The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-07-20
C~HAUTAUQUA CLOSES.
Attendance Good Unto the End-Great
Lectures by DR.. Hensen and
Russell II. Oonwell- The
Doxology.

Russell Fl. Oonwell- The
Doxology.
- Attendance at the assembly during
the closing day was we'll maintained.
The afternoon audience was az large as
the ordinary while the auditorium was
filed in the evening. OF course there
were two great drawing cards-Dr. III.
p. Hensen and Russell III. Conwell. IL
such talent would not draw, what
would? At $50 DIR. Hensen delivered
his lecture ON "Grumblers." "There
are no grumblers in heaven" said the
Doctor, "that is why il is heaven. There
are grumblers in hell. That ID what
makes it hell" Few men outside OF
ministers want their sous to follow in
the same business they are themselves.
A man ought to leave all distractions OF
business at the Office and be pleasant at
home. People grumble at the way the
Lord made them when he didn't make
them at all; the devil made them. The
Lord never made but one man-Adam-
and he was made in Gods image. The
seed Of all wa in him. Who is response
BILE for the d~eprayity? Some men croak
about advance thought. They are fools.
The only advance thought is that OF
God; and to think Gods thoughts after
Him is the highest and best occupation
Of man. II you want to make the most
OF your minister, yonr husband, your
wife, praise them. The OF grumb-
ling is constitutional, it 10 also catching.
Sometimes it is caused by not living
right, an accusing conscience makes
crossness. A cure for Q good deal Of
grumbling would be more sleep, good
food and a clear conscience. Be thank
full for what you have and what you
have not. Men find what they look for
in this world il they look in earnest.
EVENING EXERCISES.
Even the attractions OF the 4th regi-
ment band, the chorus and much other
talent combined, were slow to bring the
people together. They were tired, full
awfully full, surfeited with the overdose
OF two weeks entertainment and yet
they eventually filed up the auditorium.
"Night in Berlin" by Hartman, was a
delightful number by the band, the
chorus and band joined in rendering,
Let the Hills and Wales Resound"
which was followed by a trio-Mesdames
Dempster, Mease and Hubbell-in
Sweet and Low" sung softly and in
fine harmony. In answer to an encore
they sung Comm thro' the Rye" s'The
Bugler," a bass solo by Prof. Ziegler,
was highly enjoyed as was also the
playing by the band Of "Musikanten
Lieder, a waltz.
RUSSELL n. C0NwEIL
took for the final lecture Of the assem-
bly, "The jolly Earthquake" His dis
course was based upon the tradition OF
an earthquake which upheaved and re-
modelled a Japanese island in 1905, at the
time OF the determination OF the Christ
ians, and which was attended with Pc
culiar manifestations of laughing in the
air above in the depths beneath aud in
the people saved from destruction dur
ing the earthquake. Taking this sup
posed incident from different points of
view the lecturer proceeded to show the
good that does and would befall man.
kind il more cheerfulness and laughter
existed in the world. His address
bristled with fun and sparkling jokes
and he kept his audience in a roar Of
laughter most OF the time. Every posi-
ton taken or thought suggested was
fortified by some rich experience or
mirth-provoking joke. The lecturer is a
true born orator carrying his audience
with him both in point of sympathy and
conviction, and as to their performing,
that they did whether they would or no.
The cheerful man succeeds best in
business. Shakespeare says, Beware
Of the lean man who does not laugh"
It is q solemn thing to laugh; a duty
to God and man. Asylums are filed
with men who would have been saved il
their homes had been filed with
laughter. 1t is an antidote to insanity,
a healing power in disease. Laughter
or ridicule is q powerful weapon in
politics, and has changed the results OF
elections and the affairs OF nations. The
Chinese were laughed out Of North
Adams, Mass, the time OF the great
shoe strike. Laugh at conscientious
differences.