The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-11-18
FROM W AXE FOREST.
Dr. GrisSOm-L -LectureS-COttomM Market.
Personal, &c.
Special Cor. STATE CHEoNLcLE.l

Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLE.
Ever since the announcement was made
that we were to be favored With a lecture
by DR.. Eugene GrisS0m the students and
citizens of the ''HIll' have manifested an
impatient desire to hear the distinguished
North Carolinian. Last Thu sday night
this desire was satisfied We knew the
Doctor as bright light at the head of the
medical profession Of North Carolina but
Thursday night we We're also convinced
that he stood among the first as a lecturer.
His clear ringing voice conveys every " rd
and syllable to the hearer and it is pleas
ure to listen to him. cannot do the
speaker justice unless | could give all Of
his lecture, but this is impossible For an
hour and half, by his superior rhetoric
and elOcutlOn, he held the closest atten-
ton. | will give a few extracts:
''Search the records of antiquity call he
Egyptian monachs back to fame as lasting
as the pyramids, call the roll of iOmer's
heroes, bid imperial Rome render up her
grandest citizen, unroll the parchments of
the sacred volumes. and review the army
of the prophets and the martyrs study
the legendary lore of every people that
now live under the sun, in all the refulg
ence Of the blazing light of the knowleds se
of to-day. The longer we persist in our
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search the more absolute will be our declar-
alton that of all the bones that now sleep
in their mother earth awaiting the resur-
rection Of the just those Of David, the son
Of Jesse, belong to the grandest spirit ever
created by the Divine Master among men :
His marvellous history has no parallel.
He is the object of reverence TO Christian,
Jew and Mohometan. For at David 5
tomb all faiths meet together" ...iIl
antecedent history on the sacred page con
verges to his golden era. OF his home
and youth he said Breathing the pure
air of Heaven, living on simple food and
the pure water of Gods own fountains
and alert with manly exercise little by
little was built, the elastic frame Whcn
was to astonish the world by the daring of
its exploits, to undergo exile and wander
ings and struggles and tolls innumerable,
until three score years and ten.
The portraiture of his life was sublime
and comprised wonderful knowledge of
the Bible. The speaker became eloquent
as he told us of the wars David was in,
the victories he achieved. the SORROWS he
experienced and at last the unutterable
JOY which was his.
To say the least the speech was a mas
terpiece of composition worthy the distin-
guished compositor and if there We're more
of such we would be wiser and better
When mention was first ma e of the
compress at Raleigh, it was thought that
it would cause a falling off of the receipts
of cotton at this market. Upon inquiring
We find that this has not been the case
but on the contrary they have been com
paratively larger.
We understand that President Tavlor
has secured $13, 900 from the Alumni of
the college towards erecting the Chemical
laboratory. He IS now in Boston
DR.. Duggan has returned from Balti-
more, whittier he went to complete the
plans for the new building which is two
storled instead of one, as was stated be-
fore.
One hundred more magnolia trees were
planted in the campus last week.