Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-20
AT THE PACIFIC CHAUTAUQUA,
Progress Of the Long Beach
Meeting.
Organization Perfected and Lee
lures Commenced.
Rev. j. Q. A. Henry on His Level Best.
Prof. E. e. Barnard Photo
graphic cAstronomy-Other
Features.

captured by the visiting army of Chau-
tauquans, and by the friends of Chau-
tauqua, aud for the next nine days and
part of the nights the hospitality of
Long Beach will be extended to, and en-
joyed by, the sojourning Chautauquans.
The programme selected for the course
is exaellent, and with several excep-
tions will be adhered to during the ses-
sion.
An important point to be remembered
is that the Southern Pacific and Ter
minal railroads alternate running the
extra trains to and from Los Angeles
and Long Beach. Tonight the Southern
Pacific railroad will run special train
about o'clock, to Long Beach, and a
returning one about 10 o'closk, at the
conclusion of the lecture in the evening,
while the Terminal railroad will run
the trains tomorrow and the Southern
Pacific railroad the following day, thus
alternating through theentire session.
The meeting yesterday WAS well at
tended and the organization about COM
| pleted.
THE MORNING SESSION.
In the morning. at O'Clock the devo-l
tional exercises were led by the Rev.
DR.. Healey, and were very earnest
throughout.
The organization of the Sunday school
classes was next made, the Rev. @. E.
Hutton of the Normal school giving an
outline of the proposed work. He said
that the necessary qualifications of
fn hn n
Christian, member of church, Bible
student, friend of his pupils, and a
teacher in knowledge and tact. There
were about fifty members enrolled in
this class.
Prof. Melville B. Anderson of the Le-
land Stanford Jr. university followed at
10 O'Clock with an article on American
Literature. Quoting Emerson he said,
Books are insipid," and then gave an
excellent sketch on literaturein general,
treating at some length on the power of
literature, saying that the soul of truth
was all-important. Literature he
defined as the nobler ground for
the nobler emotions. Literature
was due to the circumstances of
| place, of race and of emotions and
American literature was particularly
Characteristic in these points. During
his course Professor Anderson will lee
| ture on Emerson, Lowell and other
American men of letters.
Conchoiogy had been announced as
the next subject, but Professor Josiah
Keet, who was to have treated on it,
has been delayed in his return to
America from Honolulu, 30 the subject
will have to be missed for this session.
Miss Holmes next followed with q
solo that was we'll received.
| An organization for schools of cook
ery-Mrs. Sophie W. Knight, art; Miss
/ E. P. Bixby, music; Messrs. Benham
and Mansfeldt, elocution. Professor
Henry Ludlum was announced for the
morning and with the exception of the
J school of cookery they were all present,
/; Mrs. Knight not being able to attend.
Miss Bixby held a reception in the
morning at the Presbyterian church.
| The classes all have gratifying num-
Der enrolled.
A reunion of all the classes of @. L. s.
| G. was also held in the morning and
two organizations completed one of
those who studied during 1880 to 1889,
and those from 1890 to 1892.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon session Rev. J. @. A.
Henry, of San Francisco, delivered
lecture entitled His Level Best, and
thoroughly benefting and able talk was
enjoyed by those present. The main
point evolved by the speaker was that
the only plan for one to do his level
best was to glorify God and to enioy
him forever, and the ideal was embdied
in Jesus Christ.
/ The lecture throughout was replete
with harmonious turns of expression
and consistent parallels. Many quota.
tions, both in prose and in poetry, were
introduced, greatly enhancing the
speakers points. A number Of anec-
dotes were also related. In part he
said:
| The love of the best is the twin born
OF the soul. We are bondage to the
average man, always comparing our
selves to him either as better or as good.
and seldom trying to raise ourself to
some superior and higher aim. Every
man mas master passion, for the ac-
complishment of which he ia willing to
surrender all lesser aims, but at the on
set it is we'll to know that there are some
things which are too low and debasino
for either man or woman, and that ne
man who plots and schemes can attain
his level best, as it is only by honestv
that he can attain it. We must under
stand at the first that if we want to at
tain our level best it is only by honesty
alone. Neither can we etand still. We
must improve, for, like bicycle, if we
do not keep moving we will fall down.
Emerson said Glitch your wagon to
STAR" and Joseph Cook re-echoed the
sentiment with "Take the highest
modes of life and let them be your cor.
stellation." And the man who bnilds
for the earth alone builds too low
What we want is to build for eternity
The man who never looks on high viii
never accomplish high things, and he
who keeps the soul on top that goes and
grows as he goes.
No man can attain his level best an
long as he compromises. which is a sne-
cies Of Weakness and as James q
Blaine said "a sort of UMBRELLA,
We want to know what we can do
and then work along the line OF onr
tastes and abilities. While we NAV
i make mistakes in choosing orr nrofas