Dr. Andrew Johnson

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Dr. Andrew Johnson


DR. ANDREW JOHNSON
THE MAN WITH A MESSAGE THAT INSPIRES
THE FUTURE of the Lyceum is safe so long as such men as Dr. Andrew Johnson are willing to give up their other work and devote all their time to the platform.

Dr. Johnson, born 1874, in Tennessee, was left a homeless orphan at the age of twelve.  He worked as a printer's devil in the shop of the Murfreesboro FREE PRESS and slept in a livery stable.  When seventeen he determined to go to college.  When he arrived at the University of Tennessee he had boundless ambition—and two cents.  He later graduated from the Georgia Robinson Christian College near the top of his class, and for two years held the chair of Ancient History and Classics in this college.

The story of his struggle for an education, how he worked at the Agricultural Department of the University, arose at three o'clock every morning, milked cows, drove the milk wagon to the city, spent from eight in the morning 'till four in the evening in class rooms, returned to his work on the farm, and thus forced his way through a great university—such a story would inspire any young man.

He has held some of the best churches of his denomination, including the Dunham Christian Church of Cleveland.  His record there is a notable one and it was with deep regret that the board of trustees accepted his resignation when he decided to devote all his time to the Lyceum.  He has been before the public for seventeen years as minister, evangelist and lecturer.  Success has attended all of his efforts.

He has won distinction in the South and West as a debater of moral and civic questions.  Even his opponents say they were no match for him.  He has lectured hundreds of times and never had an adverse report.

Endowed by nature with a commanding platform presence and a voice of rare charm, he is a born orator, forceful and at times impassioned in delivery; a vigorous incisive thinker, unhampered by traditions, he deals with the questions which make for a high and noble manhood.

He is a capital story teller and his wit and humor are of the spontaneous kind that startles and convulses.  Entertaining, eloquent and inspiring, his messages give new visions and animate with new hopes.  He is an assured asset in the lyceum field.




LECTURE SUBJECTS

Eli and Dennis
IN THIS lecture Dr. Johnson presents a solution of the world's greatest question: the science of living.  It is a practical discussion of the elements which make up real life.  Among the things discussed are: How to get rich.  What relation does money sustain to riches.  How a man may be a pauper with millions and a success with poverty.  Who gets there Eli and whose name is Dennis.  Full of humor and pathos.



Prophets and Gourds
WHAT is the supreme desire of man?  Have you obtained it?  Are the actual and possible in life close together?  Is happiness dependent upon external or internal things?  Was there ever a man little enough to be satisfied by this world?  This lecture is said by many to contain some of the noblest philosophy on the American platform.



The Broken Wedding Bell
IS THE Home the source of power in the state?  Is divorce an evil?  Should there be stricter divorce laws or stricter marriage laws?  Is divorce a result of our civilization?  Does poverty endanger our homes?  Is the difference between the child in the tenement and the child in the mansion merely a financial one?  Is the average home a fit place to rear a child?



Man as He Was, as He Is, and as He Will Be
Specially prepared for Institutes and Schools.



Sunday Sermon Lectures

Samson the Athlete
Belshazzar, or the Folly of a Drunken Ruler
The Man Up a Tree
Take It by the Tail




What Others Say
Fredericktown, Ohio, Chautauqua.—Dr. Andrew Johnson delivered two splendid lectures.  He is a fine speaker and has a noble philosophy.  He is a master of the platform, possesses the largest fund of good stories I have ever heard, and I have never listened to but one other person who could tell them as well.  He carried the audience with a swing and made them laugh whether they wanted to or not.—Rev. J. B. Jones, Manager.

Cleveland, Ohio.—Dr. Andrew Johnson appeared on our lecture course and gave us a great lecture on Eli and Dennis.  Our verdict is that there are none better.—E. N. Wacob, Manager.

Chautauqua, Mechanicsburg, Ohio.—Dr. Johnson has a real message, and his manner of treating it is admirable.  His whole lecture is sparkling with wit.  He delighted every person present.—Dr. J. W. Magruder, Manager.


King City, Mo., Chronicle.
—Dr. Andrew Johnson gave his big audience a lecture that was a fine effort.

