S. W. Gilkey

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S. W. GILKEY



THE
 Keystone of the Lyceum arch is the popular lecturer who has a vital message and a burning desire to distribute his creed to his fellow men.  To belong to this class a man must be an earnest student of the living questions of the day, and be filled with a wide sympathy for humanity.




Of such type is S. W. Gilkey, a deep student, a close observer, of wide experience and having a kindly feeling of fellowship for the masses.  In his busy life as laborer, school teacher, editor, college professor and minister he has come into close contact with many men of many minds.  It is from such wide acquaintance and vital life experiences that he has developed the creed around which center all of his public utterances.




His reputation as a scholar and orator has been gained through hard work and his success on the lyceum platform is due to that earnestness, energy and enthusiasm which characterize every line of work he undertakes.  That there is an increasing demand for his lectures attests to his popularity.





HIS BELIEFS



Making the most of life.


The culture of cheerfulness.


A broad charity for others.


The facing of difficulties.


The promotion of peace efforts.


The 
Square Deal
 for all.


The overcoming power of truth.


Letting in the sunshine.





HIS AFFILIATIONS



Member of The American Peace Society.


Member of the American Association for International Conciliation.


Member of the American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes.


Correspondent of The Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration.


Member of International Lyceum Ass'n.





HIS LECTURES



THE VISION OF PEACE


THE CHARM OF FAIR PLAY


THE EXCELLENCY OF POWER


DOLLARS AND SENSE





S. W. GILKEY


TRENDS OF THOUGHT
THE VISION OF PEACE



T
HIS vision has been seen by the wisest and best men of many centuries.  It is seen by multitudes today.  Because of this the peace movement is growing rapidly, overcoming great hindrances, pursuing effective plans, and has behind it social, financial, political and religious forces of great power.  Good reasons abound why America should take the leadership in this great movement.  The audience is gripped with the array of facts, argument and appeal, rhetorical finish, wit and humor, and forceful delivery, with which this subject is presented.





THE CHARM OF FAIR PLAY



F
EW things are more beautiful than a group of playing children, and the charm of it all is their innocence.  Young people love play and should have it, and older people are the better for it.  But the charm of all play is fairness.  Work and play are much alike, and in the game of life peace and happiness are found where fair play reigns.  The joy of home life, the pleasure of society, the peace of the business world, the glory of politics, and the good of the church rest upon the spirit of the square deal.  These things are presented with such force and copious illustration as to make the audience see the infinite value and feel the charm of fair play.





THE EXCELLENCY OF POWER



T
HE love of power is innate.  The boy is curious to see and understand it and the man to own and control it.  Many are the kinds of power, but one great fact pertains to them all—they are excellent, or not, according to their use and application.  This is illustrated in the case of water, steam, electricity, dynamite, money, knowledge, affection, church and state.  The right use of power is emphasized, and the necessity of the right motive in gaining and employing it is made plain by forceful facts and carefully selected illustrations.





DOLLARS AND SENSE



T
HE gold dollar is an ideal coin in at least two ways.  It is a good measure of our resources and has its real existence in larger coins.  Men realize its necessity and power and want the wealth it measures and brings.  But many people adopt wrong, foolish and queer ways of getting money and others are just as unwise and silly in their ways of spending it.  Men of sense show it by their just methods of obtaining their money and by their good judgment and discriminate generosity in its distribution.  Many illustrations are used to elucidate and enforce the subject and to enliven its discussion.  Society is divided into four classes, and each class is used to show the value of good common sense.  This lecture and The Vision of Peace are the more humorous.





BIOGRAPHICAL



Born and reared on a Pennsylvania farm


By school teaching and day labor secured college education.


Completed a course in a Theological Seminary.


Filled a successful pastorate in Kansas.


Edited a Kansas newspaper three years.


Spent several years as a College Professor in Missouri.


Returned to the Ministry and held a twenty years pastorate in Pennsylvania.


Now pastor of a flourishing congregation in Central Ohio.






FROM THE PRESS



Canton, O.
—
On March 12th I heard S. W. Gilkey's lecture on 
The Vision of Peace.
  It is a lecture worth while—filled with good thoughts upon live modern day issues.




I regard it as a positive aid to the great present day peace movement among nations in that it portrays with clearness and force the utter futility of wars and the positive christian and civic advantages of arbitration.
—
Hon. James A. Rice.




Evening Chronicle-News.  Trinidad, Col.


—One of the pleasing features of the winter's lecture course which has been going on at the Presbyterian Church was the lecture given last night by S. W. Gilkey.  There was a large and appreciative audience in attendance and the lecture pleased them very much.




The Enterprise, Burgettstown, Pa.


—S. W. Gilkey delivered a lecture on Tuesday evening, May 8th, at the Robison Church.  The lecture was comprehensive, instructive and entertaining.  His is an important message to our age, and should be widely heard.




The Evening Telegram. Garden City, Kas.


—S. W. Gilkey's lecture at the Presbyterian Church last night was well attended.  It was greatly appreciated by all who heard it.  The lecture was a carefully considered treatment of daily problems, and was filled with both humor and hard sense.




The Trinidad (Colo.) Advertiser.


