The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-23
SPOKE OF sAvoNARoLA.
The second al the savannah Course
Sf Lectures Given Last Night.

Jf Lectures Given Last Night.
Dr. = ". Quusaulls gave brilliant
lecture last night on savonarola. Il was
tae second Of the Savannah lecture course
ana was given al tae Guards Hail II
wne listened % mos. attrnuvcly by an
exceptionally sarge audleucc. Or. Gun
ssulus was introduced by Sir n " Wit
over
Dr Gunsaulus spoke first Of savonaroia
drawing nia character DOB general terms
chen of the political social lud religious
conditions that obtained a. the time -
h.s birth. bis troubled ult heroic cureer.
iud tnc tragic sud 81 ITS lie Al many
piite of thc lecture the speaker drew par
ah,ls ln characters AMI circumstances
Win those ~ more modern times. his
humorous. az times cplgrammatic. re-
marks ara comments giving an added
z'.t To- the lecture.
or savoUatola DE said that he rescm-
ui'H tuc prophet Isaiah. Hl- brain was
penetrated with euotions aud every emo
uon was irradlated with thought lie WAS
more 10 italy than vas cicero 10 Rome
ana % Florence. more than pcmosta enes
Was % Greece. He WIS an oliver Crom-
well li" years before enc advent OF ihe
great LuFllshmen. and john Hlncock
~" years before the American patriot OF
that name.
Do" felt % his mission 90 make them con
form. he saw above arr literature.
church aud state great ard impress i've
Ideals. lie believed thar Justice would pay
its own expenses ana that statesmsnsh .
was che arr Of seeing bon what way Cot
Almighty D. moving. aud getting thing
out of Cod way
After telling Of the renaissance and
whet IL meant to that and future ages.
THE speaker again took up che biography
Of Savonaroia. He was an arist0crat. ne
said. but there are arlstocrats and arts
tocrats. some a. low as he'll some As high
as heaven, there Is the aristocracy Of
Rome ana muscle. and Dc looks a. II VIC
were coming back 90 that plane. II one
may Judge Of the output Of some Of our
institutions Of learning for more hair Ia
raised on the outside Of the head than
ideas Inside. Savonarola would have made
but "a poor center rush. Then there Is
tine aristocracy OF possession and cash.
] don't know how % is here but this
brand seen IN the streets OF Chicago r.
almost as brutal as that OF pure physical
strength. God gave 20 Snvonarola that
nooleet Of the gifts that he imparts to
geuius-poyerty Savonaroia's aristocracy
was that OF brain. holiness and charac-
ter.
From his father. doctor. savonarola
Inherited bis Intelligent methods and
marvellous grasp OF facts II Is fortunate
that doctor was his father instead OF u
priest. Tor the priests were an IN the air.
and ~ one came down 20 material things
he was tried for "a hereto and burned
some Idea Of the state Of affairs may be-
grasped when 10 O. known that Il was In
S1vonrsnola's time that two doctors OF
theology % Bologna We're arguing the
question a. 20 now many angels could
stand on the end OF ST. Anthouys finger
~ the same time. and two other learned
gentlemen IN Paris were husily disnutinL
as 10 what language tho devils used n
hen. They finally decided that Il was He
brew So You sec the doctors had some
facts. there was tho fact Of the body f1r
instance. they had chat. FOR OF course the
Christian Scientist had not come yet.
OF Savcunola's lovc nffnir he started
ont with brilliant and ironical deScrip-
ton OF the Strozzi family, then Of the
girl herself All love affairs. he said.
start out with there was a girl much
the some way that az fairy stories start
With 'once upon a time and this was
strictly an orthodox love afair. To get
on with the story he fell into love. e Is
mark OF genius that II can fan into love
more dlsmnuy and desperately than a dull
person nnd-get out quicker. The Eirl re-
| fused hlm on account OF family pride. and
across ull the ages We ought 20 send 10
that young woman our hearty thanks for
doing So. Goi had something else for
Savorauola 20 40 instead % hunting
macnroni in Fcrrara for the strozzl sill.
After a comprehensive review OF tho
lIfe aud work Of Savornuola az Florence
and the debt that all reformers since have
owed 10 him. Tho lecturer closed his ad-
dress with spirited account OF Savonar0-
la's reply 90 tine bishop by whom the bull
Of cNcommunication was reed 10 him.