MR GOAD'S MISSION

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2313, 24 December 1889, Page 2

MR GOAD'S MISSION

The G;)ip*l Tempennoe mission oondnoted by Mr Ooad was brought to a oloae last eveoiag. Two meetings wera held yesterday, a women's meeting In the afternoon m the Templar Hall, and the leoture m the evening In the Oddfellows' Hall. At the former there was a good ittend&noe and Mr Goad gave a oharaoteitatio addrcsi on " Woman's work In soolal , reform. " In the evening there was a large audience to hear the leoture, the subj^ot oZ wbloh was "Phrenology, Tempscdboa aud Rallglon." The Rev E. A. ISooU prealdud and oondooted devotional exeroiees. the Rev Me Sawle engaging m prayer. In hts opening remarks the lecturer referred to the pnotioal osefulnean of the science of Phrenology. It w*s eminently helpfal In fulfilling the instruction "Man, know thyself." It enabled as to put the right men m the rigbt places. It would be a good thing If candidates for pablio offices, Parliament and councils, were examined phvenologloally, and the organi of the brain advertised io that voters might know what sort of men were seeking their Support; Phrenology •■- --slated parents In the selection of a right occupation for their children. Many a ana's Ufa bad been practically wasted beosnae his parents had ohosen an oooapavton for him to which he wan unealted. What was the relation of phrenology to temperance f Phrenology divides the organs of the brain into three Beotlona. the animal, Intellectual, and the moral. Alcohol Is a brain poison, and touohos the bwett organs first, and whilst It exoltes the auimftl lattlnota In man, it paralyzes, the higher—the intellectual and moral Consequently when drink gets possession of a man there are manifested the obarao te'tsti^s of the brute ceaation. The leotaretr urged the cultivation of the osgans which appertain to the better side of man's nature. Ooniolontlonsness, benevolenoa, hope, veneration and firmness were ell dealt with, I lustrations wete drawn from the lives of the good and great, and f ots adduoad whloh showed hovr theae featuraß of oharaoter had been ! pofaessed by many, and used for the apltftlnt» of the masßes. The above is a bare outitoe of a lecture whloh was moat interesting and entertaining, and held the »Uention of the audience from beginning to end Tha Illustrations drawn from actual l'fa were well told m Mr Ooad's <wn In miUble way. At tha close of the leotnre a number of p'.edgoe were taken. Oi iba motion of the Rev Mr Sor.tt a hearty vote of tha -,ka was aaoorded to the coturar, and the ooxology and becediotlon btoagbt tte proceedings to a olose.