Father Edward P. Graham: lecturer

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Father Edward P. Graham LECTURER


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FATHER EDWARD P. GRAHAM



F
ATHER GRAHAM is pastor of the Holy Angels Church of Sandusky, and is a speaker of wide reputation.  He is scholarly, witty and profound.  He is popular with the masses and his lectures appeal alike to cultured and highly educated audiences.




He has refused more engagements than he has been able to fill because of his parish work and for the present season will fill only a limited number of engagements.  He is a brilliant orator, has traveled widely and is well informed, has something to say and is in earnest.  He is known also as a writer and author.  He is broad-minded and his lectures will appeal as much to the non-Catholic as to the Catholic.





WHAT HIS LECTURES TREAT OF
THE GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY

THIS is a lecture combining solid instruction and genuine pleasure.  First, briefly is sketched the true theory of government in paragraphs made picturesque by clear-cut illustrations; then the various forms of government are passed in brisk review as in a panorama, and finally the planting and growth of the tree of liberty is depicted and the sunshine and thorns which fell to its lot until, in sentences glowing with force, truth and patriotism, it is shown that this fair tree reached its most perfect development and produced its most luxuriant fruit under the protection of the Stars and Stripes.  In this lecture is clearly seen the historic fact that it is to the influence of Christianity, working slowly and painfully through centuries, that Democracy or Republicanism owes its proper development.  In the course of the lecture such questions as these are put and answered:  What is a government?  How many kinds may there be?  Whence comes the power of making laws?  What does 
the divine right of kings
 really mean?  What is the meaning of 
Vox populi, vox Dei
?  When did democracy begin to be?  What hindered its growth at various times?  Had Christianity anything to do with its origin or development?  Are we truly democratic?  What is the great and only safeguard of a republican form of government?  Have we that safeguard?







THE GRAVE WITHOUT AN EPITAPH



A SPLENDID lecture on Robert Emmet.  The old man in the cemetery—Robert Emmet's youth—His studies and dreams—His plans and rebellion—Why he fought against England—His love for his promised bride and for his native land—Tom Moore's exquisite poems on him—Washington Irving's Chapter—His sad death—His marvellous and soul-stirring speech from the dock.





THOMAS MOORE



IN THIS lecture the person and personality of the author of the Irish Melodies is sketched and described in vivid and picturesque style.  Lalla Rookh with its gorgeous Eastern coloring is recalled, his American poems, comic and serious, are touched on and some of his most exquisite songs are recited.  The Poet's service to his country, his real worth, exquisite sensibility and genuine genius are shown and his position in the temple of fame justified.  Like to the music of his native land the lecture ranges from grave to gay and the tear and the smile chase one another alternately throughout the address which has won the applause of critics of very diverse shades of thought.





REASON AND RELIGION



ASKS and answers the question 
What is Religion?
 in a way that captivates the attention from beginning to end.  Its originality is beyond doubt.  Not a mere stringing together of vague generalities and pretty sentiments but a clear, logical statement of the foundations upon which religion rests.  Questions on the soul, on the Creator and His nature come up and are treated in simple language and illustrated by examples from every day phenomena.  No difficulties are avoided.  Deep as human thought can go, treating a subject the most vital and momentous, yet it is given with such clearness of exposition that a child can grasp it and the professional man appreciate its force.  Enlivened throughout by a kindly humor, both believers and non-believers have admitted that this lecture has changed the whole current of their thoughts.  The lecture entitled 
Reason and Religion
 is sometimes divided into two, one treating entirely of the Creator and the other exclusively the Soul.  This gives an opportunity to handle these two subjects at greater length.  This division is recommended especially for Chautauquas.  Fr. Graham considers this lecture his most useful and most interesting one.






FATHER EDWARD P. GRAHAM
PRESS AND PERSONAL MENTION

St. Paul.
—Rev. E. P. Graham has a wholesome and exceedingly bright manner of divesting a scientific fact of its weighty clothing of verbiage and holding it up to view, naked and wriggling uncomfortably, while he inspects its anatomy to see if it is really alive or merely a machine-made fact.  His lectures were replete with bright figures and ran up the attendance to the topnotch figure.—


Dispatch.




Marion, O.
—As an orator Father Graham has few equals.—


Leader.




East Liverpool, O.
—Rev. Graham delivered one of his masterly addresses to a large and appreciative audience.—


Crisis.




Toledo.
—Every one enjoyed the earnest and eloquent address, delivered by Rev. Graham.  As an orator he has few equals.—


Blade.




Lisbon, O.
—The Rev. E. P. Graham is drawing large crowds.  The lectures are able, brilliant and convincing.  He is one of the wittiest lecturers we have heard in many years.—


Patriot.




Shelby, O.
—Rev. Graham is admirably fitted for public speaking.  He is a man of education, of cordial bearing and pleasing appearance.  He holds the attention of all from first to last.—


Globe.




Akron.
—Rev. Graham is a most enthusiastic speaker, and most eloquent were the words used in his powerful address.  It is one which will linger in the minds of the audience for years, and some of the parts were so impressive that they will never be forgotten.—


Democrat.




Canton.
—Rev. Graham is well styled the 
silver tongued orator.
  Canton has heard many of the ablest lecturers, but we can well say that Rev. Graham is a better, more pleasing and more popular lecturer than any of those we have heard.  His appearance is always a guarantee of a large audience.—


Repository.




Wichita, Kans.
—A remarkably polished man of extraordinary eloquence.—


Daily Eagle.




Youngstown.
—Rev. E. P. Graham is one of the most eloquent learned divines that ever occupied a pulpit in Youngstown.  He demonstrated his ability as a theologian, lecturer and pleasing speaker.  He will always be greeted with a large audience, whenever he appears in Youngstown.—


Vindicator.




