The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-01-10
WATTERsON's LECTURE.
It Was an Able Effort and Spark
led With Truths Good
to Hear.

A large audience assembled at the
Christian church last night to hear
the famous EDITOR of the Louisville
Comier-Journal deliver his lecture, en-
titled, money and Morals The
lecturer was fifty introduced by Mr..
George p. b. jackson, who also enter
tanned the distinguished gentleman
during his stay in the city.
The speaker in an easy and yet
very impressive manner approached
his subject and by the time
the Introductory was repeated the
interest of the hearers WAS ofthat kind
which tells that there is something on
the taps worth hearing
Rapidly and yet with the fluercy
which has made Mr. Watterson Il
power in the great national conyen-
tons, the lecturer first began by pay
ing glowing tribute to our country
ami It's government and from that
took up the terrible greed for money
which Is beginning 10 sap the best en-
cryies OF our American citizenship.
ALREADY" said the speaker, lit costs
million dollars To elect president
AMI one hundred thousand to make II
senator successful contestant. Ii was
not to-day 4 question OF honesty oi
purpose but money. In fact there
are two devils which now threaten
dire disaster, the party devil and the
money devil. The speaker did moi
believe that all rich men were bad,
but he did believe that nearly all had
allowed the heart to become callOu<od
by the greed for gold which dominated
everything and thus love and gener-
osity and all good impulses were
crowded out. The question OF to-day
i how can great and wonderful! peo-
pie like the Americans be made good
and honest, not mere money grub
bers, not mere strUggiers III
the race for money. The
wan Seamstress in her attic dreams OF
future where money i the weapon
of power; the artisan, bronzed and
brown holds visions ola time when by
the aid 81 that magic wand money, he
too, can become great. All men are
Judged by the money they control,
the criminal escapes because OF his
money and 50 men long md strive
and scheme and work for money.
But money does not bring happiness,
il brings power but not happiness.
The man has made the hest success in
. life who has Il good wife, 4 happy
home, even though humble and who
in his pride and JOY OF possession and
cantentment would not trade his red
headed ireckle-taced children for the
crown Of king. The speaker re-
ferred to the simple loving home lite
of Switzerland, it, honest government,
it, lack of greed Us being his ideal of
true Jetlersonian democracy and said
that if the time ever came when he
should be exiled he trusted that he
might find haven in Switzerland.
Giving ILLUSTRATION after illustration
from his experience with men of
power and position, Mr.. WatterSOn
proved that nothing brings happiness
like honor and character and the prac-
tice of that which in its grandeur of
sentiment and true Christian applica-
bility DO thou unto others as YOU
would have them do unto you.
All through the lecture there were
touches of pathos and humor and phi
iosphy which left an impression of
the most favorable kind and the Y.
VI. c. A. under whose auspices il was
delivered has reason 10 he glad that
Sedalians were given chance To hear
il.
At the close of the lecture an inior-
nal reception was held at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. q. +. Il. jackson on
Broadway and all present were glad to
meet the old and distinguished jour
nali>t and express the wish that he
might again be heard here.