THE REV. MR DAVIS’S LECTURE.

Evening Star, Issue 3831, 4 June 1875, Page 2

THE REV. MR DAVIS’S LECTURE.

To die Editor. Sib,—l find in your issue of*yesterday a letter referring to the lecture delivered m the Class-room of Knox Church, by the Rev. Mr Davis. Your correspondent complains, and, justly, of the paucity of the attendance. The lecture was instructive, interesting, and edifying, interspersed with a rich vein of chaste wit and humor. I have seldom heard its edual Its subject was—** The Hammer and Tonga.” In its treatment the hammer of logic, the tonga', of conoentrativeness, the fire of love, and the bellows of talent were well employed, and happily blended. Your oorrespor dent, however falls into a little mistake. He finds fault witli those who did not come. What use in scolding blind men for not seeing ? Might he not rather have found fault with those who were present Why did noisome of the yonng men who were present request the lecturer to give it for publication—or, that the lecturer might do so on his own responsibility? In either oase lam confident both publisher and public would be amply repaid, besides being an inducement for a better attendance in future.—l am, &0., A HWAttpa,

To the Editor . to express my cordial sympathy with One of the Audience,” that only about fifty persons enjoyed the intellectual V a S or 4 ed b y the recent lecture of the Bev. J. U. Davis, on “ Hammer and Tongs.” The rev. gentleman s capital illustration of the practical lesson to be derived from the smithy his racy anecdotes, and his general discourse proved a delightful entertainment. However. I would suggest that “One of the Audience * might have appropriately adopted the rum de plume of Nip Van Winkle, as he states his as? tomsbrnent that so few people attended. Now it is well known that lectures are not generaUy popular m the Colonies, and I think this subject could be beneficially discussed by Young Men s Associations. They might invite th. oon««gation * le S tv “ es more attractive. f i mt, ?ducing favorite musical or instrumental) before ahd e J? f a brief l«toe ha. bSS successfully tried in many places.—! am, &c., June 4. i* Mbs Caddlb.”