THE REV. J. W. INGLIS' LECTURE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 869, 28 January 1879, Page 2

THE REV. J. W. INGLIS' LECTURE.

There was a very good attendance'' the "v'oluntper Hall last evening, whentW Rev. J. W. Inglis delivered his "The Songs and Music of Scotland. Still the audience was not so large as "* merits of the lecture deserved. Weh»* not space to follow the lecturer tbro»i? his discourse, and even if we had JJJ should fail to give any clear idea of <* j nature of the lecture itself. The « ! j gentleman has a very happy way of i nt *'' spersing ln's lecture with little anecooW of a highly amusing nature, and to last .nn-intains the interest of 1 '* aud''enco. Although his lecture does"" abound with that word-painting for ffWj* the llev. Chnrbs Clark is famous, «"* Eev. Mr. Inglis at times gives express*™ to language of a powerful andeloqi< e °. nature. His peroration on the the colonies and the good time coniu l ?" that time when Mail to n?an the warld o'er, Shall hrithcrs be ami a' that, was one of the most impassioned P ,oces j eloquent oratory that wo have ever W. a public lecturer give ulier.uice to. B wonUp.iinting was freely indulged i»i V throughout the long burst of S"l" ,I *7 eloquence with which the lecture clow tbo whple aim o,f the lecturer ?pp"V'"i be to enforce upon lv's hearers some cou ' sensible advice, and to moral and intellectual lesson, deed, appears to be the aim of liis ' e . c *"v jjj and this he affirms is h»s sole °WL,. undertaking the delivery of P ;,.y tuves. Although liig intonation, naturally be expected from his lon3 nect'on with the church, smacks 60a ? e "L|)V of the pulpit, Mr. Inglis has a voice, and his articulation clear and distinct. He has gretf P 0 "

'■■• MMir w* wi<»r «k* •* tiow * strays * n StathWat««tfht»woKfefc HwpatlioA • 'kteo*«» ntrt'omr,andihaapassionpossesses ♦Laonnine -rinse »f eloquent earnestiMSß. «kU» h>* «wmr i»f that f.c»mtiifol «w>ng, <«lfh« £*«»« l "' "** ke»P." '* HBM * e tn aoDfitl dwctty to- the emotions- of hra &«uw»» his rfeln>«ry of »«wh item* as • "■Scot* wha «»*" >» WB ** calculate*! t« arouse th» patriotic tntfcttsiasmi *>f his audience. Me i» bMid» an admirable mimic r *n«* &* humour i* of «o> contagious aatur* aa t« ««n4 his a«di<snce iota fits of uacoatroUabl* mwrinwnt. It i* «tn»mt, natural, and not overstrain***, and nnder its exhilarating iirilwinc* th« face »? the m o»6 dismal hypochondriac brighten* «p, and smita* at* mack to appear where audness hitherto rsijjaed supreme-. A sound, healthy, moral tone irons through tlw whofe o? the lectors, an<i many a whofesoina and; profitable lesson might be <ibt»ine<i from it. , «. *« * »- To-m«rreow evening the Rev. Mr. Ingiis will deliver » tectwrap entitfed ** T«tt and foifc Slwtoftfi* «f *h« Pw»t»" » subject not so essentially Scotch aa was that «f last .voninjf. .