—S. W. Gilkey, a well-known lecturer, spoke to a large audience last evening and was greatly appreciated by all who heard him.  Mr. Gilkey has a fine personality, and his lecture abounds in sound common sense and valuable advice.




The Evening Record, Greenville. Pa.


—Mr. Gilkey's lecture proved to be a treat.  He is a forceful and entertaining speaker and delighted his hearers.




The Pittsgurgh Press.


—S. W. Gilkey delivered an interesting lecture in Allegheny Tuesday evening.  He is a forceful speaker, and the lecture was well prepared and ably delivered.  It is practical, and interspersed with wit.




Newark (N. J.) Daily Advertiser.


—S. W. Gilkey lectured in the Sixth Presbyterian Church and for an hour and a half held the close attention of the audience while he presented an argument for the right use of money.  He gave many illustrations of a humorous character to illustrate the theme.  It was the second lecture in the course.




Washington (Ia.) Democrat.


—Mr. Gilkey gave a lecture in the First Church last Tuesday evening.  It was full of anecdotes which were practically applied and well told.  He gave a good lecture.




The Western Press, Mercer, Pa.


—A good audience of our most intelligent people in Mercer heard his lecture with great pleasure and delight.  His thorough discussion of his subject is presented in a most attractive manner.




Youngstown (O.) Daily Vindicator.


—An intelligent and quite a large audience collected in Gibson's Hall last evening to hear S. W. Gilkey.  He had been heralded as an entertaining, gifted orator, as well as a scholarly man—and in his address last evening certainly proved himself worthy of all the pretty things said in advance.  In a comprehensive, logical, and at the same time rather humorous way, he handled his subject.  He certainly made a very favorable impression on his hearers, and will be cordially welcomed on the occasion of a return visit.




The United Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, Pa.


—S. W. Gilkey delivered his lecture in Allegheny Tuesday evening, February 4th, to a highly delighted audience.  The lecturer treats his subject in a scholarly manner, and presents to his audience a lecture both instructive and entertaining.




The Washington (Ia.) Press.


—S. W. Gilkey entertained the audience an hour and a half.  He has a good platform presence, speaks easily and distinctly, and enlivens his discourse with humorous illustrations.




The Republican Standard, Carrollton, O.


—The many good judges of a popular lecture who listened to S. W. Gilkey in Carrollton, on Wednesday evening of last week, pronounced it excellent in thought, fine in literature, oratorical in delivery, and superior to any of the regular course number of this or last season.




Washington (Ia.) Gazette.


—He is a scholarly and able man, and his lecture abounds in bright sayings and is very entertaining.




The Christian Union Herald, Pittsburgh, Pa.


—S. W. Gilkey delivered his lecture on 
Dollars and Sense
 to an appreciative audience in the Fifth Church, Allegheny, Tuesday evening, February 4th.  The lecture abounds in wisdom and humor.




The Greenville (Pa.) Progress.


—The lecture was full of hard, common sense, and was listened to by an appreciative audience.




The News-Democrat, Canton, O.


—S. W. Gilkey, one of the foremost advocates of international peace and a speaker of wide reputation, spoke in the Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon on 
A Vision of Peace,
 in which he predicted the time when wars will be abandoned and international difficulties will be settled by arbitration.





PERSONAL LETTERS



Prof. Albert E. Maltby, Principal State Normal School, Slippery Rock, Pa.
—
S. W. Gilkey gave a popular lecture before our body of students and the people of this town.  It was received with high approval, and I am sure that all who heard the lecturer will be glad to listen to his eloquent addresses should an opportunity to hear him again be offered.




Rev. W. M. Barr, West Middlesex, Pa.
—
S. W. Gilkey lectured in the Lackawannock church, on Tuesday evening.  November 26th.  An appreciative audience listened to him with pleasure.  The lecture was excellent in style and subject matter.  It was also very timely and well delivered.




Prof. D. A. McClenahan, D. D., Allegheny, Pa.
—
Mr. Gilkey's lecture on 
Dollars and Sense
 is instructive beyond the usual lecture.  It is packed with good, wholesome instruction.  Its English is of a high order.  And withal it is bright, sparkling and filled with stories which serve to enforce the points made and to keep the audience in laughing humor.  It deserves a wide hearing.




W. E. Slemmons, D. D., Washington, Pa
—
I have had the pleasure of hearing S. W. Gilkey's lecture on 
Dollars and Sense
 and can commend it as full of sound sense on the subject of the great American charactertistic—the strenuous pursuit of 
the almighty dollar.
  The lecture shows research, is full of instruction and wholesome advice, abounds in humorous passages, and will entertain and benefit those who hear it.




Rev. R. T. McCrea, Fresno, O.
—
The people who listened to S. W. Gilkey's lecture in Fresno and Amity were highly pleased with it and feel that those that did not hear it missed a treat.  Many of them would endorse the very strongest statements in regard to its excellence.  It is indeed a great lecture.




Rev. David Reed Miller, D. D., Pittsburgh, Pa.
—
The lecture by Dr. Gilkey was a good one.  It was interesting, instructive, helpful, meritorious.  The subject was handled with ability and to the edification of his audience.




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