Rev. E. H. Gulliver's Lectures.
Observer, Rōrahi 9, Putanga 562, 5 Whiringa-ā-nuku 1889, Page 9
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Rev. E. H. Gulliver's Lectures.
-Another crowded house at the Temperance • f Hail on" Sunday evening last testified the hold which "Modern Thought "has obtained upon "the minds of the intelligent potrion of the community. In continuation of the train df thought Btarted in previous discourses, Mr Gulliver went on to show the effect upon modern thought of the' important discoveries in two branohes of science— geology and astronomy. The result of the accepted theories of the universe was to lower man from the exalted pinnacle which he formerly occupied as lord of all creation, and by teaching him the immensity of space, to show him his. insignificance. But the testimony of the earth, as revealed by the caves near Torquay, and by 'patient research in other parts of the world, more than compensated for this, since it proved the great antiquity of the human race, and showed 'that, even in the remote times of hundreds of thousands of years ago, man was markedly ■ differentiated from the brutes, and possessed powers of reason and invention, as well as artistic qualities. ' , The lecture throughout was possessed of high educational r value, and was besides a brilliant effort of oratory and of mental nower generally. The large audience frequently testified its approval by applause. A little pianoforte music, played by alady, added to the entertainment of those present. • 1 Next Sunday evening Mr Gulliver will show . the practical effect of his previous: discourses by -lecturing on "Modern Thought in its direct bearing on the Bible." The following lecture, will, we understand, be on " Miracles," and it will conclude the present series of five lectures. Thereafter it is likely that a committee will be formed, and engage Mr Gulliver to. give a further bourse of Sunday evening lectures in a larger place of meeting. The eagerness of people to hear instructive lectures is shown by the fact that the Temperance Hall is usually filled to >'- overflowing quite a quarter of aa hour before the advertised time for beginning.
