The daily sentinel., 1906-05-05
WAS A GREAT LECTURE.
'''e way Lon J. Beanohan,p s,gayed
MS Audience last Nishi was
Remar'izable.-One OF The
Finest Things Yet.

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ne"spaperman, and traveller. ma5,
himself personally known in Grnn,
junction last night for the frst Tim.
ana it is safe 10 say that those VII,
listened TO that wonderful lecture n.
his az 1he Congregational church vii
never forget the man or ever ro
clear out from under The influence ri
many Of The wholesome thoughts d.
poured out upon the great andiepc,
or the rich, rare humor that he lund.
cd ont so freely.
Grand Junction has had leerurs
course for number Of wears. som.
OF The greaiest lights on the Amert
can platform have entertained Grand
Junction audiences but no man hn,
ever appeared here as an attractior
on The course who has given more
satisfaction than Lou Beauehamp lie
is great No wonder he is in such de-
mand- Hhe certainly deserves his
reputation as one Of the most pom
Jar humorists in America. "A think
er who makes You laugh and a hum
orist who makes YOU pink describes
him well.
Mr, Beauchamp is man of COM
manding appearance, a genial sun
ny face and The rsmdIty of his tan,
rivals the action of rapid firing
gun He is most pleasing speaker
and there is not an idle OF useless
sentence in all his lecture.
Take The sunny side. WIS his
subject last night and when he got
through surely the most pessimistic
and sour individual in the big aud
fence saw the advantage in taking the
sunny side of life. Mr.. Beauchamp
set The audience laughing in opening
by the pronunciation Of his name in
dozen or more different languages.
. Space forbids US to give fun re
view Of the great lecture so only a
+ few thoughts can be touched on
briefly
He had the following to say re
enrding the divisions Of his lecture:
. This lecture. like ancient Gaul. is
divided into three parts. The first
part is for all present. old and Young.
rich and poor. high and low. white
and black. male and female. saints.
sinners and newspaper men the see
oud part is for fathers and mothers.
husbands and wives home build
ers and home makers, for every one
who loves a child. the third part is
for young men and young maidens, as
I shall talk TO them on the sunny
side Of life. when we all so couruae
To urge The people TO laugh more
10 preach the gospel Of sunshine"
he declared tosb the main purpose
Of his lecture. In bringing out the
great thoughts be told many a funny
story. made many a bright sally and
7he WAY the audience laughed AT
times indicated that there was danger
Of some people going into commissions
The two places where the gospel Of
sunshine should be preached above
all others is within the -four walls OF
the churches and the -four walls OF
the home. The religion of sunshine
Is the true religion. In dealing with
the church he made the declaration
thai never in the history Of The world
had the church Of God moved SO
slowly as now and he backed up this
statement with many figures and
facts. He told Of great churches
that during the past year had failed-
to win one soul for Christ. The
church Is not keeping step in its work
Of saving souls with the Increase Of
popuiation. One Of the results Of
this slow moving is the growth Of
crime in our country He declared
that the United States leads The
world in crime today The number
Of murders committed in this coun-
trv are so far ahead Of The number
committed in other countries Of the
world that there is practically no
comparison. The criminal statistics
he quoted were more than startling.
The Indifference 10 childhood, the
divorce evil. the failure TO have fne
BIble as a non-sectarian text book
fbe fmpurity Of many hines, were
among some Of the causes given for
this increase in crime. There were
"a. 600 dicoroes in this country alone
in one year compared with 1882 d.
vorces in all the rest Of the world.
There should be a check TO the divor-
ee evil in this country.
The tendanoy to wander from the
old religion is a dangerous state OF
affairs he stated. TO forsabe the old
religion of Christ crucified for the
new time religion Of higher eriie-
eism' seemed TO be the order Of
things. Many preachers leave the
old truths and preach upon modern
subjects
The old time SEVEN DAYS re-
lision and not the SEVENTH day re-
Itgion is what We want. said Mr-
Beachamp Religion that is just
as good when swapping horses as
when in church on Sunday Religion
mat extends from the pew to the