Evansville.
—The lecture was one of the finest ever delivered in the city and had as its subject, 
Reason and Religion.
  It was admirably handled, the speaker dealing with his subject in such a manner that any one could understand his full meaning.  He used simple terms and thus made himself clear to all and his address was spiced with narrative and anecdote.—


Evening Journal.




Detroit.
—Rev. Edward P. Graham is a most entertaining speaker and handled his subject, 
Thomas Moore,
 in a delightful manner.  Father Graham in his lecture on 
Tom Moore
 surprised all with his splendid ability as a lecturer.  He has dramatic fire and his delineation of Erin's poet-genius was masterful.—


Free Press.




Lima.
—About 2000 people gathered, last night, to hear the closing address given by Rev. Graham.  It certainly was a master-piece of oratory and held the audience spellbound, from first to last, and was immensely enjoyed by all present.  It is the consensus of opinion of those who heard him, that his marvellous address surpassed anything ever heard on a similar occasion in this city.—


Republican-Gazette.




The Pioneer Press, St. Paul.


—Father Graham's lecture, 
The Growth of Democracy,
 proved to be the very best given in the entire course this year.  The committee did well to reserve such a treat for the end.  Father Graham has very deservedly gained a national reputation as an orator.




Sandusky.


—A lecture by Father Graham has always been the signal for a literary treat and invariably there is a large audience present to hear him.  There was no exception to the rule last night and Carnegie Hall was well filled to hear his lecture, 
A Tomb without an Epitaph.
  Father Graham's address was a brilliant one in many ways.  In giving the dramatic speech of Robert Emmet, when he uttered the words, 
Let no man write my epitaph until Ireland is free!
  the eloquent orator moved the audience to tears.




St. Paul.
—Father Graham's lecture, 
The Growth of Democracy,
 was witty, pointed, and convincing, as were his two previous lectures in this city.  His audience interrupted him with frequent applause, as Father Graham's audiences always do.  As before, the lecturer was more particular as to the quality of the nail he wished to drive home, than that the hammer should be of gilt.—


The Northwestern Chronicle.




New York.
—His subjects were not in the common run and proved very popular.  
Reason and Religion
 was a very interesting lecture, altogether out of the ordinary and delivered in a most pleasing and comprehensive manner.—


Champlain Educator.







Cleveland.
—No lecturer who has ever appeared in the Catholic Club lecture course made a deeper or more favorable impression than the Rev. E. P. Graham, whose brilliant, entertaining and illuminating exposition of the common-sense argument for religion was listened to by a large and delighted audience Wednesday evening.  Father Graham set out to prove the necessity of religion and the truth of the Christian philosophy, without appealing to revelation or any of the stock religious arguments, by a process of reasoning easily comprehensible to the intelligence of the man in the street.  He attacked the most profound philosophical questions with an ease and lucidity, a flashing wit, that created clear daylight in the midst of many fogs.  He discarded the confusing terms under which learned philosophers often conceal their own confusion of thought.  Father Graham has an amazing fertility and felicity of illustration.  He is a teacher par excellence, piling proof upon proof with a mental agility only less remarkable than his keenness of penetration.  There is absolutely no escape from his conclusions, or from the understanding of his arguments.—


Universe.




Wathena, Kans.
—Two of the most brilliant lectures given at our Chautauqua this season were those delivered by Rev. E. P. Graham.  He drew large audiences and the lectures were scholarly, witty and beneficial.  The appearance and delivery of Rev. Graham is attractive and convincing.  He will win anywhere.
— Edwin L. Barker, Platform Manager.




Lima.
—For an hour he held the undivided attention of the vast assemblage and it was the consensus of opinion of those who heard him that his marvellous address surpassed any sermon ever heard upon a similar occasion in Lima.—


Times Democrat.




Canton.
—The immense audience was so moved by Fr. Graham's pathos that old and young wept, and then so aroused by his patriotic eloquence that, forgetting the solemnity of the place, they burst out into applause.—


Press.




Dayton.
—Father Graham's discourse was splendid.  it was a magnificent conclusion to his series of most impressive and eloquent lectures.—


Journal.




Detroit.
—The Rev. Edward P. Graham is one of the best lecturers the Catholic Summer School has offered this season.—


News.




Alliance.
—Those who failed to hear the lecture by Father Graham missed one of the finest ever given in Alliance.—


Post.




Celina, O.
—Rev. Graham has proved himself to be a very powerful and witty speaker.—


News-Democrat.




Kenton, O.
—Rev. Graham is drawing immense crowds, and his lectures are able, brilliant and convincing.—


News.




St. Joseph, Mo.
—Rev. Graham's discourse was scholarly and masterful.  He is a pleasing talker and never fails to interest everybody who hears him.—


Gazette.




Tiffin, O.
—Rev. E. P. Graham's lecture at Noble's Opera House, last evening, was an intellectual treat.  For clean-cut, polished words, delivered in an interesting and eloquent manner, the reverend gentleman certainly excels any platform speaker heard here for many a day.  Wit, eloquence, comedy and pathos are interwoven in Rev. Graham's lectures to a degree that makes his listeners attentive at all times; no matter what his subject may be.—


Daily Advertiser.




Mansfield.
—Rev. Graham is a versatile speaker, at times serious and enthusiastic, ever shooting forth gleams of drollery and wit, but always intensely interesting.—


Daily Shield.




Springfield, O.
—Father Edward P. Graham's lecture was clean, clear cut, logical and oratorical.  It was the best analysis of the subject the people here have ever had the opportunity of hearing.  Ministers declared it contained some of the deepest thought they had ever heard brought out in any lecture.  Father Graham has a national reputation along these lines, and he has delivered several startling lectures before student bodies or universities.  His coming filled the program in a place it was weak.—


Sun.




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