Dr. Frank G. Smith

              1910
Dr. Frank G. Smith

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MANAGEMENT
REDPATH LYCEUM BUREAU
BOSTON CHICAGO



DR. FRANK G. SMITH

LIST OF SUBJECTS

1
The Hero of the Age
2
Kings and Queens
3
The Man for Our Times
4
Our Nation: Her Mission, Her Hopes, Her Perils
5
True Greatness, and How to Achieve It



CHARACTER OF LECTURES

Humorous
Instructive
Inspiring



ECHOES FROM THE PRESS

Omaha (Neb.) Bee.
The Des Moines Register and Leader of Monday gives a full synopsis of the sermons delivered Sunday at the Midland Chautauqua Assembly held at that place, given by Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus and Dr. Frank G. Smith.  We quote one paragraph: Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus and Dr. Frank G. Smith, both of Chicago, were the speakers of the day.  Both are men of nation-wide reputation as pulpit orators, and both delighted their large audiences with the force and power of their addresses.


Osage (Iowa) Journal.
He was followed by Dr. Frank G. Smith, pastor of Warren Ave. Congregational Church, Chicago, whose address was one of the best we have ever heard.  Dr. Smith is a man of rare and wonderful gifts, a natural born orator, and possesses a power over his audience which few men on the public platform are able to secure.  We have heard some of the great platform orators of the day, but we would travel as far to hear Dr. Frank G. Smith tomorrow night as any man we have ever heard.


Dixon (Ill.) Telegraph.
Rock River Chautauqua Assembly.
Dr. Frank G. Smith had for his theme The Man for Our Times.  Dr. Smith illustrated his subject all through with facts of history, poetic quotations and humorous anecdotes.  The whole lecture was well prepared and delivered in an eloquent and impressive manner.  It will rank high among the lectures of this season and is worthy of repetition many times over.  Dr. Smith will be welcomed hereafter among Assembly people.



West Superior (Wis.) Daily.
The lecture of Dr. Frank G. Smith at the Grand Opera House was one of the best heard in this city for a long time.  Mr. Smith's subject was The Man for Our Times.  His treatment of it was a masterly effort, and for over two hours he held the closest attention of the large audience present.  As a lecturer he takes high rank.  He will be warmly welcomed by Superior audiences hereafter.


Peoria (Ill.) Daily Herald.
Dr. Frank G. Smith, the eloquent pastor of Warren Ave. Congregational Church, Chicago, painted the hero of the times before a large audience last night.  His subject was The Man for Our Times, and was the same lecture that created so much comment at the Galesburg Chautauqua a few weeks ago.  Dr. Smith is a ready talker, easy and graceful in the pulpit, has an excellent stage presence and commanded the attention of his hearers from first to last.


Neponset (Ill.) News.
The Neponset lecture course was opened at the M. E. Church Thursday evening by Dr. Frank G. Smith, whose theme was The Hero of the Age.  We had never before listened to Dr. Smith, but we feel disposed to say, after enjoying his discourse, that we have seldom listened to a better, more eloquent or more pleasing speaker.  We doubt if Dr. Smith's lecture will be equaled during the course.  He is a young man who has already made his mark in the ministry, and if he does not become one of the foremost lecturers before the public we are mistaken in our estimate of the man.





DR. FRANK G. SMITH

ECHOES FROM THE PRESS

Chandlerville (Ill.) Times.
Dr. Frank G. Smith lectured in this city last Friday evening on The Man for Our Times.  Dr. Smith is a lecturer of note, being on the Chautauqua course, and has delivered this lecture on former occasions, which has occasioned much interest.  His thought was vigorous and manly, his speech eloquent and poetic, delivered with a thrill that stirred his audience.  It was a good lecture, well studied and well delivered.  It will be well to secure Dr. Smith at some future time, as those who have heard him once will wish to hear him again.


Darlington (Wis.) Clipping.
Dr. Frank G. Smith, of Chicago, gave the third number in our lecture course in the opera house to a large and highly delighted audience.  The subject of the lecture was, The Man for Our Times.  He painted his hero as an ideal man; great and true in his home life; clean and chaste in his individual life; without spot or blemish in his religious life; truly patriotic and honest in his political life.  Dr. Smith is sublime in style, beautiful in diction and very eloquent in speech.  He is a man of brains, talent, consecrated purposes and graceful address.  In personality Dr. Smith is striking; his voice is excellent and his earnestness real.  It is a rich treat to listen to him.  We echo the desire of all when we say, Let us hear Dr. Smith again.


Chillicothe (Ill.) Bulletin.
The Hallock Picnic, which is an annual affair, was attended by from 1,200 to 2,000 people this year, according to various estimates.  Dr. Frank G. Smith, whose name appeared on the bills as the orator of the day, was introduced by Mr. Houghton.  The bills said that he would be well worth listening to.  The bills did not lie.  It is indeed seldom that the average audience has the privilege of listening to such a combination of oratorical vehemence, wit and good solid sense.  Dr. Smith is a manly man and his speech was a manly man's talk.  Many regrets were expressed when his speech was brought to a close that he had not talked longer.


