Col. G. A. Gearhart

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Col. G. A. Gearhart



Management Midland Lyceum Bureau-Des Moines, la.





Col. G. A. Gearhart



T
HE Midland Lyceum Bureau herewith presents Col. George A. Gearhart, lecturer, both to organizers of courses and the public whose patronage they solicit.  The Midland Lyceum Bureau has an established reputation of its own that entitles and wins for it perfect faith in its statements concerning any attraction it presents; but to facilitate the choice for committees, and to assist them in 
drawing to the box office
 by showing the public what to expect if they attend, as well as what they will miss if they do not, a very small proportion of the harvest of tributes the Colonel has reaped in the triumphal march of his career will be given herewith.  We could show the American newspapers vieing with each other to express the admiration he impels, and personal tributes and testimonials tendered by divines, instructors, statesmen and such great-hearted men who live in the mental region, but what we present, we feel sure, will suffice to support our statements.  The following are his





Subjects:



Footprints of the Centuries


The Coming Man


Civic Righteousness


America's Greatness


The Civil War






Mr. Gearhart is a master of rhetoric.—


Call, San Francisco, California




With Gearhart word's are electrified.—


Register, Torrington, Connecticut




A most forceful presentment of truth, adorned with beautiful diction and eloquence.—


Rev. W. A. Titley, Kennett, Missouri




A speaker of exceptional ability and marvelous control of language.—


News and Sentinel. Washburn, Wisconsin




Notable in its rythm and beauty of diction.—


Daily Star, Pipestone, Minesota




Entranced for two hours.—


Woman's Study Club, Whitefield, New Hampshire




Gearhart was a surprise.  Much was expected; he gave more.—


Iowegian, Centerville, Iowa




Each orator had a good crowd, but Gearhart was the strongest of the lot.—


Herald, Indianola, Iowa







Col. G. A. Gearhart recently delivered his splendid lecture, entitled 
Footprints of the Centuries,
 to a large audience of the most select and appreciative people of the city.  By common consent it was adjudged the most able and eloquent utterance delivered here in many years.  For myself, I have never heard as complete, earnest and instructive portrayal of the marvelous progress of Christian civilization.  A fearless embodiment of truth, it is more—an unanswerable argument for God in history and the Christ in human achievements—a powerful message from the lecture platform.  It has a mighty message; let it be heard by every patriot, whether he be Christian or not.—


J. T. Pritchett, Pastor M. E. Church, South Higginsville, Missouri




Colonel Gearhart's splendid address on 
Civic Righteousness
 contained a lesson for every hearer.  How any young man could go out from Colonel Gearhart's magnificent presence and take up the trend of his life in just the same way is beyond our conception.  Such advice as he gave must burn its way into every young man's heart, to abide there forever and to start therein impulses for all that is high and good in life.—


The Leigh World, Leigh, Nebraska




The Coming Man,
 was a lecture worth double the price of admission.  Yes, ten times—for what are a few dollars and cents compared to the moral uplifting of a young man or woman?—


The Herald, Pilger, Nebraska




Colonel Gearhart has a way all his own, which is a very taking way.  His mastery of the English language is superb, his diction is both poetic and forceful, and he has a magnificent voice which carries a long distance and is a keen pleasure to hear.—


The Oakland Acorn, Oakland, Iowa




The lecture, 
The Footprints of the Centuries,
 was the best of the first-class series that is being presented.  Colonel Gearhart is an orator, holding his listeners' attention from the opening sentence to the close.  With his remarkable command of language and his keen analysis of situations, he painted pictures where most speakers would juggle figures.—


Evening Tribune, Fremont, Nebraska




The finest lecture ever given in this city by any lecturer.  The Republican wishes that a purse might be raised and that every young man be given a free ticket to hear this great lecture.—


McHenry County Republican, Woodstock, Illinois




Mr. G. A. Gearhart's lecture was by far the best given in the Citizens' Course this season.  He was not a stranger to our people, and this lecture has placed him still more firmly in our already high appreciation of his ability.—


Ingham County News, Mason, Michigan







A fairly volcanic torrent of forensic eloquence—


Daily Star, Niles, Michigan





COL. G. A. GEARHART



Of 
Civic Righteousness
 and 
The Coming Man,
 The Calhoun County Republican says:  We do not exaggerate when we say that these were two of the very finest lectures ever delivered in Rockwell City, Iowa.  Polished language, grand thought beautifully expressed in glowing, forceful imagery, splendid, easy delivery and more than all, the burning and vital message on the moral issues facing our people and the hidden dangers threatening the nation's life—all these things, in addition to the strong, magnetic personality of the speaker, combined to make these lectures sublimely inspiring and elevating.




In a notice of 
The Footprints of the Centuries,
 the following was said:  We expected to hear an orator, but we did not anticipate a poet, as was revealed and exhibited by Col. G. A. Gearhart in a fairly volcanic torrent of forensic eloquence from the platform of Bullard's hall in the High School course last night.  If ever one is entitled to say 
I told you so!
  it is he who exploited this speaker.  He exhibited erudition, research, profound wisdom, a devotional spirit and in passages was fairly prophetic.  And when to the rhyme of the poet he lent the music of his voice, the combination was irresistibly admiration compelling.  For over an hour and a half that man held his audience as we have not seen one held since the days of Major Dane.  He showed the strides our part of the world had made, showed where it still was weak and with burning eloquence pointed out ways of bettermnt and plead for adoption.  It was truly an uplifting lecture.  We shall all hunger to hear him until he comes again.—


Niles Daily Star, Niles, Michigan




Mr. Gearhart was listened to with breathless interest.  We have had few speakers in Hartford who have been so universally well spoken of by the people who heard them, as was Mr. Gearhart at the close of his lecture.  So pleased were the officers of the Y. M. C. A. that they immediately decided to invite Mr. Gearhart to deliver the anniversary address of the Association in May.—


Noel H. Jacks, Secretary Y. M. C. A., Hartford, Connecticut




Colonel Gearhart is of the Wendell Phillips type of orator, and he certainly ranks among the first lecturers of the day.  His personality is commanding, his dignified bearing that of a cultured gentleman.  His dress is faultless, his voice deep, evenly modulated and resonant.  His sentences are epigramatic and well balanced, and his thought of the highest.—


Daily Bulletin, Rochester, Minnesota






The Register and Leader Co., Des Moines