Elmer Ward Cole

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ELMER WARD COLE


Although a busy minister for an enterprising church, Mr. Cole has decided, upon the urgent solicitation of the Bureau, to present to the public a limited number of dates for the coming season.  Mr. Cole is never more at home than on the lecture platform, and those who have heard him in this field of work are more than pleased with his efforts.  His work in the past has proved so satisfactory to the public that the quota of dates Mr. Cole could place at the disposal of the Bureau was filled before the booking season was half over.



SUBJECTS FOR SEASON OF 1909 '10

Is the Young Man Safe?
Oliver Cromwell-The Genius of Righteous Indignation.
The Fight of Life.
Shakespeare's Portrayal of Character.
The Man With the Hoe.

(In Preparation)



Church History Series

I.
Preparation of the Word of Christ.
II.
The Man of Galilee.
III.
Paul of Tarsus.
IV.
Martin Luther.
V.
Alexander Campbell.



Management of the
CHICAGO-MUTUAL LYCEUM BUREAU
705 Orchestra Building
CHICAGO, ILL.




DOES HE MAKE GOOD?
THIS IS THE QUESTION
You Can Trust the Voice of the People—Listen to What They Say

Bent County, Colo., Democrat.
Rev. Elmer Ward Cole delivered one of his popular lectures to an immense audience in the opera house last Monday evening.  Rev. Cole is a young man of splendid ability and master of the platform.  His lecture was filled with wit, humor and eloquence, and from the first to the last he handled his subject in a masterly way.


La Junta, Colo., Tribune.
As a lecturer Mr. Cole, although young in years, stands in the front rank among the great platform men.  His manner is forceful with the earnestness that comes from an abiding conviction in the conclusions he has reached from observation and deep study.  His diction is faultless, and the happy faculty of apt illustration lends an added charm to his discourses.  He has a bright future before him.


Omaha, Neb., World-Herald.
Rev. E. W. Cole, brought up in Omaha but now holding down a pulpit in Hutchinson, Kansas, made good as an Ak-sar-ben entertainer.  His address was filled with wit, humor and good philosophy and carried the boys by storm.


Falls City, Neb., News.
The sermons by Rev. Cole Sunday morning and evening at Christian church are drawing crowded houses.  The themes are timely and are handled with rare ability, showing deep study, while the manner of presenting them is both pleasing and entertaining.  Few gentlemen possess those elements that go to make a pulpit orator to a greater degree than Rev. Cole.

To the Public and My Friends:

Elmer Ward Cole is one of the brainest, brightest and sincerest young men on the platform today.  I have booked him in my home town for our Chautauqua, absolutely guaranteeing the people that Cole is to be one of the best features of our program.  You are as safe as a government bond on Cole.

Most kindly yours,
Denton C. Crowl. Urbana, Ohio, May 6, 1907.


Pratt, Kansas, Republican.
Mr. Cole's toast was The Manhood of Lincoln.  It was one of the most eloquent addresses ever heard in Pratt, and was received enthusiastically by the tables full of banqueters.


Malvern, Iowa, Leader.
Mr. Cole is one ot the brightest young men in the west; a natural orator, a sound reasoner, and one who has the happy way of presenting gospel truths that sink deep into the hearts of his hearers.


Nickerson, Kansas, Argosy.
Rev. Elmer Ward Cole, of Hutchinson, delivered his lecture in the Methodist Church on the subject, Is the Young Man Safe?  The audience which crowded the house listened with rapt attention to the able thought of the speaker given in the earnest and eloquent manner possessed by Rev. Cole.


Shubert, Neb., Citizen.
At the Christian church Rev. Elmer Ward Cole, that gifted young orator, delivered a lecture that was pronounced by competent critics to be the best of its kind ever heard in the city.


Tabor, Iowa, Beacon.
The committee counts itself fortunate in having gained the consent of Rev. Cole to make an address, as men of his talent and eloquence are in very great demand.


Rulo, Neb., Reporter.
Rev. Cole is a brilliant, energetic, thoughtful speaker and is a student in every sense of the term.  He is an orator worthy of hearing.


Turon, Kansas, Press.
A house packed to the limits of standing room listened to the Rev. Elmer Ward Cole for one hour and a half in an address which is seldom equalled and never surpassed on like occasions.


Kingman, Kansas, Journal.
Rev. Cole is a great preacher; his sermons are thoughtful and impressive, affording those who hear him plenty of food for serious reflection.



