Hon. Timothy T. Ansberry

              HON. TIMOTHY T. ANSBERRY
Congressman from Ohio
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Bureau Announcement
THERE is everywhere a desire on the Chautauqua Platform
for men   who   have   achieved   distinction   in   public  life--men who have stood   for   high   ideals   and   who   are   ac- knowledged by their compeers to possess rare   oratorical
Such a man is the HON. TIMOTHY T. ANSBER-RY, three times Congressman from Ohio, a man who, in the present House of Representatives, has won his way by faithfulness to duty, broad and patriotic statesmanship, and by oratory of the highest type. He has appeared on many platforms and always with success.
He has a pleasing platform personality. He is an earnest and devoted member of the Roman Catholic Church and he is one of the most command¬ing Democrats in the present House of Representatives.
For Sundays his lecture on "The Trial of Christ from a Lawyer's Stand-point," or on any other day for that matter, coming as it does from a politician of wide reputation, will have commanding force. For week days his lecture on "Thumb-nail Sketches of Congressional Characters" is breezy and full of incident with much of humor commingled. It gives a happy and profitable hour.
Among the politicians available for Chautauqua work, none will give greater satisfaction than Mr. Ansberry.
Lecture Themes
1.	—"The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint" 2. —"Thumb-nail Sketches of Congressional Characters"
2.	-- "Thumb-nail Sketches of Congressional Characters"
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Statement
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have given us a faithful account of the arrest, trial, and execution of Jesus Christ. An examination of the Jewish and Roman Laws discloses that the forms of law were grossly violated, and thus enables a laymen to more full appreciate the enormity of the crime against law and order committed by the Romans to enable the ruling classes among the Jews to gratify their spleen and hatred for the young man, who, coming from an outlying province to the great city of Jerusalem, exposed their fallacies and threatened their influence. It must not be supposed that the great body of the Jewish people cherished a hatred or even ill will toward Christ. Many heard him,— only a few believed. All, however, were more or less impressed, and those in authority — the politicians — feared his growing favor, and particularly since he aimed darts of sarcasm at their practices. A great festival was to be held in the city and under guise of the excitement produced by hun¬dreds of thousands of strangers within the city, a plot was formed — as deep, as dark, and as diabolical as was ever concocted by the minds of corrupt men. Christ was the victim of that plot, and, while the law was invoked, it was only a subterfuge, and even then must have failed miserably but for the political cowardice of Pilate, the Roman governor.
THE TRIAL OF CHRIST.— An audience of representative business and professional men that taxed the seating capacity of the Association Hall heard with sustained interest the brilliant arraignment of the illegal and unjust trial of Jesus delivered by the Hon. T. T. Ansberry, Member of Congress from Ohio, on Sunday alter noon, February 19th.
Mr. Ansberry stated, in beginning his address, that he spoke from the standpoint of a lawyer, after careful study of Roman and Jewish law and ordinary court procedure of the time of Jesus, and he conclusively showed how prece¬dent, law and justice were violated by the pre¬judiced and rabid leaders of the Jews in their desire to secure the death of the Son of Man. The word picture of the betrayal, arrest and several trials of Christ was clear, vivid, and of great value in helping to turn the attention of men to the greatest event  in history.
Many lawyers and law students were in the audience, and a number expressed their enjoy¬ment and appreciation of the address. We feel that we owe a debt of thanks to Mr. Ansberry which we take this occasion to express.— Baltimore Men.
MR. ANSBERRY'S ADDRESS The   Hon.   T.   T.   Ansberry,   Representative
from the Slate of Ohio, gave a remarkiable address last Sunday afternoon at the New National Theater on "The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint." The address from start to finish gave evidence of a vast amount of reading the lecturer had done upon the subject. He laid the foundation for his recital of the events leading up to the final crucifixion of Jesus most carefully. The situation regarding Hebrew and Roman law was made perfectly clear. Then step by step he exhibited the five points in the Trial of Jesus, and concluded in a remarkable climax in which there was manifested all of the strength of the orator and of the judicial mind. We have heard Mr. Chandler of New York on this theme, and while he is a greater orator, we should unhesitatingly commend the address of Mr. Ansberry as altogether the more impressive and comprehensive recital of the facts with regard to the tragedy of Jesus we have heard. — Men   of   Washington.
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Herewith please find check to cover your expenses in connection with the address you made for us on the afternoon of February 19th; also clipping from the "Baltimore American" Monday, the 20th. The "Sun" promised us a write-up on this address hut claims that it was crowded out on acccount of the extraordinary long session of Congress at that time to which they gave large space. Our Association paper comes out about the middle of March, and we will send you a copy which will have reference to the address.
