The Portland daily press., 1895-08-07

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of the child must be gained, and he must
be made to feel an interest in his own
perfection. Tell him that he has to be
with himself all his life, and that 1t Will
be wise for him to make of himself what
he would like in a companion. The child
naturally delights in perfection, whether
it be in toy or in hero. ''Not to re-
form but to right form" is one OF Mrs.
Diaz's maxims in the training of chill
dren, an office which she rightly re-
CARDS as the holiest of any on earth.
Mrs. Helen Van Anderson held heal
ing service Sunday morning which was
deeply impre ssive and she followed this
by an hours reading with comments, up
on Emerson's ''Oversoul. She will con-
tinue her Emerson readings for the
present.
Mr.. W. J. Colville of Boston, was on
the programme for Sunday afternoon,
but it was not definitely known whether
the steamer which was bringing him
across the ocean arrived July until the
gentleman appeared about noon, when
everybody received him with much
warmth and enthusiasm. By O'Clock tn e
auditorium tent was crowded to lUs ut
most capacity, some not being able to OBJ
tain seats. Mr.. Colville's topic was the
" Present Spiritual Awakening in Eng
land, - and he took it up in an easy,
reminiscent manner, and held the atten-
tion of his listeners for long hour. He
spoke of the large and enthusiastic meet
ings of the Worlds W. c. T. o., recent
ly held in London and of the tendency
the beauty of temperate life rather
than the suffer1ngs incident to intemper-
ance. He paid glowing tribute to Lady
Henry Somerset, "almost the ideal
woman" who, in quiet, but forcible
way, is leading the forces of temperance
and purity. Mr.. Colville said he had been
warned by friends that he could find the
English people unready to receive. the
highest metaphysical teachings but his
experience disproved this prediction en-
tirely. The thoughts he gave them on
what he called ''idealistic realism" were
| received enthusiastically everywhere, nc
only in England but in France.
| Mr.. Colville has travelled all over the
world and observed the different nations
closely, and he declares that it is utterly
| false that there is any real difference be-
tween men and women in the different
parts of the world. He says our disagree
ments are external and transitory, but
our agreements are fundamental, ESSENTIAL
and permanent. In this connec tion, he
made hopeful prediction for the future
of this country, where all races and
nationalities are being welded together
in one harmonious whole, out of which
that the world has ever known. He spoke
of the attitude of the church of England
| toward the working people, and said that
| the established church was taking the in.
| itiative in all that would tend to upllft
| their condition, and to supply them with
| the religious and spiritual teachings that
they need, untrammelled by the restrlc
tions of theology and sectarianism.
| He spoke also of the valuable work thai
| the society for Psychical Research is do
| ing, in collecting and publishing to the
world we'll authenticated instances OF
such psychic phenomena as telepathy,
clairyoyance and spiritual healing. Ii
| all this earnest address, Mr.. Colv1lle
dwelt upon the best side Of man, seeing
always the divinity in humanity, fol-
you cannot pay God a higher compliment
than to call His children good. /" Instead
of the anthropomorphic idea of God, we
are coming to the theomorphic idea ol
man. He gave the so-called prevalent
realism neat thrust by imagining
two men walking along country roao
at night arm in arm. One keeps his eyes
on the ground continually and the Other
keeps his fixed on the stars. The
''realist'' of today dwells upon the mum
ber and variety of slugs and snalls in his
path, while the other exclaims that he
never saw the stars SO brilliant-the stars
| which, like God, are from everlasting tt
everlasting, while the low, creeping
| things are but for day.
The singing by Miss Enid Smith Of
| New York, was worthy of mention, par
| ticularly the feeling which she put into
| the "Ninety and Nine