Belpre, Kansas, Bulletin.
After an interesting program of songs and a flag drill by ten little girls, the speaker of the occasion, Rev. Elmer W. Cole of Hutchinson, was introduced.  Mr. Cole made a very able and appropriate address holding the attention of his audience from start to finish.  Those who had expected to hear one of the stereotyped, spread eagle fourth of July orations were agreeably disappointed.  The speaker talked along practical, common-sense lines.  He presented live, interesting topics in a way to entertain and instruct.  If space permitted we would be glad to give a synopsis of his address.  A large part of his listeners were sorry when he stopped, which cannot be said of many fourth of July speakers.  We hope to have the pleasure of hearing Mr. Cole at some future time.

Okemah, Okla., Dec. 4, '07.

Mr. A. E. Palmer, Kansas City, Mo.

Sir:—A large audience was present last evening to hear the lecture by Elmer Ward Cole on Is the Young Man Safe?  As a speaker Mr. Cole is pleasing to hear; he has the faculty of having his hearers in a roar of laughter one minute and absolute quite the next.  The data used by him was selected with much judgment, arranged with skill, and rendered in a masterly and charming manner.  In selecting the numbers for next year's course, Rev. Cole will be among the first.  We must have him at any cost.

Sincerely,
Rob. L. Nuckolls, Chairman.


Falls City, Neb., Tribune.
Rev. Cole is never more at home than on the lecture platform and has a host of friends in this city who never miss the opportunity to hear this gifted orator.  Elmer Ward Cole is a self-made man and knows what it means to earn what you get.  He is a great preacher.  As a lecturer he is a man of splendid ability, is master of the platform and fills his addresses with wit, humor, pathos, eloquence and good sound philosophy.  His sermons and lectures show him to be a deep and careful student, and show the man throughout.


Dighton, Kansas.
Despite the very inclement weather Monday evening the Baptist church was well filled by enthusiastic people who braved the snow and wind to hear Elmer Ward Cole deliver his celebrated lecture-The Fight of Life.  Mr. Cole was here a year ago and it was the memory of this excellent lecture that was largely responsible in drawing so large a crowd.  Indeed some say it was the finest lecture ever given here.  This is complimentary indeed when it is remembered that some among the best platform orators have appeared before Dighton audiences.


Hunter, Okla.
The lecture given on Tuesday evening, Feb. 11, 1908, by Elmer Ward Cole was the fourth number of the Lyceum course and also, the best we have had this season.  Mr. Cole has a pleasing personality and is a good speaker.  One realizes he has something to say as soon as he begins, and he does it in a manner that reaches his hearers.  We believe Mr. Cole understands human nature and has a realization of what the divine nature is, and consequently is not governed by outward form and ceremony.  One thing we are quite sure and it is this, anybody desiring a good first class number on their Lyceum course will make no mistake in selecting Elmer Ward Cole.


The Hutchinson, Kansas, Times.
The reporter had the pleasure of meeting and spending a very pleasant hour with Mr. Louis Hartel of Cherryvale, Kan., an old friend of many years standing, Sunday afternoon in his room at the Midland Hotel.  Mr. Hartel has traveled over Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri for six or eight years for a big shoe house at Quincy, Ill.  In the course of our talk about old times back in Iowa, Mr. Hartel said: By the way, who preaches in that church up on Main street, about three blocks on the right hand side?  The reporter informed him that that was Rev.  Elmer Ward Cole's church, and asked him why he asked that question.  Well, I started to call on you this morning, was the reply, and when up by that church I noticed people going in, changed my mind, thinking you and your family had already gone to church, and went in with the others.  And I was glad I did.  It was the best sermon I have heard for years—practical, up-to-date, free from cant and repetition, eloquent and forceful.  It is a wonder to me some larger city don't take him away.  The reporter informed Mr. Hartel that the people of Hutchinson all loved and respected Rev. Elmer Ward Cole and that the reverend gentleman loved Hutchinson and her people, and he did not think that he would accept another call for a few years at least.


Hutchinson Daily News, Report of Masonic Easter Service.
It was the unanimous opinion that Mr. Cole delivered one of the most appropriate and eloquent sermons ever heard here on an occasion of this sort.  Masons have vied with each other to-day in telling of the merits of the address.

O. A. KOSS & CO., PRINTERS, CHICAGO.