Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-01
urs All powNs or LIru.
DR.. wharton's Lecture NJ the Oprrn
House Last Niuht.

DR.. Whnrton's Lecture Mt the Opera
House Last NIght.
From the pulpit 10 the lecture atnge
IL quite u wide divergence. From APP
penis to the heart In behalf Of the
great Savior Of mankind to the secular
position OF a humorous lecturer IL also
pultc az singular, yet that is precisely
what was accomplished by Or. Whcr-
Ion last night. lie occupied the stage
Df the opera house aud delivered a
most Htrlldngly Interesting dlscourne on
THE upa and Downs of Life" In such
D mnner AZ to establish hlmaelf us one
" the lending candidates for popular
favor In the direction OF the lecture
platform.
His lecture hnd been advertised NJ
distinctly humorous effort, mud the
promise WAS certainly ful0liod 10
niticiHo or attempt o. FUZZY report the
discourse would be auporiuouH sur
Ice Il to Say that he entertained
magnificent audience IN q manner
which viii add 10 his reputation az a
student OF human nature, n close oh,
server and genuine lover of all that
" good aud lnvable In llfo.
lie started out with the Huggcstion
mat HIS subject WIS one familiar 10
All. Nature had its ups and duyna.
the fact being that not one OF us
has the best OF life. Said hc We've
MI known men who were upright aud
STRAIGHTFORWARD IN all the relutlona of
life, yet they failed Adam was one of
thlH Kind, There are financial UPS and
nownA. Did you ever feel IN your
pocket for niollc and find Il hutton2
When you have money my friends
suu have friend. Show me a man
who ia financially down aud I will
NOV You man who ~ diahcartened."
lie depleted the upa and downs OF
fhhdhuod quoting his experience ns u
BOY, The youngest OF i've SONS; how he
Mas downed because OF the fact that
new suit OF clothcH IN hla family
descended hY graduation Ia him, aud
when II reached him rtsembled quilt
more than anything else 60 which he
iould compare II, He painted u vivid
picture OF his achu0l duyu, mud HIS
poyhood Rotations under Tho eve OF a
mpiiouH tcacherl aud said he believed
m Fellows who hunted heap md
preached a little. The lecture was re-
Plote with humorous retcrencea To tho
lourae OF the average human from the
frRdle 20 the grNvc, the Vicmnltudog
Witch followed nte sourso OF NE; tile
ara and DOWN OF eating, from witch
hc said came the blue ueviia 80 often
experienced by all. Ile was capnclnlly
sloquont In his references TO the mar
fiSu tthtr, cfnphnHiHing the fact that
ihc highcat happiness OF life was tho
fompanlonship OF u loved and cher
lshod wife.
lie appealed 10 HIS hearers TO avoid
lhe effects OF drink, saying, Lot n
man tell You who Knows whereof he
spcaks how this habit will drag a man
Gown TO destruction and death Take
lhc ups and downs ma they COME one
u time; study TO know myself,
ftudy to know what you ARE best Mt
hee for. Follow out that linz; have an
bhlect IN Wow, put your trust In God,
tnd whether you have ups or doxnA
VIII result In going up" lie closed
bls tax by singing Some Sweet Day"
bud tho audience. most OF whom had
listened TO him under very different
circumstances, tllcd out Of the hounc
Impressed with tho idea that the Ice
tnrer waE one among ton thousand.
b'he versatility OF hia talents hia pnthoa
pnd tenderness und tho purity OF
the lmmor with which he prcaontcd
hia subject will not soon be forgotten.
Door of Hope.
Gospel mission, corner OF Main and