Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-20
WORD PICTURES.
BISHOP KAHN DELIVERS A MOST ENTERTAIN
ING LECTURE.
An Immense COnc0urse Of People at the Caths-
dral-Scsnss in and About Jerusalem Graphic
ally Dsscribed-TOpOgraphy Of the City.

There was an immense concourse OF
people at the Cathedral last evening to
hear the lecture by Right Reverend
Rishop Kahn, an event which has been
looked forward to with pleasure for
many days. People began to pour
in the direction of the sanctuary
as early as a quarter to seven o'clock ana
bv the time the lecture began almost
every seat in the spacious interior oil
the sanctuary was taken. There was
between eight and nine hundred persons
present and when the Bishop ascended
the pulpit at half past seven, he looked
out upon n sea of faces.
The Bishop in opening his remarks
stated the charitable object OF the lee
ture, that the proceeds were for the
benefit of the poor in charge of st.
Joseph's Conference of the Society oil
st. Vincent de Paul. The speaker be-
gan by saying that of all The time that
he had spent abroad, and OF all the
scenes he had visited, he had selected
for his lecture tonight "Holy Week in
He spoke OF the landing
on Monday, the last of March, at
one of the adjacent sea
ports of Jerusalem. The day
was very bleak and the rain poured in
torrents. After stating, that the popu-
lation of Jerusalem was between TWEEN
ty-five and thirty thousand, and also
the fact that it was inclosed with
stone wall with five gates, he took up
some matters in relation TO Calvary, ana
certain statements made
by DR.. Talmage in recent sermon, ana
read from a noted authority to substan-
tiate his claim.
The topography of Jerusalem was
clearly pictured in detail by the speaker,
and the audience went away with a
new and better idea OF the situation OF
the Holy city. The walls which enclose
the city, the ravines, hills, mountains
and plains were all set forth in man
ner TO awaken a renewed interest in the
sacred scenes which cluster around
He alluded to his celebra-
ton of high mass on Holy Thursday.
in Jerusalem, as being the first
English speaking Bishop who
had been accorded that honor
in the sacred precinct for Il period OF
twenty-five years. 1t was on that
day just after the solemn
services that he CHANGED TO meet an old
school-mate, a clergyman from New
York, who was much surprised at the
important part the Bishop had taken in
the exercises of the day, and exclaimed
that little did he think years ago when
they were attending school that he
should ever have the honor OF seeing
him officiating at so important and i'm
posing shrine. The Bishop spoke of
the pleasure II afforded him TO stroll
about and view the different localities
Of the city sacred to the men,
Dry OF the Savior, and OF the
leep and solemn impressions
with which he was filled as he thought
IF the events they commemorized. The |
ecture throughout was full of historical |
md Biblical illusions, and was listened |
% with eager interest by the large con-
1t was literary effort that
: ever refreshing To- hear, and at times
he Bishop gave vent to his characters
ic eloquence, which was almost inspir-
ng, and 1t Is safe TO say that with the
of the admirable lecture before
hem, all who were present last evening
will ever hereafter think of Jerusalem
With feelings of warmer interest and
Ieeper significance. The lecture was
most enjoyable treat.