Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-01
From Thursdays Daily

From Thursdays Daily.
Both Opie Read and DR.. Samuel
Parks Cadman appeared on the Chau-
tauqua pragram last night. Platform
Manager McMurray introduced Opie.
whom he said would introduce DR..
Cadman. 81 desired to get these two
men together" said he, $50 you a
see what they look like" This brought
a smile from both, and they passed a
remark.
Opie told several short stories and
then introduced DR.. Cadman, whom
he considered n of the greatest
preachers of the nation. DIR. Cadman
also spoke kindly of Opie Reads big
generous heartedness and his love for
his characters. DR.. Cadman is pastor
of Central Congregational church of
Brooklyn, which is probably the
strongest Congregational church in
the world.
Tells Of Former Visits.
DIR. Cadman said in the opening
that he had visited Ottumwa three or
four times before. but each time the
elements were against him except this
last one.
Zone time ! came in a rain storm
which departed with my departure,
another time I came in a blizzard,
and still again I barely missed being
blown away with a cyclone. l just i'm
agined when l came to Ottumwa this
time that something awful would hap
pen but to avoid that l came several
hours earlier than necessary and this
accidentally fooled the weather man.
But, as | said, l imagined | heard an
old woman say. why there is DR..
Cadman. Be on the lookout, some ter
rible calamity is sure to follow him
But UP to the present time all has
been serene except it be the heat
This was so intense that the speaker
doffed his coat aud invited the men
of the audience to do likewise.
Tells of Lincoln.
Speaking for an hour and thirty
minutes, DR.. Cadman kept his hearers
in a thrill of expectancy and mirthful
laughter and hand %clapping through.
out. His subject was abraham Lin.
coin"
The modern Interpretation of Lin
coin, with flights of present day liv
ing and epigrams thrown in, made the
lecture a most intensely interesting
one. In speaking of twenty-five biog
raphies of Lincoln he said, some are
official. others semi-official and others
are trash. but | will tell you this. Al
though many different people have
had a fist in the writing, including
President Roosevelt himself, none are
big enough to write a true story o.
Line ii 1t took a Carlisle to write the
life story of Oliver Cromwell, and i
,,, unit lrn~ ON N,,chB snr,,a3 0nn will
rise up to write the true life of Lin
coin.
Superhuman Man.
5 Lincoln was a superhuman. man
the biographers do not understand
;, him, this man from the Kentuck.
woods, this rail splitter with the su
perior wisdom. 1t has been said tina
Mckinley would be as great in tht
hearts of the nation as Lincoln. 1t ha!
been said SO of Roosevelt, Nay. nay
! Pauline You can't rush them in lik'
| that.
"The names of Washington AM
Lincoln are names to c~onjure with
Not only in Iowa, but in Australia
Not only in Pennsylvania, but il
Switzerland, not alone in this broa'
s land, but along the Thames are thes
men known as two of the creates
. men of the worlds history
Senate Greatness Lost.
In speaking of the United State
senate. DR.. Cadman said: 1T j
a compromise with monarchy, and nc
until it's members were elected by tn
people directly will the greatness {
the senate return. 1t is now but
place for barter and exchange.
washington was a dude. His clothei
his shoes and / guess even his hosier,
were imported. His hair was powde.
: ed and puffed and he was handsom
! and fair to behold. He was not Amer
Il can. Washington was a colonif
q gentleman. The American of toda
was made through J~effersonian sir