Article August 3, 1918 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from Tom Rye, Noble White, A. Howard Garrett, Charles W. J. Tennant, Ernest G. Lorenzen, Lizzie H. Koehler, Ethel A. Brewer, John H. Neef, William M. Hall

Nashville, Tenn. (First Church).—Virgil O. Strickler, lecturer; introduced by Governor Tom Rye, who said in part:—

Many of us believe that the sun has forever set on the old world and that by force of circumstances we are facing toward new conditions; that another sun is struggling to dissipate the impenetrable gloom of a long black night of war that it may shine on a new world forever blessed by a lasting peace, hallowed and made sacred by the blood of our sons freely shed for the cause of humanity and world-wide democracy. Whether this be true or not, we all fully realize and appreciate the fact that this is indeed a time for liberal thought, research, and impartial investigation, that each and every one may fully understand his duty to his country, to himself, to humanity, and to his God; therefore we should be willing at all times to "sit at the feet of knowledge and learn wisdom."

No matter what individual ideas or opinions we may entertain with reference to the subject for discussion to-night, the fact remains that it has within a generation so impressed itself upon the minds and hearts of our people that you can scarcely find a locality where it is not championed and taught by faithful adherents, until there is marshaled about its standard to-day a vast army of consecrated men and women, marching under its flag to storm the citadel of doubt and unbelief, in an honest effort to bring to humanity the benefits and blessings which they insist their experiences have brought to them.

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