The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-19
Former Pastor OF sIerfdian-street NJ
Enthusiastic Audience.
A LITTLE RAILLERY AT WOMEN
DIR. QUAYLE ABUSES HEARERS WITH
GooD-NATURED JOKES.
Heroes, Value of Money, Nature of a
Gentleman and Other Topics
Discussed by Him.

Standing in his old pulpit. facing the peo-
pie who have known and loved him and
filing the auditorium with the silver
tongued eloQuence that has made him a
famous lecturer. the Rev. William A.
Quayle. formerly pastor OF Meridian-street
NJ z. Church. spoke for two hours last
night on his favorite theme, Jean VAL
jean" When he had finished this heroic
character Of Victor Hugo's greatest story
had found a warmer place in the hearts OF
those who heard and understood, than ever
before.
The audience which greeted DR.. Quayle
when he stepped into the pulpit and was
presented by the Rev. Joshua Stansfield,
was large, and the former pastor of the
church was accorded his usual ovation. The
lecture was full of dramatic fire and elo-
quence. The story OF Jean Vatican is not
happy one, but here and there DR.. Quayle
injected wholesome humor and satire. He
INDUCED in his usual good-natured raillery
at the expense OF women. DR.. Quayle be-
lieves that he knows women and deals with
feminine characteristics as keenly as the
novelist Howells. 'I like to see a woman
cry" says the doctor. because she likes to
do It. When woman cries 1t is just a
great burst OF feminine enthusiasm. Man
was not built for crying. He was built for
work"
HEROES ARE NECESSARY.
DR.. Quayle discussed Jean Vatican as q
great hero. 1.-The hero" said he, lis not
luxury, but a necessity. and we cannot any
more get along without him than we can
get along without the sky. Every best man
and every best woman is at heart heroic
because q hero is ourself at best. Jean VAL
Jean was a hero Of the new type. Hugos
business seems 10 create heroes. Hugo
shows that any sort of life can be heroic.
Hawthorne had no heroes. 1t was his bust
ness 20 stretch people on the rack and make
them tell the truth. Thackeray could ere
did Lot profess to be a hero-maker."
DR.. Quayle did not conine himself en-
tirely to Jean Vatican, but talked of others
OF Hugos characters. He pictured the love
OF one Of Hugo's women, and with a burst
OF enthusiasm IN his voice, said, IF in our
this, earth is not very far from heaven.
Returning to Vatican, DR.. Quayle declared
that he lis the eonsummate hero of Hugo's
dreams. He is a picture painted on the
background of modern life"
CRY FOR BREAD.
The lecturer told OF Valjean's struggle for
bread at a time in his life when the fates
seemed against him. In this connection DR..
Quayle drew a realistic mental picture of
the cry for bread that comes from hungry
mouths. He maintained that poverty is
honorable. and with his magnificent elo-
quence he made poverty seem attractive.
Poor people. said DR.: Quayle, ARE not
miserable The fountains of misery are
deeper than the fountains of poverty. If
you are poor because you are d preacher, IL
Is to your credit. No preacher ever gets
rich unless he marries rich woman, and
there are not enough to go around Riches
cant buy a woman's love; it can't buy
knowledge and IL can't buy character"
r he anf IN Wis he
vanderbiltS at Newport. 81 guess they
Tailed 10 get my card and they were not
at home, ne remarked facetiously. He
was told that their Newport mansion cost
them $2,oo0,0o0. Isn't it difficult to under
stand the value of that much money!" he
asked. Talk to me about the monetary
value of SIS and L understand It, But /
found this out about the Vanderbilts on the
Newport coast: found that they do not
own an inch OF the sky nor foot of the
sea. Riches can't buy the greater COM
modities of life
HAVING THE FUN.
DIR. Quayle amused his auditors greatly
by telling of a period in his life when he
lived across the road from a very rich
man. And 1 give you my word" said
he, that l would rather be myself than
TO be himself. I'd rather be the poorest
preacher that ever preached and be man.
He paid all the taxes and all the bills and
had ali the fun. It's fine TO be poor be-
cause you can never lose it. You can't
buy wife The man who has a wife and
child and loves them and has the ability
and strength TO work-that man is q
prince"
The lecturer wildly portrayed how pow
erty seernd 10 make criminal of Jean VAL
jean because he stole bread to feed the
hunger or children. DIR. Quayle denied that
penury viii make a man a criminal He
SAID that during his residence in Indiana
he made study of the criminal statistics of
the State and found that the most of those
who committed crimes were unmarried
men. Vatican was referred to "a man
stepped in wickedness: in sin up to his
eyes; a man who was brought to God by a
good mans voice"
Jean Vatican had no childhood; pity
him. said the lecturer. He had no mother
to cuddle him TO her heart and call him
sweet names. a He had no joy. no laughter.
he had no sweetheart. You would say she
Is convenience and luxury. / would say
she is a necessity. We can't get along with
out them.
A woRKINGMAN
"Jean Vatican. the new hero, was a work.
ing man. A long time ago the sign OF a
gentleman was that he had lily-white hands
and did not have to work 1 think we
ought to be thankful to God that things
have changed. and If a mar IS a gentleman
now he must work. When man goes into
the presence of God he must show his
hands Then Jean Vatican was brave
When the bullets sang around him he did
not vince. To be like that one must see the
demon called war arise and not be afraid
Vatican had the oak of moral bravery He
had magnanimity and forgot a good deal
and forgave good deal. II We are going to
set on sweetly We must forget lot Ii you
are going TO mix up in a cup all the mean
things everybody says you will have more
medicine than you will need. Forget good
DEAL men and women. and then forget a lot
more and life viii sing its psalms FOR you.
You've got to learn 10 suffer in silence.
Jean Vatican did that. There is no study
OF Christian conscience more ccnsummate
than the story or this man..