The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
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JEWISH NATION IS
! GREATEST ON EARTH
Modern Shams and Small Hypo-
crisies Are. Interestingly
SatiriZed.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The "Shylock" of Shakespeare's
Merchant of Venice" and the "David"
Of Robert Browning's !"saul," con-
trasted as "a man made bitter by
bitter world, and the man whom the
world could not embitter," were the
theme Of one of the most interesting
lectures ever heard in Virginia, by
Bishop VIM. A.. Quayle at the First
Methodist church last evening.
Bishop Quayle's "Shylock" was a
new and original Interpretation,
charitable to the despised Jew and
quite a different 'Shylock'' from the
popular conception. His "David"
was person imbued with "the sheer
joy of living" whose inspired and
soulful optimism conquered the cares
of the fretted king of Israel.
If Bishop Quayle's "shylock" was
a charitable conception his David"
was beautiful character of Chris
tian faith, man worthy the senti-
ment "The Lord is my shepherd, I
shall not want"
Bishop Quayle held an audience
which packed the First Methodist
church to the doors, thoroughly in
terested for an hour and As minutes.
He bridged the distance between HUI
NOR and pathos in single phase.
He concluded witty sallies at modern
shams. and small hypocrisies with
shafts of homely truth that kept his
audience eager and alert to follow
and he brought to the effectiveness of
the whole the polish of the natural
orator and original mannerisms that
amused, impressed and interested
his every nearer throughout. At the
conclusion Of his lecture there was an
informal reception in his honor and
most of his audience awaited them
selves of the opportunity to meet him
and to personally express their ap-
probation.
Bishop Quayle's audience was made
up of people from many range towns
besides Virginia, including the pas
tors of practically all Of the range
towns and Duluth, here yesterday to
meet him and also to attend the
district conference
Eulogizes the Jews.
Opening his lecture Bishop Quayle
reviewed the history of the Jewish
nation, which he characterized as the
greatest on earth. Dispersed when
Rome was tented city it had lived
to the time when Roman glory was
but memory. He said that when
4 nation refuses to die, and won't
die it can't be buried. The Jewish
people have been the victims of more
prosecutions than any people on
earth, but through it all they had
survived and today they were in
many respects the most powerful peo-
pie on earth. If the car of Russia,
the emperor Of Germany or the king
Of England desired to go to war to-
morrow, he said that neither could
1nsheath sword until he had con-
suited the Jewish bankers of Europe.
Shakespeare's Shylock.
| Analysing the characters of
Shakespeare drama he said his men
were just men and his women just
women and that in t|The Merchant
Of Venice" Shylock was easily the
prominent character as man, brood
ing, magnificent, lonely, the creature
Of circumstance and the one person
Of real magnitude and specific gray
ity in the drama.
His review of the other characters
Of the piece were contrasted with
other types in every day life. Lo-
renzo and Jessica, the lovers, were
brought down to date and lovers in
general came in for true and pleas
ing appreciation which was large in
it's opportunities for displaying the
speakers facile wit and captivating
humor.
The true gentleman and the true
lady he said, were the man and wo-
man who with easy afability treated
all humanity with equal considera-
ton. "Sets" were satirized. A
"set" said Bishop Quayle, 'is a small
gathering of people with a DISPOSE
ton to exaggerate their own impor-
tance." A coterie is an infnitesimal
organization of about the same hopes,
ambitions and shortcomings.
Speaking of blue blood in sally
at the expense of Basanio, Shake
spere's nobleman the bishop satirized
the value of "blue BLOOD" and indi-
Gated contempt for fortune hunting
noblemen who adopt matrimony as
the means and American heiresses as
the end Of remaining mobile" If
a person has blue blood he says it
isn't necessary to tell the world about
it, the world will find it out, and any,
way red blood is better.
Race Prejudice Unjust.
/ Unjust race prejudice was treated
at some length. He declared there