The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-29

crowd was, .myspned. a Z, Mfpya OF 4 hiis
tricks were old ones which have
been performed many times before
audiences yet there were just enough
new ones to create wonder. The
tricks were all performed with that
dexterity which tells of long training
and the fact that many have defed
the eyes of many audiences makes
the accomplishment all the more won
derful. Professor Rush, is a master at
the art and many were sorry that he
was not permitted to finish his entire
program.
Early in the evening, the Lotus
Glee cub gave a concert lasting about
one hour. During the entire hour the
audience was kept in an uproar, there
being Just enough of the sentimental
sprinkled into the program to make
the humorous al the more enjoyable
and funny. 4r. fat..
Just as Professor Rush was nearing
the close of his program, w. q.
Harding, the Republican nominee for
governor, arrived on the grounds and
was at once conducted to the stage
and introduced by DR.. w. l..
la sidson Mr.. Harding made a few
remarks concerning his nomination
and the pride he felt in the honor
which had been conferred upon him.
He congratulated the people of Ma
rion upon the success of the first
Chautauqua and predicted that 1t
would become q permanent affair. Mr..
Harding stated that he had stood be-
fore sixty or more Chautauqua as
semblies, "at so much per stand and
that the audience of Thursday even
ing was the most magnificent he had
ever seen. Throughout his address he
avoided political issues, dealing only
in generalities.
Following the remarks of Mr.. Hard
ing, a few thousand feet of moving
picture film was reeled off, showing
the reception accorded Theodore Roost
welt upon his return to New York, af'
ter his hunt in Africa and his con-
quest of the continent.
| Friday Morning.
| DIR. Davidson opened tho thought
full hour this morning with review
of the enthusiasm or Thursday even
ing, and a sincerely expressed hop'
that next season the sessions woulC
open with devotionals and a readinl
of the word of God. His remark!
caught the audible approval of tn,
audience.
DR.. Ora Samuel Gray delivered tn,
address of the hour, his theme belni
"The Peerless Book" He spoke o
the popular idea of the Bible being II
danger from scholarship and investi
CATION, and declared it was not en-
dangered from these points so mucl
as 1t is from ignorance and neglect
The old theory that a child of Chris
is excluded from being abreast tn,
scholarship of the times is an eX
ploded one. All religion and educa
tion of every age gathers about som
great book. For this age the talismai
book is the Bible.
Reference was made to the orlgil
of the Bible, it's position as the foun
dation stone of Anglo-SaXon character
There is no claim in the book that /
is a book of philosophy, yet 1t answer
the question of destiny; 1t lays n
claim to music. and yet it Is the In
spiration of some of the highest form
of music; 1t does not claim art, an
, yet themes for seVenty-fiye per cen
of the great masterpieces of the worl
are drawn from its pages; 1t does nc
claim to be a literary standard, an
yet simply as an example of fine an
pure reading it surpasses all books
The speaker called attention to tn
fact that wherever the Bible Is un
known, women are slaves. The onl
place where women rule as queens
the place where Christ rules as King
1t is the book for childhood, and tn
mother that would fill the mind {
= her child with the material that make
men great will wisely draw her fair
stories from its pages The image :
Christ is stamped indellibly on IL
last nineteen centuries, and in justic
we must render unto Christ the thing
which are His.
DR.. Gray closed with benedictio,
of hope, and was paid the tribute o
, that silence which Is the greatest M
plause. His value as a part of tn
first Marion Chautauqua program
of the inestimable sort that plants 1t
benefits way down in the hearts an,
souls of his hearers.
Coincidence.
DR.. Ora Samuel Gray was reminis
cling this morning before the though
full hour" and among other interest
ing facts, stated that three years ag
he appeared on the platform In Ma
rion, Kansas. The editor of one of tn
Marion, Kansas, papers was at tina
time nominee for governor, and alsC
he was president of the Chautauqua
1t may be well to know, since histor,
is credited with repeating itself, tina
the nominee was Mr. Hoke, who, aft
er election was Governor Hoke, wit
seat in the chief executives chair.