Show THE EPWOETH LEAGUE 1 Dr Eoliott Noorses Lecture Last Evening at the Methodist Church The Epworth League of this city was I entertained last night fit the Methodist i church by a most superior lecture from Dr Robert Nourse of Springfield Ills I hIs subject being Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde The distinguished divine gave a history of the plot and tbta drew his generalizations generaliza-tions He treated the work as a parable Mr Hyde being Jokyll with the hide off The duality of life was illustrated ono l good outwardly the othor all criminal inwardly The constant conflict in life was shown to be a contest between St Goorge and the dragon and in the end proved to be one or the other Tbe contrast con-trast In life were illustrated by such characters as Jacob and Esau Bacon Arnold and all through the lecture was embellished with the choicest epigramatio saj ings The doctor touched strongly upon the increased In-creased use of drugs and opiates as shown by the vast importationsnearly trebled in ten years Some pronounced the speaker a veritable Philips and a Gough and those who failed to hear him missed a rare treat |