MR. LLOYD-GEORGE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 667, 18 November 1909, Page 3

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE.

LECTURE BT'DR/TUDOR JONES. In tho Unitarian Freo Church the Rev. Dr. Tudor Jones lectured last evening oh the life of tho Right Hon. Lloyd-George.' There was a fair, attendance. At the outset Dr. Jones intimated that it was not, his intention to enter into a dbcussion of politics, for two reasons— (1) becapse'lio was not a-politician; and (2) becauso thero wero two opinions in regard to the British Budget. He w-ould. consider one main What wero the factors at work to produce this man/to enable ;him to rise from poverty to occupy the position of Chancellor of.the Exchequer of the United Kingdom Tho details [ of. his life were unimportant; and his career made it apparent that- anyone might rise in the same'way. Mr. Lloyd-keorge .was born in Manchester in 1863. Bis father was an elementary school-teacher, and shortly after his birth the family removed •to "Liverpool. Then his father died, and tho lad went to live -in a country town. His early years brought out no trace of exceptional cleverness. Tho education system in Wales required the children to take part in religious services, and lads of fourteen wore expected to bo: able to write addresses and sermons and take part in prayer meetings. Many prominent '...men of science and leaders of other branches of learning owed a good deal to the training sWhich they received in tho-Sunday schools. The children in Now Zealand-wero very sharp, but they lacked tho composure ivhich.would enable thorn to stand up and speak to an audience of 500 people. Mr. Lloyd-Georgo spoke Welsh for the first twenty-fivo years, of his lifo, having'no opportunity to speak in English until ho entered Parliament.. He was a self-mode man,' having had no. collego education. He. passed: his solicitor's examination, arid studied the noeds of the Welsh people. Tho creation in him of tho sorious mood through Sunday school training was tho'foundation of his success; he was intensely and deoply. religious. : Ho was a new thing in. the British Parliament—a young member who dared to bo'himself, and was not afraid to speak'with: emotion of tho needs of tho. people. During, tho past 15 years he; had effaced his own inclinations, and had lived aU together, tho life of his people. - Moro.intellectual speeches were delivered in the. House than those of Mr. Lloyd-Gcorgo, but ho man had moro real, influence. ..His power lay in a (combination of (ho intellectual and tho emotional, and -iritAis. capacity;"for taking pains. had an intimate association with all' lunds of sorrow and suficrinj;, and these experiences gave .him a definite goal in life. ■. It'wasan advantage to him. that. h§ had. been.born :p96r... At; tho; fonv.