P.S.Henson, D.D., LL.D., pasto,r Hanson Place Baptist Church

              P. S. HENSON, D. D., LL D.
... Pastor Hanson Place Baptist Church... BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Dr. HENSON'S LECTURES
SUBJECTS
FOOLS                THE GOLDEN CALF
GRUMBLERS      GUNNERY BACKBONE         THE BETTER HALF
TRACKS OF A TENDERFOOT
AS TO Dr. Henson's personality it may suffice to say that he is a native of Virginia, and a graduate of the famous University which is the pride of the Old Dominion. Early in life he was called to a prominent pastorate in Phil¬adelphia, and for more than twenty years preached to the largest Protestant congregation in that city. In 1882 he was invited to take charge of the First Baptist Church of Chicago, where eager crowds have attended constantly upon
his ministry.
The Baptist Encyclopedia says of him : "Dr. Henson possesses a keenly logical mind, and is thoroughly skilled in his methods of attacking error and defending truth. As a preacher he stands in the front rank of loyal and brilliant pulpit orators. As a lecturer his services are in frequent requisition and large audiences are ever ready to show their appreciation of his sparkling wit and cultured scholarship."
As to his lectures it ought to be said that while they are distinguished by high moral purpose, they beam with beautiful illustrations, and are brimming with wit and humor. They have been delightedly listened to by thousands of cultured hearers in the old New York Chautauqua, as well as in all the prominent cities of America.
The best possible evidence of appreciation of his lectures is to be found in the frequency with which he is recalled to places he has visited, and the further fact that in no city on the continent do larger audiences greet him than in the one in which he lives, and in which he is a recognized leader in every enterprise relating to religion or to municipal and moral reform.
PRESS NOTICES
Louisville Commercial.
"Fools" is an admirable lecture, and an added charm is given by the personality of the lecturer. Dr. Henson is an admirable humorist, if one may say so without irreverence, and he makes the most of the humorous possibilities of his subject. He is an eloquent orator also, and sways the audience at times with a master's spell.
Western Recorder, Louisville, Ky.
Dr. Henson's lecture on " Fools" was enthusiastically received by a large congregation of sensible people. It was an admirable lecture every way—a rare blending of keen satire, sparkling wit, thrilling description, sound sense and stirring eloquence.
Baptist and Reflector, Nashville, Tenn.
Dr. Henson's lecture was the principal event of the week. Fortunate are the prospective preachers, the theologies who can hear him and study his wonderful power over an audience. So manly and strong is he, so flexible and easy ; so full of good humor and cheerfulness, and yet so full of earnestness, and high moral purpose.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
A large audience greeted Dr. P. S. Henson, of Chicago, to listen to his famous lecture on "Our Governors, or the People that Boss us" The lecture was in Dr. Henson's best vein, witty and wise, bubbling with humor, and yet brimful of common sense. It was enthusi¬astically received.
Hon. H. W. Grady, in the Atlanta Constitution.
Dr. Henson's lecture on "Grumblers" thoroughly captivated the great audience and sent them away satisfied that Dr. Henson as a lecturer ranks second to no man on the American platform.
Nashville Banner.
" His humor was irrepressible and his peroration magnificent."
Assembly Notes, Lexington, Ky.
Dr. Henson was complimented at our Kentucky Chautauqua yesterday by the largest audience of the week, and its appreciation was evinced by rapt attention and frequent applause. He is a charming speaker, with great dramatic action and wonderful facial ex¬pression. His hearers are at a loss to say in which he excels most, pathos or humor, but all agree that he is irresistible.
Omaha Republican,
A specially bright, breezy and interesting lecture was delivered at the First Baptist Church last evening on "Fools," by Rev. P. S. Henson, D. D., one of the most famous pulpit orators of Chicago, and pastor of the First Baptist Church of that city. There was a large audience present, and probably for the first time in the history of the structure the glass in the windows was made to fairly rattle with applause, as the speaker brought down the house with happy humorous hits of bursts of genuine eloquence.
The lecture on the whole, was one of the most delightful ever given in this city.
Omaha Herald.
