The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-03-18
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TIA XLD1X10 INCONSISTENCIES
The exercisss 4 Dsruniak ~ stil going on
Win unaheted iutsrsst, Trough the attendance
| h not 90 largo - during he Teacher Congress-
| and the hossl h notso crowded
Thu special classes Of the C.L. 8. c., arc or
| rsnized, and the Kinderxarten has an attend
ance Of over one hundred children.
| A Presbyterian college b about TO Be built,
| and money has already been subscribed for
other buildings to be used for educational ana
religious purposes.
| The daily classes at present include those 10
| the New Testament Greek, by Dean wright; IN
| German and Modern Language oy frot
shearer 4; in Elocution, by Prof. LaRue; In Arr
| by teachers In drawing and painting; inthe Kin
| dergarten, by Miss Matilda Ross, and three COM
petent assistants; In the School of Cookery, by
| Mira Knight, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Glasses in other special branches are also be-
ing organized, and the @. L 8. c. (Chantauqua
| Literary and Scientific Circle0 has its own
course OF readings and study.
| The Chautauqua idea existed long before
ever localized itself on the shores Of Lake Chau-
tauqua in New York, or DeFuniak Springs, In
Florida, or at Monteagle, Tenn, Island Park As
sembly in the West, Monona Assembly in Wis
consin, or the new South Florida Assembly
about to be organized at Mount Dora, near Win
ter Park, where the Congregationalsts are wide
| awake and will soon accomplish for South and
| East Florida what the ,Methodists are doing at
DeFuniak for Western Florida.
The branches of this great Chautauqua vine
are spreading and its fruits are already found IN
| every State of the Union.
Among the lecturers of the past week have
been Wallace Bruce, on Washington Irving,
Leon Fl. Vincent on "virgil and Horace, Rev. r.
8. Holmes on subjects connected with Sunday
School Work, Dr. Charles F. Deems on Scotch
Verdict" being an elaborate discussion OF the
doctrine of evolution, and the verdict reached
was mot proven"
Rev. Dr. s. G. Smith lectured on " Florence
and DeMedici and Greece and the Greeks :
Rev. j. Dewitt Miller, on Love, Courtship and
Marriage" Rev. Wilbur L. Davidson presented
graphic description of his experiences in 1.-The
World OF Switzerland )" and Prof +. Warren
Clark closed his services OF ten illustrated lee
lures on "Oriental Travel" with an entertain
ment entitled art Abroad and Picturesque
Scenes at Home"
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prsed stereopticon tour through Florida. Be-
ginning at the Chautauqua grounds of DeFuniak
Springs, the audience was carried rapidly
through the familiar scenes of Western and Mid
die Florida to the region of Jacksonville and
the ST. Johns River, and even to the thousand
islands Of Key West and of Cedar Keys Nearly
one hundred views were thrown on the screen
and the audience was safely transported through
Florida without any of the danger or discom-
forts of broken rails, dust or delays.
Characteristic scenes at Chipley, among the
pines, saving, logging Chattahoochee station
and bridge, Mariana, Tallahassee, capitol and
streets, hotels, stock farms and scenery on Lake
jackson, Gainesville, Ocala, Live Oak, orange
groves on the ST. Johns LeConte pear groves in
Leon county, cotton, corn and sugar cane cul-
ture, semi tropical scenery, and the chaSacteris
tic views of every part of the State, followed
each other in rapid succession, and the peculiar
features and attractions OF each section were
thoroughly explained by the lecturer
The audience seemed to appreciate the Flor
ida tour as much as anything they had previ-
ously seen in Europe, Asia or Africa. Many ex-
pressed a desire to see something further OF the
hill country of Middle Florida.
The ablest discourse of the Chautauqua As
sembly was delivered last Sunday morning by
Dr. Charles F. Deems, of the Church of the
Strangers" New York, on the subject OF Revela-
ton. Philosophy and Science. The text was
Rev. v: 9; and the thought which formed the
basis of the sermon was simply this: The Bible
is sealed book to the philosopher, the scientist,
the student of natural religion, or any one who
attempts to approach the mysteries of revela ton
through any other channel than faith in the per-
sonal Christ. Quotations were made from John
Stuart Mills, and illustrations were drawn from
the latent scientific developments of Tyndaps
prayer test" &c, to prove that scientific re-
search and philosophic acuteness are alike pow
erless TO penetrate the spiritual problems of the
present and the future state, TO break the seal
which must be removed before the book OF life
can be truly opened. Only One ia able and wor-
thy to take the book and open the seal thereof;
and He was slain and hath redeemed US to God
by his blood The vicarious atonement was
thus pointed to as the only basis of belief, the
only solution Of mystery, and the only channel
by which the things of God can be made known
either in nature or revelation. Without this key
to unlock the sad problems Of human existence,
there is no life worth living, no death worth
dying, and no heaven worth hoping for"
Sunday afternoon there was an Episcopal ser
vice conducted by Rev. E. Warren Clark, and
sermon by Rev. DR.. MCGEE, of Danyille Ken
lucky. In the evening a choral service con-
Quoted by Prof G. c.. Case, assisted by Mr.. My
ers of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Robert Frazley, of
Nashville, Tenn. and sermon by Rev. DR.. S. G..
Smith. of 1T. Paul, Minnesota.
During the present week there will be the
usual course of lectures, classes and entertain
ments, also several concerts and Examinations of
the lake.
Among the prominent speakers expected is
Rev. Dr. Arthur T. Pierson, pastor of Bethany
Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, with which
John .Wannamaker's Sunday -schooli Is connected,
which is by far the largest Sunday school in the
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The seat in the United States Senate
made vacant by the death of Senator Mil
Ter, of California, will be filled for while
at least by Democrat. Senator Miller's
term would have expired on March 4, 1887.
The Governor of California is at present
Democrat and, of course, will appoint a
Democrat. Among the probable appoin-