Show A GENUINE LECTURE prof whiting talked upon I 1 he rise risa of man ft the tabernacle sunday evening on sunday evening last prof whiting of tile the utah university delivered a very instructive lecture at the lie east bountiful tabernacle under the au species of the bountiful debating and literary society his subject being the rise of man blau he commenced his remarks by speaking about the conditions under tinder which or through which man mail usually has to pass in order to make a mark in the world said that children who were reared under conditions in which no obstacles had bad to ile be encountered rarely ever attained to any greatness the professor then pointed out the good that came from a number of great and bloody wars of europe and america 11 he alluded to tile the liberties that were gained by the great reformation commenced in germany by luther in tile the year 1520 and which reformation reached england about ten years later said hy by this thie move man had gained the freedom of thought the american revolutionary war he characterized as a purely political struggle which gave birth to a great nation in alluding to the french revolution which took place about the ille same time or shortly after he characterized it as a social war as the struggle was between the nobles and clergy on theone side and the peasants on the other the mid peasants I 1 at that time owned one fourth of the land and paid all of the taxes this revolution liberated them from these hardships and today they are among the most prosperous and happy farmers of europe the last war between what the professor called civilized nations was the franko prussian war of 1870 and he be looked for it to be th the last among civilized nations the good that resulted from this war was the consolidation of the many states that at t the time were neutral into what is now known as germany not the worst feature of a war is the traded ies of the battlefield said the speaker but that the feelings 0 oe beach 1 each ach patristic pa individual of the eions ti ons that were engaged are worked up and a feeling for fighting cultivated this war gave to the world another nation which has made rapid progress every since the dreadful famine in ireland in 1845 he be marked as the beginning beg ining of national charity that is that when the people were dicing of hunger that ships from other nations loaded with provisions for the first time in the history of the world appeared to aid those who were suf suffering ferin 9 this gave rise to a new thought which has since been put into practice during the civil war the lecturer said that england aided the southern ern states slates to such an extent that there would have been considered sufficient grounds for a war between the united states and england but as the states had bad just emerged from a long and bloody war it was decided to settle the matter by arbitration which was lone done about 1865 in geneve switzerland he marked settling difficulties between nations by arbitration as a great step toward a higher civilization he further said that the brazilian difficulties were now he believed about to be settled by arbitration which might as i well have been done before there was any blood shed saied and property destroyed the professor in it his closing remarks guve gave it a good word of advice to the people in regards to the importance of voting intelligently for officers to govern pur our ship of state and also quoted ed a few appropriate verses from whittier I 1 there was a good attendance and we believe all felt fell amply paid for burnim turning V out |