| Show ml DR LECTURES lEC TUBES ABROAD As already stated in the news dr J E talmage has recently returned home bome after an absence of eleven weeks spent to in travel ravel st mostly in great britain and norway the principal purpose of the gent lemans visit abroad was that of attending meetings of certain educational cat ional and scientific organizations observing the work of foreign colleges and universities and studying the geological features of the countr countries fes traversed A very important incident of the professors tour was waa that of the lectures 1616 tures delivered de on the way on this ftp as on former visits abroad dr talmage was invited to deliver addresses dri esses in different cities on various phases of utah and the fahe west it is well known that a vast amount of prejudice still exists particularly in toe the minds of the not over careful populace regarding our own great and growing state this blas bias the missionaries of the mormon church have had to meat deot in many and varied forms and no little persecution has re resulted suited from the efforts made to stem this tide of popular prejudice arid and based on ignorance dr talmage agreed to deliver lectures on bitah topics during tibe dle past summer in england at the instance of the missionary officials and with this purpose in view he took with him from home an extensive series bevies of 1 aco n photographs illustrative lutr Stive of our towns and aleles humble dwellings and more pretentious hio mies schools academies acad emles colleges aad the university county and municipal buildings and institutions pictures showing irrigation process mines and mining operations railroad the unsurpassed scenery of our lakes canyons and mountains the chief products of our state including utah s best crop and numerous other items of interest the unseasonable nature of A thie the time for which the lectures were announced was very generally lecog g nizelt the summer months mouths in england are not lecture months month sand and many fears were felt by the who undertook to arrange for the addresses in the vari ious cities that the interest of tho people would not be strong enough to rise above tine the very discouraging condit conditions donN incident to the heated season nevertheless as summer is the only time at which a visit from dr talmage could be expected the de casion was waa speedily roadbed reached that the he lectures leo tures should be announced in spite of all obstacles the wisdom of the top stop lias has been demonstrated by the result in every case by articles pu published b li in the millennial star and in numerous british newspapers we learn of the which has attended the effort in no single instance we arte arb told was aw an unsatisfactory audience aud audA jence ence pant pre ent and on most occasions vast assembled to hear the lettuce oo on utah and its people it isto to say that the audiences were wei in their commenda tiep of OC the subject and praise at the lecturer many people in utah have heard beard lectures by ir dr talmage talmadg and his illustrated talks aided by stereopticon views have been enjoyed by thousands his popularity he ib 18 at all known is evidently no less than that which attends ids hla work at home elsewhere in this evenings news new will be found an account of at dr tal mages lectures abroad |
