Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1910 — Wickersham One of the Best Lecturers We Hale Heard. [ARTICLE]

Wickersham One of the Best Lecturers We Hale Heard.

The Methodist church was well filled Friday night when Dr. L. B. Wickersham, for the Epworth lecture course, delivered his lecture entitled “Day Dreams.” Mr. Wickersham started his by saying, “The angel of thought fit*, inspires the eye of the soul and thereby creates an ambition that becomes a purpose and the air-castle of youth becomes the accomplishment of maturity.” This thought was the central one in a lecture that should inspire the young, comfort and hold out hope to the middle aged and cause the older onefe to enjoy it as a lesson whenever they have an opportunity to drop a seed of thought. In impressive language he told of several instances where young men with small opportunities became imbued with a desire for accomplishment and labored unceasingly until their aim was realized. So confidently did Mr. Wickersham speak of the ability of mind over matter that it left little doubt of the ability of man to' accomplish any single purpose. He said that a father should make a companion of his son; teach him how to think; share his life with the boy; go to the level of the boy, and bring the boy up to his own level. Make home possess the attractions that will keep the boy there. Encourage him to keep off the streets and away from bad associates, and inspire him to some purpose in life and then make him understand that he can accomplish that purpose if he will use the talents God has given him to do it with. There was little of humor in the lecture, but it was studded with brilliant flights that made every thought clear and powerful, and the Wickersham lecture will long be remembered as one of the most inspiring ever delivered in Rensselaer.