The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-27
a SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY.


This is the great question OF all ages
First phrased by Biblical writer. it
was asked thousands of years before
by primitive man. fearful of death yet
catching. faint glimmer OF hope iii
the darkness that enshrouded his life
and thought. Is man immortal? De-
spite the teachings OF the inspired pro
phets and writer's, despite tho assur-
ance of the Man Of Galilee, doubt has
ever arisen in the minds OF men as to-
the deafness attribute of the human
soul. Kings and vassals. soldiers and
statesmen, poets and philosophers have
pondered on this subject, and certain
thinkers in the psychic realm have in
vain attempted to wrest an answer from
"the undiscovered country, from whose
bourn no traveller returns"
AS man has progressed. as civili2a
ton has increased, so has the question
assumed ever cnlarGins Importance.
Modern doubt IL as widespread, as per
sistent, as the doubt of ancient days
Men of vast intellectual power have
risen to combatthe fundamental truth
of religion that for man there is
hereafter. 1nfdclity and agnosticisn
array to-day in their train fearful
and fighting host of adherents Sir
Oliver Lodge, on the one hand bids us
hold to the faith that the soul is i'm
mortal, while, on the other hand. 1di-
SON as we'll known to science as
t,t,c !,
al the idea that ,herc shall be {. resur-.
rection of the body into the life ever
lasting.
70 those in Richmond who
are interested in this subject
the most vital IN the universe-there
will be afforded next week superb
opportunity 10 hear master thinker
and master speaker discuss the great
phases of the problem of modern doubt.
No man III doubt should miss these lee
lures.
George r vending. who has no SUI
perlor and few peers on the public
platform In this or any other nation,
Will deliver in Richmond beginning
next sunday, ii series of six lectures
touching OH MODERN doubt. TO those
who have heard Weddings matchless
masterpieces OF oratory, his splendid
delineations of Mirabcau and stone
wall Jackson. little need be said To
others, let it be said that Vending is
today famed from one end Of the coun-
Try to the other. His command OF the
tongue we speak his wonderful power
Of analysis and character delineation.
his true and majestic oratory, have
made him a speaker Of national repu-
tation. There are hut three living men
in Tie United States who are famous
for their prononncements on the sub
ject of the Immortality of the soul
William Jennings Bryan, in his prince
Of Peace: Lyman Abbott, in his sermons
on the text, IF a man die shall ho
ike agan?" and George r. Vending,
III his "Modcrn Doubt" lectures. 10
hear Vending IS to hear the peer OF
any public speaker
The Christian men of Richmond.
working through the Young Mems
Christian Association, have succeeded
IN securing contributions sufficient to
guarantee the coming here OF Mr..
Vending. Let it be said from an un-
biased source that In bringing about
this series of lectures. the Associa ton
and the men Of Richmond assisting it
have performed great service to the
cause OF Christ in this city. Great
benefit is as sure TO follow as the sun
shine after the clouded day.
The iirst lecture comes on Sunday
afternoon at $50. when Air. Vending
viii speak at the Academy OF Music on
The Man Of Galilcc," a famous lecture
which has been expanded into book
form and widely circulated. All the
oihcr lectures VIII take place a, $50
al nigh, at the John Marshall iIigh
school Auditorium on Monday the
subject wtn be Unseen Realities: on