Article August 22, 1901 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from John C. Bell

Monday night (July 29) the Opera House was compietely filled by an audience gathered to hear what Judge Ewing had to say about Christian Science. The throng was anxious and expectant, many having come considerable distances to hear the speaker, and we believe none were disappointed in the result.

Promptly at the hour Hon. John C. Bell ascended the platform, the back of which was a mass of flowers and foliage, and in a few brief remarks introduced the speaker of the evening.

From the time the speaker ascended the platform to the close of his remarks the large audience listened with rapt attention, and though he did not speak loudly, yet his utterance was so distinct that he was clearly heard in the farthest portions of the house. The address was not marked by any attempt at oratorical display, yet it was an oration in its simplicity and the earnestness with which it was uttered, and the skill of the lawyer was well displayed in the logical sequence of each succeeding point, the whole concluding with a beautiful and brilliant peroration.

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