Show SEVENTIES HALL LECTURES tuesday alt mr T B broderick delivered I 1 the second of a series serles of becu ea es on geo ogy agy the disco rae was chiefly devoted to the reconciling of the mo dio laic alc chronology fou tou found n d in the fi ficat is t book of the pentateuch with witti the discoveries recent li made in geological science the lecturer then pointed out the opposition columbus met with from theologians lo lol loe ians when he gave rave hla hia views ot of the earths earli earll ta tot fot mation malion wound up b calling attenni n to the antiquity of the rocks of the nile and aid ard niagara stating how bow long a period vv vvs ass 9 re quiren for the water to wear off a solid foot toot of rock and thus by analogous reasoning demonstrated rated the great age of our globe friday anda evening uit ulta the subject of this evenings lecture was tokens of divinity in our religion which was discoursed upon in a very able and interesting esting manner by mr elias L T harrison harrlson Har the style cf of the lecturers reasoning was new and highly instructive in the forepart of bis his address he pointed out the class of 0 physical evidences generally given by the almighty to phy physical sica minded men such for llis 1113 instance taliCe as the peri permitting nitting a man to be then hea ing him by miraculous interposition alewing another to be abil c ed with witti evil spirit aad aid by bv a display of his power rele releasing asil agil him mr harrisons argei arguments ments on the mental evidences imparted impart imparl pd by the lord to those of refined taste and cultivated minds we ve e of that sublime character that are seldom met with in the lecture room or pulpit in all the creations of gody god be remarked one is adapted for another as the lungs for the atmosphere the eyes I admire the var various lolis tints of color he that made the organs of taste made the fruits that man finds a gunj him and which he dp sires eires mau man like his bis miker unken has a love of the beautiful he tie is created with an un bounding I 1 ambition and ana all thib this tends to confirm the doctrine of J seph the prophet that man nan is 1 tha tb off offspring sering of god mr jagues jaques lecure ibe lee ure on fruit culture delivered on the ad dinst was published in our i ibue isue i bue sue of the alth friday evening the ath mr IL 11 E phelps read a paper upon hoor and honesty 1 I he was followed by mr edward W with an excellent lecture on the intellectual development oe of the latter day salts sai salts ts past present and future 1 l on oil the loth lost lust mr wm win 11 groves de delivered livered a lecture on the arctic ocean and the inhabitants of its shores friday evening there was A as a f full fuli ull uli house ali all al evincing some anxiety to bear mr J V longs lecture on biblical witchcraft after a brief introduction to a subject of to 0 o novel a character the lecturer deff defined lied that which ia is generally denominated witchcraft to be the i fluence an and power of evil spir spiris lis ils manifested through wicked men and women J mr long denounced spiritual rapping mesmerism electr biology clairvoyance and kindred arts as being in direct opposition to the dries cries hood of god all having been developed by the devil to deceive those who who know not god and who take pleasure ir unrighteousness aa as much so as the magicians of eg egipto t pt were raised uv up by th it power to oppose moses and aaron he ae next proved that witchcraft was condemned by all the prophets and by jesus and the apostles also and hence the necessity of the saints discouraging and disapprobation all spiritual which is not under the control of the priesthood mr air harris na ns second lecture on the cT tokens of divinity in 0 r religion 1 was delivered on tuesday the to an attentive audience |