The Wendling Lectures

              1904
The Wendling Lectures

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GEORGE R. WENDLING
From the latest photograph of this famous lyceum orator—author of the series of lectures on Modern Doubt entitled Unseen Realities, The Man of Galilee, Saul of Tarsus, Is Death the End? and The Imperial Book.  The last-named lecture is attracting wide attention as a brilliant reply to the unfriendly critics of the Bible.  The two historical lectures by Mr. Wendling, on Stonewall Jackson, and Mirabeau—and the French Revolution, are among the most popular lectures on the American platform.

ASSOCIATE MEMBER AMERICAN LYCEUM UNION S.B. Hershey Pres't & Gen't Mgr. ROCHESTER, N.Y.

Mr. Fred Pelham, President and Manager of the Central Lyceum Bureau, of Chicago, Ill., Suite 532 Tribune Building, has the honor to announce that he has the exclusive management of Mr. Wendling's engagements in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Northern Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming for the Season of 1904–5.




LECTURES ON MODERN DOUBT

I.
Unseen Realities
II.
The Man of Galilee
III.
Saul of Tarsus
IV.
Is Death the End?
V.
The Imperial Book



HISTORICAL LECTURES

I.
Stonewall Jackson
II.
Mirabeau—and the French Revolution



A REMARKABLE TRIBUTE
From the great preacher and essayist, PROF. SWING
At a time when many are affirming that books and morning papers have been for years destroying oratory, as though to mock these generalizers, and to cheer up the public heart, three great new orators made a sudden appearance—Ingersoll, Cook and Wendling.  They are a remarkable group, even aside from the fact that they have not yet passed into the magnifying atmosphere of the past.  Great and powerful as Ingersoll and Cook are, it is a great pleasure to turn from both to hear Wendling.  I speak only for myself.  Wendling adds to great subjects a pure and clear style.  His language, his logic, his imagination, his enunciation, his method, are all of the old Everett and Channing school.



PERSONAL NOTES
In reply to many inquiries we state that Mr. Wendling is and has been for many years an Episcopalian.  He had five years of college life at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and at Chicago University.  At the latter university he won the orator's prize, competed for by the entire freshman class, and was president of the first literary society organized in the university.  He is an honorary member of a number of college societies, including the famous American Whig Society of the University of Princeton.  His Greek Letter Society is D. K. E., Kappa Chapter, Miami University.  His winter address is the Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C.  In the summer his address is Charles Town, W. Va.





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BIOGRAPHICAL
George R. Wendling is a native of Illinois; after five years of university life was a young attorney with a large practice: was a brilliant jury lawyer, and one of the most distinguished members of the convention which framed the present constitution of Illinois: received an invitation from one of the leading bureaus to lecture: accepted the invitation, intending to remain on the platform only a few weeks.  His lectures achieved instant and wide popularity.  He has since given a portion of each year to the work: has withdrawn from the practice of law: devotes all of his time to literary labors: lives in Washington, D. C., during the winter, and in the summer at his country place at Charles Town, W. Va. Dr. Wendling filled 130 engagements during his first five months on the platform, and in the seven following years he filled over 1,300 engagements—a record not surpassed since the best days of Beecher, Gough, and Phillips.




Press Opinions
Atlanta Constitution

A grand triumph; surpassed even the highest expectations.  When he had finished speaking the crowd literally went wild with enthusiasm.


Denver News
His masterly flights of oratory held his audience entranced from the very beginning to the close.


Detroit Free Press
The lecture is an exceedingly able presentation, worthy its author's reputation, and an admirable example of close reasoning, apt illustration, beautiful and brilliant metaphor, thrilling eloquence, and lofty thought.


Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph
It was the last of the course and the crown of them all.  It was a great lecture.  Those who heard it will never have effaced from their memories the new impressions.

Indianapolis Sentinel

Last night the great audience hung on Wendling's every word, as with matchless eloquence he demonstrated that unseen reality—the creative power behind the created universe.


Louisville Courier-Journal [Editorial]
One of the most accomplished orators of America.  A loyal son of the North, he has laid upon the tomb of Jackson, the Christian soldier of the South, a wreath of laurel that will never fade.

Minneapolis Tribune

Popular in conception, scholarly in achievement, brilliant in effect.  By the power of his discourse he transported his listeners from the quiet atmosphere of a lecture room to the resistless agitation of a nation's upheaval.

Nashville American

Everyone who heard this lecture is vastly richer than he who did not hear it.  The lecture and its effect on the audience cannot be transferred to paper.


Syracuse (N. Y.) Standard [Editorial]
Beauty of diction, force of logic, and earnestness are the leading characteristics of Mr. Wendling on the platform.  His impassioned apostrophe was something never to be forgotten.  The delineation was masterful, the peroration was sublime.


St. Louis Globe Democrat [Editorial]
Mr. Wendling is easily at the head of the popular lecturers of the country at the present time, and this lecture is his best effort.



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