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...spoke of Christ as a hero and model, ana said in part: Nearly all men are compelled to admire some great character which they recognize as nobler than they. They are bound to respect this feeling for otherwise they cannot regard themselves except as small and loathesome in a certain...
...lecture was particularly interesting for the reason that Colonel Prout had himself served under Gordon in Egypt and Central Africa. Colonel Prout had intended to speak of Gordon's work as an engineer; but as such a talk would have been chiefly technical, he changed his mind and spoke of Gordon's character and his achievements in the Soudan. The following is a short summary of Colonel Prout's lecture...
...great deal of hard service and fighting. He was at one time governor of the Province of the Equator under the Khedive, and took the first steamboat to the Victoria Nyanza under great difficulties. The address cannot fail to prove interesting. Chief Engineer Melville of the Navy, who spoke here two years ago on the Arctic expedition of the "Jeanette," also will be one of the lecturers this winter...
...other method is by public lectures, several of which are given during the year under the auspices of the club. The lecturers chosen are men who stand high in their callings. Among those who spoke last year were Dr. William T. Harris, United States Commissioner of Education; Colonel Francis W. Parker, of the Cook County Normal School; Superintendent Dutton of the Brookline schools, and others...
...know Christianity, it comes to us in a most perplexing form, presenting many doubts and a long and complicated history. We doubt, not because it violates our ideas but because it goes beyond them. In the same way, Christ was doubted, even by his disciples, when he spoke in parables; but when he spoke clearly, he was generally believed...