Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-12

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ton of a frame dwelling within a
radius of two miles of the centre
of the city. The weather in sum-
mer here is delightfully."- cool, the
thermometer seldom reading
above seventy degrees. AS for
the mosquito, he would have to
present Identification papers to
be known.
There were twenty-four thous-
and registered delegates in at
tendance upon the International
League convention, besides the
large number of people drawn
thither by the low railroad rates,
which, no doubt, swelled the total
attendance to about thirty thous-
and. That the entire crowd might
be permitted to participate in the
exercises, four mammoth meet
ings were held simultaneously;
one at Massey Hall, capable of
seating four thousand; one at the
Metropolitan Methodist Church
which could accommodate an au-
dience of three thousand; one, at
Cookies Church that would seat
twenty five hundred; and one, at
the Horticultural Pavilion which
had seating capacity equal al
most to that of Massey Hall. All
of these buildings were crowded
to their utmost capacity at each
meeting. In fact, the crowd was
so large, that it was impossible
for all to hear. Besides the con-
sciousness that you were missing
three other meetings while you
were trying to be benefited by
one detracted very much from
your enjoyment of any one. In
order therefore to get much of
an idea of the proceedings of the
Convention, it was necessary to
have recourse to the daily papers,
But the reports in these were Of
ten meagre, because of the
ground they had to cover. Be-
cause frequently 1 was elbowed
out of my standing place, or had
to give my seat to a lady, could
only hear fragments of the pro-
ceedings. was able to hear but
three great addresses from be-
ginning to end; one at the Metro
politan Church by Bishop New
man, entitled, "The Sure Guar
antees, and The Fundamental
Groundwork of The Progress of
Christian Civilization in The Past
One-hundred Years." one by
DR.. Sutherland, of Canada, on
Missions; and one by DR.. Hamil-
ton, of Cincinnati, on the same
subject-Missions.
The address of Bishop New
man was an eloquent plea for a
Christian civilization. ''History,"
he said, ''showed that the organ
lied nationality of, China, the po-
tency of law distinctive of Rome,
the intellectual culture of Ithaca,
the commerce of, the ancient
Tyfians, the democracy, invaria-
bly, succeeded by empire, of
the Hebrew, the Roman, and the
Greek, had failed to guarantee a
lasting civilization. Would our
Christian civilization reverse the
verdict of history and be perpet-
ual?" He spoke of the war, the
press, and politics as forces in
civilization. ''The holy office of
history" he said, "was to reveal
the workings of God in mans
life. War, while 1 will not de-
fend it, has its beneficent re-
Suits 81 do not hesitate" he
added, amid applause and not
little CONSERVATION, "to say that
the English navy has done as
much as all the missionaries put
together for the advancement of
Christian civilization" He
laughingly added that was why
he wanted the American navy
increased.
Here is a paragraph from the
Bishops speech worthy of the
consideration of the press.
Speaking of the advance of civil
ization the Bishop turned his at
tention to the words of the press,
and talking directly to the repor-
tiers before him, asked: ''Do
you judge of the advancement of
the world by the journalism of
today ?" Answering his own
query, he proceeded to criticise
the modern press for dishing up
daily reports of murder, larceny,
and crime, while at the same
time holding virtue and heroism
in the background. "You ap-
peal constantly" he said speak
ing directly to the press tables,
''to the worst side of humanity,
while if you would give the bet
ter side of humanity a chance,
we could all sing 'Hosanna to