e historian, Hon. J. W. Wendling of Kentucky, who brought brilliant
oratory to the service of Christianity in an eloquent lecture on "The
Man of Galilee"; Prof. J. W. Churchill, one of the finest readers of his
time; Dr. George Dana Boardman of Philadelphia; and Dr. Vincent himself,
always greeted by the largest audiences. Let us say, once for all, that
Dr. Buckley was a perennial visitor, with new lectures every year, and
his ever-popular answers to the question-drawer. If there was a problem
which he could not solve, he could always turn the tables on the
questioner with a story or a retort.

One event of 1879 not to be passed over was the dedication of the Hall
of Philosophy in St. Paul's Grove. Dr. Vincent suggested the plan of the
building, to be set apart for the uses of the C. L. S. C. and the
interests of general culture. As everybody who has been to Chautauqua
knows, it was in the form of a Greek temple, an open building surrounded
by plain columns, which may have resembled marble, but were made of
wood. The dedication was held on August 5th, and addresses were given by
Dr. Vincent, Rev. W. O. Simpson, and Dr. Ellinwood. There are thousands
of Chautauquans, some of them dwelling in distant lands, who are ready
to declare that in all the week, the most precious hour was that of the
five o'clock Vesper Service on Sunday afternoon, when the long rays of
the setting sun fell upon the assemblage, as they sang "Day is dying in
the West," and they united in that prayer of Thomas a Kempis, beginning,
"In all things, O my soul, thou shalt rest in the Lord always, for He
is the everlasting rest of the saints."

In the fall and winter of 1891 this writer was the traveling companion
of Bishop Vincent in Europe. Every Sunday afternoon at five o'clock,
whether on the Atlantic, or in London, Lucerne, Florence, or Naples, we
brought out our copies of the vesper service and read it together,
feeling that in spirit we were within the columns of that Hall in the
Grove.

This year, 1879, the second year of the C. L. S. C., brought to its
Founder a problem which threatened the ruin of the circle, but in its
happy solution proved to be a powerful element in its success. This was
to be the Roman Year of the course, and in the original conception the
Pioneer Class of 1882 would take up Roman history, while the new class
of 1883 would begin as its predecessor had begun, with English history.
If this plan had been carried out, as anno