The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-03
MIR. GILLIES' LECTURE.
His Eloquence Held the Closest Atten-
ton of a,Large A ssem blage.

Welcomed by a host OF friends tina,
nearly filled the seating capacity OF
Trinity church auditorium, Rev. An
drew Gillies, pastor of st. Andrew e
Methodist Episcopal church in New
York city, delivered one of the most
entertaining and instructive lectures,
on the theme English as She is
Spoke" that it has ever been the
privilege of Montpelier audience to
enjoy.
With few bright we'll chosen SEN
fences Rev. L. K. Whitman introduced
the speaker. Rev. Mr.. Gillies pre-.
faced the more formal part of his lee
ture with few remarks relative to
the pleasure it gave him to return
to the old church and to renew the
old acquaintances
Mr.. Gillies then proceeded to speak
In part as follows: The power of
speech is the sublimest evidence of
mans divine origin. The first record
we have OF God represents Him as in
speech. The highest revelation in the
Apocalypse is that we will eternally
utter praises unto God. Reason and
reasons utterances mark the line be.
tween man and beast and no deterior-
alton on the part of man and no ad-
vancement ON the part of beasts can
bridge the gulf.
Speech is the evidence of the unity
of the human race. The brotherhood
of man is not only physical but men,
tai and spiritual This is evidenced
by the commonality of certain words,
as mother" that is practically the
same the world over.
The power of speech is the subli-
NEST art in the possession of the hu-
man race. The arts of painting
sculpture and music sre grand and
may WELD great influence. But it
remains for Simpson to move thou.
sands by thu eloquence Of speech and
to send them out to lead better lives.
In the ultimate analysis all art will
be found in speech.
English, as language, is new, but
some of its words and phrases are
thousands of years old. The language
is in constant change and its soarces
yet it is one language. |
Webster's International dictionary
contains the best compendium of his
tory.
Words are living pictures from the |
hand or God. Words have distinct
individuality and bring up different
ideas to every person. The different
of the same word represent
different ages of il.
The power of speech also is the
mightiest engine for harm that the /,
world possesses. The culver of speech
s filled with the dangerous arrows of
,a) tboughtlessnes, (b) gossip, tc)
The ministry of humor is
great, it is the sunshine thst creeps
INTO the soul and warns the whole
lie.
In conclusion the speaker said that
Inc power of speech is the greatest
'orce in the reconstruction and regen-
grafton of the human race.
The above outline but family traces
he power and beauty of the lecture
from an almost inexhaustible supply,
he speaker drew anecdotes and sto-
les that were incidentally humor-
'us, but that primarily added telliagly
% the points of the lecture
At the conclusion of the lecture the
audience went down to the vestryg
where an informal reception to Mr..
md Mrs. Gillies was held by the ladies
lid society. under whose auspices the
ecture was held. Wilder's Orchestra
vas in attendance and pleasant even
ng passed by the assembtage in re-
lewing old acquaintances-