Hon. Walter M. Chandler: of the New York Bar

              Hon. Walter M. Chandler
OF THE NEW YORK BAR

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List of Subjects

THE TRIAL OF JESUS FROM A LAWYER'S STANDPOINT
HUMOROUS EXPERIENCES ABROAD
SCOTLAND AND THE SCOTCH
THE MASTER MAGICIAN
THE GREAT REPUBLIC
KNIGHTHOOD AND CHIVALRY

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Hon. Walter M. Chandler

ANNOUNCEMENT
MR. CHANDLER is a practicing attorney at the bar of New York City, was bred in Kentucky, graduated in the academic course from the University of Virginia, graduated from law in Ann Arbor and was a student of constitutional law in Heidelberg.  He is still a young man, tall, dignified-looking, with a full, rich, resonant voice; his delivery is animated and impressive and his logic incontrovertible.  He has something to say and says it.  His lectures have met with a phenomenal reception among Lyceum committees, and the Bureau takes great pleasure in announcing him for another season.

E. C. Paxton, Pastor United Presbyterian Church, Irwin, Pa.:

We had with us in the Lecture Course last night Hon. Walter M. Chandler.  Subject: The Trial of jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint.  It is spoken of by the more than representative audience present as above criticism.  For more than an hour and a half he held the closest of attention, that at times was almost breathless in intensity.  For such courses as the one in Irwin, I cannot conceive of a more popular and instructive lecture and lecturer than Mr. Chandler.  We shall surely want him again next year if the course is continued.

H. N. Hansen, Gen. Sec. Central Y. M. C. A., Elmira, N. Y.:

In the truest sense a masterpiece—this can be said of the lecture on The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, as delivered by the Hon. Walter M. Chandler, of the New York bar.  Mr. Chandler possesses a fine voice, is skilled in the use of words, presents a splendid appearance on the platform, and is withal a Christian gentleman.  His hearers are won at the fall of the first few words, and the eyes of all are riveted on him.  He is a master of the law, interprets it without a fault, and leads his hearers from one sublime realm to another.  What may appear to be from the nature of the subject a dry lecture proves a most fascinating and instructive discourse of the world's greatest tragedy.  Men from all ranks unite in unstinted praise of the high moral value of this lecture.  He will fill a return date in Elmira soon.  Associations will do well to see that Mr. Chandler has no vacant dates.

T. H. Bradrick, Gen'l Sec'y Y. M. C. A., Piqua, Ohio:

Every one was pleased with Mr. Chandler and his method of handling his theme.  There was some fear that the lecture would be but the restatement of facts which are known to all, and that the entertainment would partake somewhat of the commonplace.  This was not the case.  The treatment was fresh, original, interesting and full of instruction.  We hope that we can have Mr. Chandler with us again.

M. W. Reece, Chairman Lecture Course Committee, Bellevue, Ohio:

Mr. Chandler was with us last Thursday evening and gave good satisfaction.  His lecture on The Trial of Jesus was greatly appreciated by all thoughtful people who heard him.  He leaves a profound impression that is wholesome in its tone.  I am glad to recommend him.

H. E. Dodge, Gen. Sec., Y. M. C. A., Warren, Pa.:

Every association, where it is possible, should have Hon. W. M. Chandler, of New York City, deliver his address on The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint.  No words can adequately describe it.  We have engaged Mr. Chandler to repeat this address next season.

H. M. Graham, Librarian Pittsburg Library Association:

I congratulate you upon having Mr. Chandler in your Lecture Bureau.  It affords me pleasure to say that his address last evening on The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint was one of the greatest ever delivered in Pittsburg, and yet he was not at his best, for he had been ill all day.  It was received by expressions of praise by the whole audience.  There were several ministers and other professional men present who are competent judges, who said the address was a profound and brilliant presentation of the subject, and that his legal points were well made.  We shall engage Mr. Chandler next season.

Rev. O. S. Metzler, Manager Lecture Course, Emporium, Pa.:

According to our wishes, Mr. Chandler gave us Humorous Experiences Abroad.  The lecture was well received.  I enjoyed it fully as much as Dixon's Backbone, and regard him as the latter's equal in all respects.  A discriminating and intelligent lady in my congregation volunteered the opinion that it was the best lecture even given in the town.  The night was stormy and the audience the smallest since the course started, but its appreciation was keen and the interest in the nearly two hours that he spoke never flagged.



Chicago Times-Herald:
Mr. Chandler's oratorical effort was probably the most impressive ever heard on the campus and his delivery was without a fault.


Big Rapids (Mich.) Pioneer:
Mr. Chandler is an orator the like of whom has not been in Big Rapids since Gunsaulus or Wendling were here.


Chautauqua Journal:
Mr. Chandler attracted such favorable attention at the Chautauqua last summer that he was one of the first to be invited to come again.  He is among the brightest orators now living in America, and is a credit to his state and country.


