The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-14
STORY OF JEANNE D'ARC
TOLD IN AN ELOQUENT MANNER
LAST NIGHT BY c. w.
SEYMOUR
Park Congregational Church Filled
with Large Audience, Which
Listened to Mr.. SeymOur's Recital
of Rise and Fall of Jeanne dare.

The story of Jeanne dare was told
eloquently last evening by Charles w.
Seymour to a large audience at the
Park Congregational church, Mackub-
in street and Holly avenue. Mr.. Sey-
rour began his lecture with a
vivid description of the con-
dition of France at the be-
ginning of the fifteenth century, then
followed the course of events step by
step which led up to the leadership of
the peasant maid, the battle of Orleans,
the browning Of the Dauphin, and then
the capture, imprisonment, trial and
execution of Jeanne by the English.
The hour set for the lecture was s
o'clock, but Mr.. Seymour, who had
been in Minneapolis, was unfortunate
in boarding an interurban trolley car
that was delayed somewhere in the
vicinity of st. Anthony Park, and he
was nearly an hour late in arriving.
The Rev. Alexander McGregor apollo
giZed for the delay and entertained the
audience, while waiting for Mr.. Sey-
mour, with an anecdote of his early
ministry ir Halifax The arrival of
Mr.. Seymour interrupted the anecdote,
Sc that Mr.. McGregor was obliged to
leave an interesting problem uneXplain-
ed.
Mr.. Seymour, as soon as he assembled
the platform, started in with his lee
ture. He said that at the beginnin g
of the fifteenth century France was a
disorganiZed collection of provinces,
recognizing no common government or
power except the king, and his au-
thority was disputed by many dukes
ard counts. The land was checkered
with r;valries. All evils seemed to have
come to France, and there was ap-
parently nothing for her to do but
to die. The royal house was divided
against itself. The northern provinces
acknowledged allegiance 70 England
only the provinces south OF the Loire
were loyal to the king. The Dauphin
was a cowardly, vacillating tool for
others, though the common people
wanted him to be their ruler.
At this time Orleans was the KEY
of France and was seized by the Eng
, fish, who had laid siege to the city.
The people called upon the Dauphin
for an army to fight the English. but
| he had nc men and no money. Mr.. Sey-
nour then drew a picture of Jeanne
d,Arc, the maid who was to save
france ard restore the throne to it's
| flghtful possesSor. He related the story
of Jeanne in the garden. the visions
| and the voices telling her to lead the
French. of her efforts to persuade the
military leaders of the divinity of her
mission, her interview with the prince.
his indifference, his final consent that
she should lead an army, her journey
az the head of her troops back to Or
| leans. her entry into the CITY. the hat
tie with the English her victory. the
browning of the Dauphin. and then
| her further efforts to crown the work
she had done, her failure, her capture
ana the incidents leading to her ex-
ecutlon by the fagot in Rouen.
Inc executioner complained to the
abbot OF a monastery that Jeanne's
heart would not be consumed by the
nre, though he had tried in every way
to burn it. Such a heart. said Ny Gov,
rnour, never can be destroyed.
Mr.. Seymour will lecture Thursday
night on Charlemagne.