Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-15
A GRAND LECTURE
was the Powerful, Scholarly, Eloquent
Uplifting Bishops Talk Last Night.

10 satisfactorily report a lecture by
Bishop Quayle is as impossible as to
describe IN type the fragrance of
mower, or the song of a bird And to
writ" about the red-haired Methodist
dlVlne'S lecture at Green Street church
last evening before q delightful and
delighted audience of half a thousand
of Augustus citizens. in the space left
in this mornings Journal for the
sketch, it is only possible to roughly
outline most remarkable and mas
terly, eloquent discourse that abound
ing in flashes of brilliant, humor,
taught moral lessons that all Ameri-
cans ought for their worldly welfare
and souls benefit to hear.
The subjects of the bishops remarks,
the Shylock of Shakespeare and the
David of Browning's poem, We're por
trayed with dramatic intensity and
skill, but, like an eagle on swift wing
the bishop scared high into intellec-
tuai heavens away from his scholarly
studies to impress upon his hearers
lessons of philosophy and worthy liv-
ing and, again, with friendly and jo
vial familiarity driving home with il
Illustrations of daily episodes in life,
the necessity and wisNOm of lifting up
the white flower of a blameleSs life"
to secure on earth satisfaction and joy.
1.-THE most fascinating race in his
tory" Bishop Quayle declared, lis that
of the Jew. Typical of the meanest and
best IF the race stand cut in Merchant
of Venice" and Brownings song, SHY
lock and David"
The bishops portrayal of Shylock, "the
man with a grudge,' would have been
creditable to an Edwin Booth. Shylock.
the strongest character in Shakespeare
play. was mean and weak. He could
not endure the prejudice against his race.
vengeance give me my bond" he cried
in his rage because Venetians treated him
with contempt. He was wrong in ms
wrath. He should have moved from
Venice out into some other city in this
wide world. Every man does wrong to
remain where he is dissatisfied and can
not bear the local conditions of life. He
should have been strong and braVed. IKE
a man the buffets of fate. Powerful was
the description of the climax, when Shy
lock skunk in his meanness from the
presence of his most righteous Judge
A contrast was David and the bishop
drew a gladstone picture of the coming OF
the boy singer ito medicine King Saul.
Vivid was the poetic eloquence of Bishop
Quayle over the grand ioyfulness of liv-
ing evidenced by David's light-hearted
songs in the royal tent of the armed
mems camp And David sang on 70 med
icine the King And Saul regained his
speech and strength and left the singer
and the tent when the clot on his brain
passed away. Though unrewarded. then
David went forth but with joy instead of
meanness in his heart with the wild
wonder of just living" David had medi-
cined King Saul with his harp strings and
his songs. He stood watching the men
in battle array. He said: Il have been
helped of GOD to medicine the King,
and he looked into the sky and burst
forth again in joyous and immortal song.
1.-The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not
want"
Briefly the morals of the lecture.
strongly brought out by the bishop. were
the weakness of losing self control, the
power of the cool-headed, patient man.
the worlds wide opportunities for sue
cess, the meanness of race prejudice. the
joy all ought to get out of simply living.
the folly in complaining about the trivial
fuses of life, the nobility in enduring
trouble, the duty of being of service while
rewards to God.