I want to thank you again for your kindness as well as the splendid contribution to our Men's Meeting in the address of "The Trial of Christ from a Lawyer's View-Point."— W. S. Stallings, Secretary, Baltimore, Md., Y. M. C. A.
I waited a day or two before writing you in order to gel the opinion of several of our lawyers in regard to the address you gave US Sunday afternoon on "'The Trial of Christ from a Law¬yer's View-Point." I have spoken to several of the legal fraternity as well as two or three of our prominent men in business life, and without an exception everyone pronounces it one of the finest lectures on the subject they ever heard. It was thorough, convincing, illuminating, and delivered with a force and eloquence that made it entertaining in the highest degree. It was a masterly presentation of the great subject.
I am writing to thank you on behalf of the large audience of men who heard the address as well as the officers of this Association for your kindness and trouble in running over to Balti-more and delivering the address last Sunday afternoon.
Please send me your expense account and, believe me, with grateful appreciation of your kindness, Very sincerely yours,—W. S. Stal¬lings, Secretary, Baltimore, Md., Y. M. C. A.
Mr. Ansberry's lecture last evening at Weston Hall for the Defiance college was a most pro¬nounced success in every way. It is a grand lecture. It is a portrayal of the betrayal, trial and crucifixion setting forth with splendid dic¬tion and graphic collation of Biblical and Jewish history the most astounding as well as most atrocious act of mankind, the killing of Jesus Christ. He held the audience in his hands and a pin could have been heard if dropped on the floor,  so  intensely  interested  were  his   hearers.
Mr. Ansberry is a positive and forceful talker. The possessor of a delightful stage presence, absolutely devoid of mannerisms and a clear. Strong voice easily and distinctly heard in the remotest parts of our largest auditoriums, he hurls at the audience, as if it were a jury, his arraignment of the flagitious practices, the deep seated rancor, vicious passions, virulent malevolence and implacable designs of those interested in the most atrocious crime of history with a choice of ideas and words which for clearness, accuracy and style is simply superb, and as he describes the scene in the garden of Gethsemane one can easily see the stealthy approach of the execrable Judas Iscariot and the frenzied   mob
and hear their ribbald jests, and it seems as i we hear the Master's voice as he asks them "Are ye come to take me as a thief, with sword; and staves?" It is indeed a profound and magnificent production and the audience seem car ried away with the force and logic of the speaker — Dr. Marrell.
Hon. T. T. Ansberry delivered his lecture "The Trial of Christ from a Lawyer's Viewpoint" before the student body of Defiance College on Monday evening, February 14th. It was truly one of the most impressive, instructive, and en tertaining lectures given duning the entire lecture and entertainment season. The lecture is scholarly, comprehensive, concise, and accurate. Mr. Ansberry is exceedingly fortunate in possessing an unuanally strong, dominating and compelling personality. Unconsciously he secures the attention of his hearer at the very outset, and holds it to the very close of his lec¬ture. No lecturer has appeared upon our plat¬form who was received more enthusiastically by the student body. I can unqualifiedly com¬mend him to any Chautauqua Board or Enter¬tainment Bureau desiring his services. — P. W. Reynolds, Pres.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Hon. T. T. Ansberry, representing the Fifth Ohio District in the present Congress, addressed a meeting, held under our auspices in the New-National Theater, taking for his topic, "The Trial of Christ   From a   Lawyer's Viewpoint."
Competent critics in the audience agreed that it was the most thorongh-going presenta¬tion of the topic they had ever heard. Along with its scholarly qualities there was a charm of delivery that won the entire audience.
We commend Congressman Ansberry as a platform speaker of great power. Very sin¬cerely.— Wm. Knowles Cooper, General Secretary, Washington, 1). C, Y. M. C. A.
"THE TRIAL OF CHRIST" Hon. T. T. Ansberry Speaks at Y. M. C. A. Building. The auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. Central Building was tilled to overflowing by a congretion containing many Baltimore lawyers, to hear an address by Hon. T. T. Ansberry, the brilliant young Congressman from Northern Ohio, who came over from Washington to speak on "The Trial of Christ from a Lawyer's View¬point." After pronouncing the Augustan Age the "Golden Age of juris-prudence" generally, Mr. Ansberry proceeded to review the parti¬culars of the life of the Saviour of the world in purely legal fashion. He told of the subjection of Palestine to Home and the Caesars, and that the province of Jerusalem had been deprived for 21 years of the privilege of pronouncing the death sentence. This necessitated trial by a Roman govenor and finally put the case of Jesus into the hands of Pilate who unwillingly allowed the crucifixion in violation of a law then existing after having three times pronounced the Saviour guiltless.