The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-19
"ShyIock and David Subject of
Address by Right Rev. w.
A. Quayle.
FLIGHTS OF EL0QUENCE
AND FLASHES or HUM0R
Large Audience Hears Gifted
Speaker at the First MethO-
dist Church.

With fights OF eloquencc and fine
flashes OF humor. the Right Rev. Will
liam A. Quayle. bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal church. held the interest OF Il
large audience at the First Methodist
church Thursday night, in the first OF a
series of two lectures, the second of
which will he delivered tonight,
Bishop Quayes theme Thursday night
was ''Shylock and David" and the sub
ject gave excellent sway TO tho speak
ers dramatic force and gift Of word
fascinated two Of the greatest gcniuses
of the literary world, Shakespeare and
Browning, and well he might. for he be-
longed TO race that had withstood
more disasters and dangers than any In
history and had stcadfastly refused to
die, Any race that has gained immor-
tality Is worthy Of the poets lnspira-
ton.
He took tho character OF Shylocll from
Shakcspeare's Merchant OF Venice" and
that OF David as portrayed In Brown
lngs Saul" and contrasted the two
lie said that it was Impossible to get
Shylock from Shakespeare, since Shake
spcare never told what he thought OF his
men, Some actors make Shylock n
iiend' and others a naturally fine man
warped by circumstances. Whatever
else might be said OF him, he is Ger
talnly the imposing personality OF a
great drama. as he stands with his dark
hair streallcd with gray, his aquiline nose
and long beard. with uplifted knife
threatening. making all quail before him
Shylock is magnificent, masterful, with
keen eyes, a strong haud and vast ca
pacity behind a regal forehead. But 1t Is
capacity diverted into wrong channels.
What Ais Shylock,
What ails Shylock? He has a griev-
ance. and is out of harmony with the
world. Is it fair to say his grievance
was a light one? He was the victim OF
race prejudice. No greater meanness
exists than race prejudice, since a man
is not responsible for his race. but only
for his personal conduct. ShylocS's wife
and daughter were spurned and mis-
treated in the streets simply because they
were Jews. Do you wonder at his wrath
or that when the opportunity offers that
he vents his pent-up anger and family
pride2
Shylocks fault lies in the fact that lie
was not able to rise above this anger
He acted naturally. but not greatly. The
mighty mountain resists the storm that
beats upon 1t and remains after the
storm Is passed. Shylock allowed his
anger to submerge and defeat him. If
he could have smiled, he would have
come tragedies because OF the inability
Of those who experience them to smile.
shylock's Mistake.
Shylocie mistook the little for the
large. He mistook Venice for the world; ;
q little, dirty town, whose streets cannot
be swept. IT was typical of a "set' In
society. which is composed of few who
think they are many. 1t did not repre-
sent the great heart of humanity, which
would not have spurncd the Jew on ac-
count Of his race. Shylock missed his
advantage and his opportunity for great
ness by not practlcing divine forgive
ness.
The drama Of Saul" Bishop Quayle
called "the greatest, the most amazing.
the most complex, the most bewidering,
the most satisfying estimate OF life ever
attempted" FIe gave an outline OF the
drama weaving in the picture of the
sunny shepherd boy David, in 81 fascin-
atinS way, He spoke OF Davd's smile
in the face of ingratitude, after he had
healed the sick king with the magic of
the music OF his harp. He contrasted
this ability to smile with Shylock's surly
acceptance of what fate brought his way.
The difference In ShyloCk and David
was that David looked out for others
and succeeded and Shylocll looked after
himself and failed, David abides in
light, while Shylock went out in dark
ness. David forgave, while Shylock
wanted vengeance.
The lesson drawn was that ii was bet
ter to practice forgiveness and leave
to God, 1t is better to be glad
with David than surly with Shylock.
The subject of Bishop Quayles lecture
tonight will be "Jean Vatican"