-nigh arrived.
Mr.. Murray and Mr.. Curr were the master
spirits of the occasion, and their united SUI
pervision contributed as much as anything
else to its success. Those who went down from
Staunton came back greatly pleased with the
evenings entertainment.
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