The Chariton (Iowa) Daily Herald.
Chariton Chautauqua Assembly.
A masterpiece in the lecture art was Dr. Frank G. Smith's lecture Thursday afternoon on The Man for Our Times.  Dr. Smith is a pleasing speaker, and his talk pleased many of his hearers better than any other on the program so far.



Abingdon (Ill.) Kodak.
Dr. Frank G. Smith, formerly of the Congregational Church of this city, delivered his popular lecture, The Hero of the Age, Tuesday evening to a good sized house at the Congregational Church.  Every one in attendance knew Dr. Smith's power as an orator, but the manner in which he handled this subject placed him in a higher niche in their estimation.  His delivery was excellent, dramatic power great, and the hearty applause given was well carried by his masterful theme.  It was one of the best lectures ever given in Abingdon.


The Muscatine (Iowa) Daily News-Tribune
In a happy manner, Prof. Peck introduced Dr. Frank Smith, of Chicago, to the audience.  He is the same gentleman who spoke here last year, being then from Dubuque.  Many remembered him, and when his name was announced he was given an ovation that was surely gratifying.  Powers and Possibilities constituted the theme of this gifted man, who for over an hour held his audience deep in sympathy with his subject.  Sublime flights of oratory were followed with a breathless hush during the recital of excruciatingly funny stories which, on second thought, were found to be clinchers for the points which the speaker wished to make.  He outlined three great steps which the graduates should take in life, and he presented them to the class in a manner truly sublime in phraseology and beautiful delivery.  His speech renewed the admiration which those acquainted with him held, made him hundreds of new, warm friends, and filled all with a sense of his sincerity.  His address was uplifting, ennobling, and if his advice is followed by the members of the class of 1904, great good will come to them.





DR. FRANK G. SMITH

WHAT SOME PROMINENT MEN SAY
Hon. W. B. Allison, Dubuque, Ia. Senator from Iowa.

It gives me great pleasure to say that Dr. Frank G. Smith, pastor of Warren Avenue Congregational Church, Chicago, is one of the ablest and most persuasive pulpit orators I have heard in many years, and he is also able and eloquent on the lecture platform.  Understanding that he is to enter that field, I take pleasure in commending him to anyone having an interest in public lectures.  I make this statement without reservation and without qualification.

Hon. George W. Prince, Galesburg, Ill. Congressman Tenth Illinois District.

It affords me pleasure to commend Dr. Frank G. Smith as a platform lecturer.  I regard him as one of the ablest and most brilliant young men now engaged in the lecture field.  He has an original way of putting things, clothed in language chaste and elegant, and he possesses a magnetic personality.  His lectures are a literary treat.

Hon. Joseph V. Graff, Peoria, Ill. Congressman Fourteenth Illinois District.

I have heard Dr. Frank G. Smith lecture and know him quite well.  He is a forcible, interesting and original speaker and a man of ideas, abreast of the times.

T. W. McVety, Ph. D., Galesburg, Ill. President Galesburg, Ill., Chautauqua Assembly.

Dr. Frank G. Smith's lecture at the Galesburg Chautauqua Assembly was a hit in every respect.  It was enthusiastic, eloquent, dramatic and thoughtful.  Dr. Smith has a charming voice and his delivery is splendid.  It charmed the vast audience and won the highest praise of all.  I heard many say they preferred it to Dr. Talmage's lectures.

George H. Simmons, Peoria, Ill. President Twentieth Century Assembly, 1901.

The lectures of Dr. Frank G. Smith before the Twentieth Century Assembly were greatly enjoyed by large audiences.  Though appearing on the same platform with the best lecturers in America Dr. Smith was easily the peer of any of them and excelled by none.

O. O. Smith, Grinnell, Iowa. President Little Sioux Chautauqua, Peterson, Iowa.

Dr. Frank G. Smith of Chicago was one of our lecturers last year and was very popular with the people.  In the five years I have been connected with the Chautauqua I think he came the nearest pleasing and delighting everybody of any man who has spoken from our platform.  At the universal demand of the people he is to be with us again this year.

D. F. Fox, Chicago, Ill. Pastor California Avenue Congregational Church.

I have heard Dr. Frank G. Smith preach and have heard words of the highest praise concerning his lectures from those whose commendation is praise indeed.  He is an orator of uncommon ability.  His work has the right ring.  He has come to stay and will more than please any audience.  I commend him.

A. J. Vye, University of Minnesota. Secretary Agricultural Department.

The lecture given by Dr. Frank G. Smith, of Chicago, before a crowded house of our students and faculty on The Man for Our Times, was one of the best lectures we ever listened to and all are loud in its praise.  Dr. Smith is a pleasant man, inspires his audience with confidence at once and is able to hold the exacting attention of his hearers from first to last.  Without reservation I commend him to all who are in search of a really first-class lecturer.

Clarence A. Vincent, Galesburg, Ill. Pastor Central Congregational Church.

If you do not want a lecturer that makes you weep and laugh, that stirs you to hate the evil and love the good and arouses you to shake the dust of dullness off your feet and to be a live man, do not get Dr. Frank G. Smith.  He cannot help doing all these things when he lectures.  Like cloth that is all wool and a yard wide, he wears well.

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