The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-21
HOW BEECHER REFRIGERATED.
An illustration In One of Dr.. Drivers
Lectures.

very large attendance greeted DR.. !. d.
Driver last night at the hall of the Young Mems
Christian Association when he stepped forward
TO deliver his lecture on "What Made the
Yankee" Dr. Drivers remarkable powers as a
lecturer are well known, and they were fully
exhibited in the subject he had selected His
chief characteristic is his earnestness The OBJ
ieet OF his address was to impress upon young
men the great advantages offered 10 vim, perse
yerance and industry in the new country before
them. He extolled the virtues OF the Yankee as
the elimination of process of intellectual
development, which has been going on since the
world began.
''Since the earliest times" he said, "men have
been advancing 10 the West, following in the
wake OF the setting sun, There had been al
ready two great centers of population in
the world-the Mediterranean and the Atlantic
the third would be on the Pacific coast" He
related that he had slept with his father on the
open prairie where Chicago now stands when
there was not one house there to indicate the
site of the future great city, and when wolves
prowled around at night TO snatch at the bones
fiung ont by the pioneers. The pioneers had
now died out forever; there was no unknown
country left to penetrate in the wide swsth
which civilization had made in its march from
the eastern shore of the Pacific around the world
to the extreme western shore. Here he is met
by the rolling waves OF the Pacific, which, re-
versing a famous historical incident, said to the
on-coming tide OF man thus far and no
farther"
The lecture was full OF illustrations of the ne
eessty OF moral influence. He likened man
to "a great vessel; the ship to his physical con-
structou, the motive power 70 his strength,
which would drift aimlessy but for the guiding
afforded through the rudder. which he COM
pared 10 moral influence.
He gave many illustrations of the effect of
moral and reli gious Influence, declaring that in
Portland there were more divorce cases among
those who were often called Christians fn one
term of court, than in ten years among the
whole Jewish population Of America IL was the
same with those sent to the penitentia-les.
lie reminded them that millions and billions of
dollars were spent in the vain attempt TO per-
feet human laws, yetMoses had in ten precepts,
thousands of years ago, given a code OF human
conduct which would last as long as the human
race. This led him TO the subject of evolution.
He said Henry Ward Beecher maintained that il
took about 100000 years 10 develop Beeeher
from the days Of auces ;ors with caudsl append
ages. But" continued the lecturer, sit Only
took three years for the reverend Yankee 10 get
bnck 20 that stage. for in that short period he
had questioned the divinity OF Christ, den ed
the existence OF hell and joined the Democrats"
{Roars OF IRughier.l
Or. Driver earnestly impressed upon young
men the necessity OF work. Christ had spoken
OF His work and Of His fathers WORK God
IA ght have possessed the infinite capacity We
know Him To have, but had lie not stretched
out His hand in work, not one star wonl3
have sparkied in all the vast armament lie
warned them not 10 ritter away time; oppor
tUn.tles came when least expected, but
tie young msn who was awake and