Miamisburg (O.) News:
Since the days when George R. Wendling lectured in Miamisburg no lecturer has equaled Hon. Walter M. Chandler, who was here Tuesday evening.  His subject was The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, and the able lawyer and fine orator held the large audience spellbound as he elucidated the Jewish and Roman law and narrated the events and incidents of that most memorable of all trials.  This lecture was the fourth in the Epworth League course, and to our mind was the best ever given by the Epworth league.


Shamokin (Pa.) Daily Herald:
A large and cultured audience heard the edifying lecture of Hon. Walter M. Chandler, of the New York bar, at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium last evening, the entertainment being the second of the star course of six.  Mr. Chandler's subject was The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, and the brilliant young lawyer expounded his theme with a profound thought and elegance and concision of expression that held the closest attention of his audience.  After stating that the two fundamental principles of every case were first the law and next the facts, he launched into a dissertation on the Jewish statutes and customs, describing the jurisdiction and method of procedure in the Sanhedrin, the supreme court before which the Christ was tried.  The lecturer then vividly pictured the actual trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin, pointing out that the hearing was conducted in direct contrariety to the law, even the judgment of death by crucifixion being illegal.  In any other ancient or modern court the judgment would have been set aside, entered as it was in violation of so many penal laws, and the lecturer arrived at the logical conclusion that Jesus was judicially murdered.  Mr. Chandler drew vivid pictures of Caiaphas, Pilate, Herod and other principals in the four trials of Jesus, his descriptions being brilliant yet terse and forceful.  His tribute to McKinley, interpolated in the lecture, was a glorious one.  He said it was not his purpose to preach a sermon, but his lecture was a better homily than is heard from many a pulpit.  He gave his hearers something to take with them and meditate upon.


Bethany (W. Va.) Bulletin:
The lecture Friday night given in Chapel Hall by the Hon. W. M. Chandler came up to the most sanguine expectations.  Mr. Chandler has chosen an intensely interesting theme, The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint.  He is a practicing attorney at the bar of New York City, and is a highly educated man.  Bred in Kentucky, graduated in the academic course from the University of Virginia, graduated from law school at Ann Arbor, a student of constitutional law in Heidelberg, a much traveled man withal, and a man of strong sense, it is not surprising that he is a brilliant platform lecturer.  Those who missed hearing Mr. Chandler's classic and forensic picture of the trial of Jesus are great losers.  The committee are to be congratulated on securing such a scholarly and attractive treatment of this subject.


Canonsburg (Pa.) Notes:
Praise is heard, on all sides, of the lecture delivered in the opera house Tuesday evening by Walter M. Chandler.  Mr. Chandler is a man of fine presence, of dignified bearing, and is gifted with a voice at once clear, rich and full.  His enunciation is perfect, and he is heard with great ease.  His treatment of his great theme is everything that could be asked for by the most exacting.  In opening, the lecturer paid a high compliment to the Jews, as a people, for their moral integrity, perseverance under great discouragements, and intellectual ability.  He cited many examples of Jews who have risen to the very highest point of attainment in all the professions and business of life.  In his discussion of the trial of Jesus Mr. Chandler showed a minute and comprehensive grasp of Hebrew law, and explained in minutia the mode of procedure of the Hebrew courts in the days of Jesus.  It was proven that almost every step taken by the supreme court of the Jews in that most momentous trial of the ages was in violation of law, while the trials, so-called, before Pilate and Herod were outrages almost unparalleled in the annals of time.  The character of Pilate was analyzed, and his conduct on the occasion of the great trial pictured so vividly that the Roman ruler stood before the audience as though on canvas.  The treatment of the great theme was scholarly, thorough, reverent, and produced a profound impression on the hearers.  There was little demonstration on the part of the audience, but a burst of applause at the close testified deep appreciation; but this was still more clearly shown by the close attention of the hearers and the profound silence which prevailed throughout the hall during the entire time, and the people, as they passed out and exchanged greetings, were earnest and unanimous in the expression of the opinion that it was a great lecture, and one of the best ever delivered here, and that its influence will be for good and for that only.  The ministers present were warm in their expressions of approval, and remarked to the lecturer that they hoped he would have many opportunities to deliver it, and so says The Notes.



Emporium (Pa.) Press:
In spite of the slush and rain the court room was nearly filled last Saturday evening on the occasion of Mr. Chandler's lecture.  The lecturer abundantly made good his reputation as an entertainer and instructive speaker.  A native of Kentucky, he has a Southerner's temperamental love and aptitude for oratory; a lawyer, he is shrewd and keen in observation and pungent and logical in expression; an American, he is enthusiastically loyal to his country; one who has traveled and lived abroad, he has learned to see his country as foreigners see it.  We wish to commend particularly the tactful way in which he uttered some very just and much-needed criticisms upon certain American habits and ideals.