Silver Lake Chautauqua, Ohio.—Dr. Andrew Johnson delivered his lecture on Eli and Dennis at our Chautauqua, and it was fine.  We heard people say, while leaving the grounds, that it was the best thing on the program up to that time.—Dr. W. L. Davidson, Manager.


Chetopa, Kan., Advance.
—Dr. Andrew Johnson's lecture was a rare treat.  His pleasing delivery, eloquent descriptive power and humorous anecdotes so delightfully entertained his audience that the hour and a half seemed only a few minutes.


Douglas, Kan., Tribune.
—Dr. Andrew Johnson, the eloquent.  He is among the best and most entertaining speakers of the whole country.  With no apparent effort on his part, high ideas were clothed in language most beautiful and uttered in a voice that was clear, calm and becoming.  Any place should be proud to claim him.


Altamont, Kan., Journal.
—Dr. Johnson is one of the few good lecturers of this country who is really adapted for the platform.



Bethany, Mo., Chautauqua.
—Dr. Johnson is an eloquent speaker and a fine entertainer.  You will enjoy his eloquence and his ideas, his humor, the wholesome truths and the comforting gospel he proclaims.  He instructs, uplifts and thoroughly entertains.  We heartily recommend him.


Judge H. L. Grigsby, Chickasha, Okla.
—I have heard every lecturer of national reputation who has been before the public for the last twenty years, and I have no hesitancy in saying that Dr. Andrew Johnson is at the head of the list.  He is one of those rare souls who gets at the heart of his subject and also at the heart of his hearers.  Any audience, no matter how critical, will be charmed by his masterful delivery.

Prof. R. H. Wilson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction (Oklahoma).—It has been my good fortune to hear Dr. Andrew Johnson in the pulpit and on the lecture platform and, in my judgment, he has not a superior in the whole country.  He has a message and knows how to deliver it with that rare charm which makes men love high ideals and try to live them.  His wit and humor fascinate his hearers and stamp him as one of the greatest platform speakers and entertainers in America.


Gilman City, Mo., Guide.
—As a lecturer and entertainer, Dr. Johnson ranks with the best.  He handled his subject, Eli and Dennis, with consummate skill, imparting fundamental truths, delineating human character and depicting the common errors which beset the whole human race.  The management is to be complimented on securing him.


Cainesville, Mo., News.
—Dr. Andrew Johnson delivered a masterful address that captivated the audience.  The popular platform orator certainly scored a big hit at Cainsville.


Picayune, New Orleans, La.
—Dr. Andrew Johnson is a great lecturer.


Daily American, Nashville, Tenn.
—One of the best speakers who has been in our city.


Hohenwald, Tenn., Herald.
—His lecture is a treat.  We enjoyed it to the limit.


Bethany, Mo., Democrat.
—Dr. Johnson entertained his hearers ably for an hour and a half and kept them alternating between smiles and serious practical thought.  His theme was Eli and Dennis.  He is one of the most successful platform orators who ever visited this country.  He has an endless supply of refreshing stories, and his oratorical flights are a delight to his audience.


Modern Light, Columbus, Kan.
—Dr. Andrew Johnson is a brilliant lecturer and orator.  His address was fully the equal of anything ever given in the big pavillion where so many noted men have appeared.


King City, Mo., Chautauqua.
—Dr. Andrew Johnson made good as a lecturer and entertainer, an socially besides.


Chautauqua, Coffeyville, Kan.
—Dr. Johnson is a lecturer of the first class, possessing a sunny disposition, a splendid voice and a rare fund of wit and humor.  He is an orator and will delight all who hear him.


Douglas, Kan., Tribune.
—We have been associated with a great educational institution and have heard all the best speakers of the country, yet we never heard a better or more entertaining speaker than Dr. Johnson.


Franklin Co. Times, Winchester, Tenn.
—Dr. Johnson is the possessor of a magnificent voice.  His lecture was a complete success, and he carried his audience with him, as the gamut was run from grave to gay, and from the sublime to the ridiculous.


Hon. Lee Cruse, Governor of Oklahoma.
—I unhesitatingly commend Dr. Johnson as a splendid Christian gentleman, and a speaker of power.  He is logical and entertaining.


Bethany, Mo., Republican.
—He will entertain any audience.


Augusta, Kan., Journal.
—One of the most eloquent of pulpit orators.


Apache Review.
—Dr. Johnson is one of the best lecturers on the American platform.

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