The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-24
LECTURE AT THE PARK.
Hon. G. r.. Vending on "The Man
of GaIiIee."

The final lecture Of the series that
has been given during the past winter
under the auspices of the Merriam
Park Lecture association was delivered
in Woodruff hall, at Merriam Park,
last night by the Hon. George r. Wend-
ling, of Washington, D. G. The lee
ture was a fitting close to the list of
notable events that have been fur
nished the people of Merriam Park by
the lecture association.
Mr.. Vending was introduced to the
large audience, which had assembled
to hear him, by Rev. William G. Covert,
pastor of the FIRST Presbyterian Church
of Merriam Park. Rev. Mr.. Covert
said that Mr. Vending was one of the
recognized leaders in the lecture field,
and that the people of Merriam Park
were very fortunate in having an op-
portunity to hear him, as he found
that his labors were becoming too ar
duOUs, and was gradually retiring
from the public platform.
The subject OF Mr.. Weddings lee
ture was, THE Man of Galilee." He
said in part: Every man loves d
king. That is the chief reason why
this man commanded the love of the
world from the time that He uttered
His first words for those words were
in effect that the king had come. This
man of Galilee was a wonder amongst
men, for He appeared and announced
that He had come to form a, kingdom
and demanded a complete surrender
to His will. He gave notice that the
laws which He would make were to be
absolute, that they were to be violated
by any man at his peril. His plans,
as mere mental conception, were i'm
measurable, they were stuDenduouS.
and yet they were made with a calm
ness that was wonderful to behold, and
without a shodOW of a doubt on His
part but what they would be success
full. 1t might have been said that this
man was a fanatic, were it not for this
one fact. He was successful, not par
TALLY so, not temporarily so, but for
ever. This man was certainly not the
meek man that He has been pictured
to be, for that would have been impoS-
sible He must have been finely built,
He must have been majestic, a leader
among men in reality, as we'll as In
theory. This was necessary from the
fact that He mingled with all classes
and bore himself equally we'll with all.
Neither can I believe that this man
was visionary, Or, as some say, a
dreamer. He YVES a genicuS. He was
egotistic to a degree and His self-as-
sertion was carried out in such a man
ner that 1t seemed legitimate. He was
noted fer tho fact that He was never
JCAIOOSsI1S WoeS HGNEI AIulbdJClS1tt d1I0
attained the highest point Of refine
ment. Why is it that it is impossible
for us to imagine another man of this
kind? It is easy TO imagine another
Cromwell, another Washington, anoth-
er Caesar, but it is entirely impossible
to imagine another Christ. It sur
passes the possibilities Of the human.
This man never made a mistake IN His
life, never committed an error. There
has never been a man to equal Him.
He could not be an invention, for He
was perfect, and it requires a perfect
man to picture another perfect man,
and nowhere in the history of the world
do we find cne. He himself was a mir
acle and why doubt, then, that He was
capable of performing miracles. He
appeared on earth with the announce
ment that He was g king among kings,
and His words have been proven true,
for today He rules the universe