2 P.M.
Meeting Opened by the Mayor of Roseland . ----------- If a stranger had been in Roseland to-day he certainly would have thought from seeing the livery stables crowded with teams from the country , and every vacant lot and square also filled with teams , and the crowds of people on the streets all going in one direction , that some great attraction was going on , and he would be under the impression that if he went out into the country he would not expect to see a person or a team , for there never was any occasion before that brought such a large gathering of people to Roseland . Long before the time of commencement , the seating capacity of the building was taxed to its utmost . Promptly at 2 P.M. the Mayor of Roseland and Penloe appeared on the platform . The Mayor opened the meeting by introducing Penloe in the following words : `` Ladies and gentlemen : -- It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you this afternoon a gentleman whom you all have heard and read so much about . Whatever your views may be about his teaching , I can positively assert the lecturer is a scholar and a gentleman , every inch of him . Very often a speaker 's remarks fail to have the full weight they are entitled to because persons say he has an axe to grind , or , he is paid to talk that way .