Dr. P. S, Henson spread a rich repast of pungent wit, wisdom and humor before a brill¬iant audience last night. He is a born humorist, yet capable of rising to heights of brilliant eloquence. He is not stately in form or imposing in manner, but "just natural " and "taking" in a high degree. It does not seem possible that a shaft of his sarcasm should ever be directed at a helpless object. He is full of love for humanity and pity for the fallen, but the way he lashes hypocrites and exposes shams is something refreshing to hear.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
"He is a second edition of Abraham Lincoln, more polished and graceful, but with essentially the same sort of presence and intellect.
New York Christian Enquirer.
" He was greeted by an enthusiastic audience, and by his inimitable treatment of the woman question carried his audience by storm.
Topeka Capitol.
"Dr. Henson was witty, dramatic, humorous, pathetic, eloquent and irresistible. His fun was wholesome, his wit keen, his humor convulsive, and he captivated his audience from the word 'go.' "
Atlanta Constitution.
"Backbone" was the suggestive title of Dr. Henson's second lecture. Like all his lectures, this one was highly humorous but full of practical wisdom, and every point in it was illustrated from the lecturer's inexhaustible fund of anecdotes.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
It was a very large and intellectual audience that gathered in the First Baptist Church last night to hear the lecture on "Fools." Many of the prominent city pastors were there, university professors and other well-known literary people. The lecture was a magnificent specimen of wit and wisdom and genuine eloquence. Every utterance, and almost every change of facial expression was the signal for applause.
Dr. Henson loves to look at the sunny side of things and abounds in humor which is never coarse, but through the whole of which there is evident a serious purpose.
Kansas City Journal.
With the hour for the evening lecture fully thirty-five hundred people gathered to hear the famous Dr. Henson of Chicago.
From the opening sentence to the peroration he had the undivided attention and cordial sympathy of the audience. There is a freshness, a spontaneity, a sparkle, an originality, a genuine humor and pathos about the lecture, that is unreportable and irresistible. To be appreciated he must be heard.
N. Y. Herald.
Dr. Henson, if not the handsomest, is at least the wittiest clergyman in Chicago. He always strikes from the shoulder, for he is as weighty as he is witty.
Nashville Daily America.
"He is not only a brilliant preacher, but as a platform lecturer he has scarcely an equal in the United States.
His wit is spontaneous, his humor irresistible, his facial expression inimitable, and his acting superb, while through all he says, there runs a kind of serious purpose, and there is an admirable blending of wisdom with wit which gives weight to the lecture, and dignity to the lecturer."
Saginaw Courier Herald.
He is pastor of the First Baptist Church of Chicago, and has perhaps the largest congre¬gation in that city. He commands the closest attention of his audience as he makes his points and drives them home with all the wit and wisdom, pathos and power, of which he is easily master."
Rochester Herald.
"With the humor of a Burdette, the descriptive vividness of a Gough, the pathos of a Dickens, and the eloquence of a Beecher, Dr. Henson displays a wealth of resources which makes him equally at home, whether dealing with domestic incidents, denouncing politi¬cal corruptions or arraigning even the church itself for perfidy to principle.
Nashville Baptist Reflector.
"He completely captured his audience, now convulsing them with laughter, now en¬trancing them with his eloquence, and now giving them a mighty uplift by the inspiration of high moral motive."
N. Y. Tribune.
"Dr. Henson, while not the handsomest man in the West, is one of the wittiest and brainiest."
Minneapolis Tribune. Nearly one thousand people listened last evening between peals of laughter and bursts of applause to Rev. Dr. P. S  Henson's lecture on  'Backbone.'
In the most natural and entertaining manner the lecturer wove together earnest thought and solid argument with a remarkable profusion of the rarest wit and humor."
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
"The Rev. Dr. Henson was at his best last night at Farwell Hall, where a crowded audience cheered him, and laughed with him, even when the laugh was turned against themselves. Underneath the humor which rippled delightfully in an unbroken stream there was a solid substratum of sound common sense and wholesome philosophy."
Ohio State Journal.
" Dr. Henson's lecture on  'Fools' at the Board of trade Auditorium attracted a large and representative audience who gave the distinguished speaker a royal reception, and listened delightfully for an hour and a half to his wit and eloquence.
He has the happy faculty of combining the humorous and pathetic, and carries his audience by the easiest transition from roars of laughter to glistening tears.