SONG-LECTURE ON BURNS AT WESTON.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10587, 17 October 1910, Page 2

SONG-LECTURE ON BURNS AT WESTON.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

On 14th inst., the fi,ev. Mr Rennie delivered his lecture on Burns in.aid of the local Church funds. The evening was fine tind the hall was filled. Mr Roseveare. having introduced Mr Rennie, that gentleman, con amore, took up the character of Burns—so dear to the heart of every true Scot. ; The early life of Burns was depicted, his trials, his disappointments, his hopes, all to a certain extent presaged ai "There-was a Lad." Then his humor, as set'forth; iq. Duncan Gray;;-his sympathy with all things animate as weir as inanimate revealed in the "Wounded Hare" and the "Daisy"; his wisdom and fine feeling beautifully expressed in the "Cottar's Saturday Night" and in "0' a' the Ants"; his alertness in observing everything in nature, especially so in "My, Nannie's Awa'," in which, the lecturer said, all the seasons were beautifully combined; his patriotism was given forth in "Scots Wha Hae" ; his descriptiveness in "Hallo wei' en" and "Ca' the Yowes" ;: his independence in "A Man's a Man for a' that" ; while, his humanness was finely expressed in his address to the "Unco Guid" and "Man was made to mourn," were all beautifully portrayed by the lecturer, who, in concluding, said that all these qualities made up. the genius of Burns, and brought from hiin the wide world fame as a poet and as a man. He: (Mr Rennie) had. much to say; but time would not permit.;; Burns was inexhaustible: :■' .

L Mr Jackson,'in moving a vote oithanks to the lecturer, said that he felt delighted, and he was sure the audi- '. ence was the same, and they all felt deeply thankful to Mr jtemiie for such an able lecture. The vote of thanks was carried by acclamation. Mr v E.ennie briefly returned thanks, referring to the able, assistance of the choir under Mr Dick, which had sung so well in part songs, solos, and duets the fine pieces, written by the poet. The singing, he said, had been well done, and had contributed greatly to the success of the Mrs Carmichael, of Kia Ora, kindly assisted in the singing, while on -Miss Jackson devolved the. duties of pianiste. P A vote of thanks was accorded Mr Roseveare, chairman, after which-' the meeting : closed by the singing of ~""!A.uld Lang Syne."