Piqua (Ohio) Leader-Dispatch:
Walter M. Chandler, of the New York City bar, held the undivided attention of a large audience at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium last evening during his lecture on The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint.  Aside from its splendid argument, the lecture was a treat, the speaker's splendid diction and excellent delivery arousing the deepest interest.  The lecturer's enunciation was perfect and his strong voice carried to the ears of everybody in pleasing tones the words of one of the most beautiful discourses ever heard in this city.


Ashland (O.) Press:
Under the title, The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Hon. Walter M. Chandler, who had the fourth number in this year's lecture course, delivered one of the most interesting and really instructive lectures in the opera house last Wednesday night that we have heard.  We have listened to no lecture during the last decade that, according to our views, had more profound thought, more historical truth and more original research compressed into it than has this one.  Mr. Chandler deals with his subject exactly the same as he would any case in court.  With his audience as jury he argues his case, makes his legal comparisons, sums up his evidence, and turns the case over to his jury for their decision.  In fact, the lecture is more of an argument than it is a lecture, and as such it is necessarily different from any lecture Ashland people have heard.  Meaningless metaphors, ambiguous similes, flights of oratory, perorations and so on and so forth have no place in this lecture.  Mr. Chandler divests himself of his learnedness and gives his hearers a strong, clear and profound exposition of his subject in simple yet powerful and unanswerable arguments that follow one another with such precision and rapidity that the listener is almost bewildered by the brilliant array of facts presented.  Mr. Chandler's statements regarding the important part the Jew has played in the world's history, and his enviable position in Europe to-day, in finance, politics, religion and schools, are not overdrawn in the least, although they are doubtless new to the majority of his hearers wherever he delivers this lecture.  His explanation of the ancient Jewish legal customs was wholly new to nine of every ten people in the large audience, and besides being of special interest on that account, showed a vast amount of original research on the speaker's part; and his description of the scene when Christ was brought before Pilate is nothing short of sublime.


Charlerci (Pa.) Mirror:
Those who attended the lecture at School Hall last Tuesday night were treated to a masterpiece in oratory when Hon. Walter M. Chandler, of the New York bar, delivered his lecture, The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint.  Mr. Chandler is a young man of prepossessing appearance and much personal magnetism.  He possesses a remarkably fine voice for oratory and a splendid vocabulary, and from his first appearance he held the attention of his audience to the end.  What might have appeared as a dry discourse from the topic of the lecture proved to be one of the most delightfully fascinating addresses a Charleroi audience has ever been granted the privilege of hearing.  Mr. Chandler is a master of the law, and proceeded to interpret in a form which all might understand whether, according to law, the Savior was fairly tried or judicially murdered.  In going over the case from a legal standpoint Mr. Chandler proved that there were some twenty irregularities in the trial which in a modern court of justice would have called for a reversal of the decision.


Jamestown (N. Y.) Evening Journal:
Bright, breezy, crisp and witty may all be applied with singular appropriateness to the lecture given in Institute Hall Monday evening by Hon. Walter M. Chandler, of the New York bar, on Humorous Experiences Abroad, a collection of remarkably entertaining anecdotes of travel in Europe.  Mr. Chandler is an able exponent of that class of speakers the members of which find it within their power to take an incident not amusing it itself and so clothe it in a choice use of words and appropriate facial expressions that the audience will fairly howl with delight.


Wheeling (W. Va.) Daily Intelligencer:
It was a very appreciative audience that filled the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. building last evening to hear Hon. Walter M. Chandler, of New York, who delivered an eloquent yet highly amusing lecture upon the topic, Humorous Incidents Abroad.  The affair was one of the concluding numbers of the association's winter lecture series, and it may be truthfully said that it was one of the most enjoyable of the entire series.  The young orator treated the topic in a manner most entertaining.  He brought out the fact that the manner in which the residents of other nations look at the American is one not conducive to the acquirement of much conceit by us.  He said: We are regarded by the European nations as a nation of tradesmen and money-lovers—as a people whose chief love is that of gain.  Our musical tastes are regarded as those becoming the plebeian, and we are sneered at because we have produced no such composers as Beethoven, Schubert or Mozart, while the opinion of our literary efforts is little better.  Our great men are not given the proper respect.  For instance, George Washington is considered only as a lucky farmer.  The fact is, our best-known citizen in foreign countries is John L. Sullivan.  Accompanying the talk were brief descriptive scenes and figures concerning the probable cost of making the trip.  In concluding he said: But I am an American, with an American heart, and an American sentiment.  I love my country, the great republic, from the lakes to the gulf, and from the great ocean waves that lash New England's coast to the imperial confines of the land of the Montezumas.  To me the republican simplicity of the white house is a thousand times more charming than the dazzling splendor of hundreds of European courts.

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