The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-03-14
BRYAN LECTURE PROVES
PLEASING TO LARGE
MANITOW0C AUDIENCE

Ing was We'll received Dy d reCOTu' DTedh-
ing audience, the hall being filled to the
utmost limit of its capacity.
The stage was occupied by north side
high school students, who, under the
direction of Miss Ethel Hanson, teacher
of music at the n S. H. s., sang several
songs before the lecture, the last selec.
ton being rendered after Mr.. Bryan,
accompanied by Prof. Paul G. w. Kel-
Ter, had stepped upon the stage. During
the rendering of this song by the
students, the distinguished lecturer,
while seated near the front of the stage,
seemed to take pleasure in surveying the
size of the audience that thronged the
hall. 1t was $50 o'clock when Mr..
Keller introduced the Great Commoner.
Mr.. Bryan's opening remarks were
exquisitely enjoyable, and teeming with
the quintessence of humor that was we'll
calculated to put every person in the
audience en- rapport with him.
After his happy exordium, the speaker
started to tell of the experiences he had
in the eventual trip he and his family
made around the world last year. In
entering upon his theme proper he took
occasion to refer briefly to some OF the
stupendous natural wonders Of our
country, and remarked that no Amer
lean who, in taking trip, merely de-
sired to see some of the most sublime
and stupendous natural scenery on earth
would have any occasion to leave the
confines of his own country. Never.
theless," he said, in this connection, 1.-The
beauty spots are not monopolized by the
United States"
A large part of the lecture was de-
voted to contrasting the low ideals re-
sulting from Confucianism, the religion
of the Chinese with the high ideals and
consequent benefcence of the Christian
religion. He showed the vast difference
between the negatively stated golden
rule of Confucius and the positive golden
rule of the New Testament The ap-
plcation of The one, he said, was essen
TALLY productive of bringing about a
state of stagnation, whereas the applica-
tion of the other meant more abundant
life. The speaker showed that the fact
that China has not progressed much in
the last two thousand years and more
has been largely dne to Confucianism.
But he told Of signs of an approaching
dawning of better era for the Orient.
He pointed ont the success that has at
| tended the persistent efforts of Christian
missionaries laboring for the upliftment
of the benighted Orientals by the teach
ing of Christianity and the establish
ment of Christian institutions, He
dwelled on the important work that has
been, and is being, done by American
missionaries engaged in the noble work
of evangeiizing the heathens of the Far
East.
The speaker told about the marvellous
progress the Japanese have achieved in
the last fifty years Incidentally, he de-
scribed visit he made to the mikado.
He spoke of conditions in the Philip
pines. He gave an interesting account
of visit he paid native potentate of
one of the Philippine islands, which
potentate caused nearly hundred shots
to be fired in his (Mr. Bryan's) honor.
Ruins of ancient temples in Java,
India and Syria were entertainingly de-
| scribed; and the manners, customs and
| institutions of the Hindoos were eX-
patiated upon in most illuminating
manner A vivid description of sun
rise on the Himalayas was one of the
most enjoyable parts of the lecture.
The speakers account of his visit to
the Holy Land, Palestine, was an in
teresting and impressive short sermon.
Another highly entertaining part of the
lecture was an account the speaker gave
of his visit to the Land of the Mid
night Sun"-Northern Norway. The
fiords of Norway were vividly described
in few sentences. While in Norway,
Mr.. Bryan and family attended the
coronation of the king of that country.
The description of the ceremony was a
very entertaining part of the lecture.
Other features of the lecture were an
account of the speakers observations at
the city of Stockholm, Sweden an ac-
count of his visit to the king of Sweden
reference to his half.hour visit with
the czar of Russia in the imperial palace
at ST. Petersburg; and brief account
and terse discussion of great ques.
ton in European politics-the question
of maintaining the Balance of Power, +"
with the result that the Turk is per.
mitted to continue in possession of Con-
stantinople, with all that that implies
In his peroration Mr.. Bryan pictured
the many points of superiority of Ameri-
can civilization over that obtaining
in any foreign country he had visited.
In this connection he paid fine
tribute to American women and the
American home.
When Mr. Bryan entered the hall, at
S:25 o'clock, he was given an ovation
This was repeated when he stepped on
the stage, and again repeated when he
was introduced to the audience by Mr..
Keller.