The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-10

nror,en and children, so llat 'i.e 49,,
mIcbt not be charged with lach Vi 'iio'
ness. .,,,,,,s stories of |
49,, hr.1-arv of their ancestors. 1hese o.. |
cestors. they say, killed tne W. = Napo-
riors at Waterloo, WelllhStoi . e yTitbin |
IIoIS md The tribes believe II, too v .tail |
leoil, ''i Gays one of their chiefs was puf f.
q wild scenes of lamentauoh anu l,icCs
the body was put in inc s $500 Iynrn thrown
i 10 ,fter him, and then many Oh my III
leaned upon the grave Win ho Haeds of
ItiPoi,e. Not satisfied with the ueeuo - |
It,S while living, these noble M.lolis - |
oiI1er time expected Their wives 70 "a 60, For |
the mselves, aud While ~ daad chief is re-
the r9pe, nv a recent writer as looking up AT
the moon and saying
..1t is we'll with thee oh moon! You re'ui"
rom -or,r light on the little waves
..12ehoid the moon reappears? r.
But the dead of thi: world Te'u IIl H. hart as
Grief and pain spflnS up Al -'
from a. fountain. .
7 hasten to death for rGllet. ,oro,,a
ObI tbat All might eat those numerous
vb SoV couiG not foreten his death
Oh! that l might eat me Go'e14'i'
For his was the war.
80 ,f tho most terrible things in an tIe
49, ~ the Naors y this law OF t,ou,
~ nv one breaks that he must ole. y - -
a thing is said to be tabu, no one Inuo &c :,
or. employ Il, f,tI,l,ith that knife became
tab,1 vet some one dared Win t ilsC -
10 cut the bread o. me Ghi ,e ,1r MAI pur-
| The man who used the knife 1or t nSI p' az
- ~ v,as butchered That whins'c'ilL. -.
| ain has left its victims all up anu Go~,
| Tev, Zealand. The fact IS, that ~ ~ -
| Nc" = '.onIIsive in every form, that there Is
nothing admirable about Lne'ii, e, en-, If
| oniv thing to do is by the lhI-eAt 49,,
| christian civilization 70 eAtfPdte H(-ri
| or5 thew are going, and Tor inc mos ~ -.
| have aiready gone. CannibaIlsna III az I,'7ia
Zealand is dead, the idneIT n - Juglerhaut
| have been eXtinEmshed. - 80 80 tra,-eI-
| F9e been put aside as curiosity for uI i.tI
- "a look Ct Instead Of the cruSlLiC2
that once cursed these iahds, N w 49,
| New ZeaIaad. tho highest cG.lu5t' M
| arandest churches, TIE beEt s.- ,1I5 nCI5e.
a citizenship than Whlch nc
I2t y ~ eaattc. Is 4 grAid 6s9 i@r their
useful work. Only two or three English and
one american lecturer have ever trod taeSe
| platforms. But the opportunity mere Is Il
| limit&bie. Not in all the round world are
| there more alert responsive OF electric au-
| diences They are quicker than American
| or European assemblages to take every
thing said platform or in pulpit They
call out all there is in n speaker OF inStruc-
ton or entertainment. And the church
and tho world have yet TO find out that
| audiences foe the most part decide whether
sermons or lectures shall be good or poor.
| StCid and uErcsponSive audiences, make
| stolid and stupid speakers. Wendell Phil
| lips, one Of the monarchs of the platform.
told me something very remarkable con-
corning himself while we were standing in
n Boston book store and he WAS Gliding
me for not appearing at Ann Arbor, Mich.
from which place he had just returned ana
where ] had tried To set lew days before,
but was hindered by snow banks, ana my
offer Of $50 for the use OF a locomotive had
been declined. &tr. Phillips said that the
audience in one of the eastern states nearly
killed him. lie said. u stood for nearly an
hour without seeing or hearing anything
By which ! could judge Of the effect of
what I had said II they had only Kissed
at,r,l.a Tod az 4s1r % ggrh
have gone on with some comfort Nj.
Phillips surprised me by this statement as
to the effect wrought upon him by phleg-
matte aSSemblaSe.
the audience decide the fate of sermons
or lectures. 4 haif dozen men might. Il
? they wished to engage in so mean bust
9 | IeSS. take a contract to break down any
, | speaker, il they would sit right before him
| game take out their watches and cough
| with mouth wide Opcn. and then suddenly
| 20 sound asleep. An eloquent American
preacher, standing before me in a former
| pulpit, delivered the first half OF his scr-
| mon with great power, and his words had
wings and his countenance was atiamt
| witt molly enthusiasm. when suddenly ms
| wings Of thought Snd utterance dropped
and ne stammered OH his way and "ot en-
tangled in metaphor. and lost his thread OF
- discourse. ard failed II prove that Nni- h
, ! he said at the start he would prove. anC
then sat down. While the congregation
were singing the last hymn, he said, "Whc
l is that distinguished looking gentleman
' right iii front of the pulpit? The sight 81
, his scmnolency and lack of interest com
!
4 the Hon FIR. So and So. one OF tho abIes
, men Of the nation, and ne was deeply IN
5 terested in all you said. he is not asleeI
a but is suffering from weak eyes. and j.
= compelled 10 keep them shut while listen
ms" The embarrassing appearance Of tn
auditor had overthrown master of as
i say to the men who preach and lecture
e come to New Zealand. But should minis
: breach? Nv answer IS that the intelligent
! lecture hall is half way to the church
! and ] notice that men who have been hat
' ing the churcA and all sacred things, j
{ they come and hear one lecture, are sure t
n come and hear him preach. Beside that
= there are important things to be said, which
/, ere more appropriate to lecture hail thar
i to pulpit. The three Tightest aEencie
n for making the world better are the pulpit
o printing press and platform. Side by side
r may they always stand in the battle 10
a righteousness But for them the Indians
& america. and on the Atlantic coast. tn
l. morning meal of human flesh would SUI
Il be going on in New Zealand ana m
{ Ganges would still be horrible with infantl
:, y eide Let all the nations reconstruct thet1
notions of New Zealand. | write this a
: Dunedin, imposing in it's architecture. pie
n turesntIr i'm it's surroundings, unbounded il
y its hospitality 3nd another Edinburgh, M
/ ter which 1 understand. it is named. Dun
6 Edin. being the Gaelic for the northern
: capital of intelligence.
n The Scotch founded it, and what tn
Scotch DO they y 30 i, well Ine ia pSs Ho,,e
o thing good that they believe in. High
6 toned morality characterizes everything
. | that they do or touch; solidity, breadth
- massiveness and religiosty are the types o
q the men and cities and nations they build
l. No country is well started that has no
n felt the influence Of the Scotch. with thei
O brawny arm and high cheek bones. The seq
@ mort az this place is called Chalmers Port
d named after, / have no doubt. Thoma
q Chalmers, the greatest of Scotchrlen, YIN
S less it was John Knox; and the larres
81 church in this place, where 7 preache
% lact night is Knox church. called, have n
y doubt after the man who at Holywon
4 made queen tremble. Here [ am in tn
n n'jdwnter of this colony, for July her
n corresponds with our American January
bu+ there are such seventies of frCS
s or snow as we familiar with in Nev
:" York ATTITUDES. The grass is at this mo
IS mont q bright emerald; the gardens are i