The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-18


In recent issue of the Independens the
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, Of Brooklyn, has
the following utterance on the subject of
"Smells":--
have good Christian friend who, nhe sat IN the
front pew in church, and q workincman should
him instantly. MY friend is not te blame for the
sensltiveness Of HIS nose, any more than you would
fog pointer for being keener on 1he scent than a
stupid watchdog. The fact is, H you had all the
churches free, by reason OF the mixing up Of the
common people win the uncommon, you would
mach II You are going TO kill the church thus with
bad SMELLS will have nothing to do with this werk
Of evangeliztion.
We have reason to believe that there will
be laboring men in heaven; and also a number
of negroes, and Esquimaux, and Terra del
Fuegans, and Arabs, and few Indians, and
possibly even some Spaniards and Portuguese.
All things are possible with God. We shall
have all these sorts of people in heaven; but,
alas in getting them we shall lose the So
ciety of DIR. Talmage. Which is to say we
shall lose the company of one who could give
more real ''tonel to celestial society than any
other contribution Brooklyn could furnish
And what would eternal happiness be without
the Doctor? Blissful, unquestionably-we
know that well enough-but would it be dis
Sng1te, would it be recherche without him
st. Matthew without stockings or sandals; ST.
Jerome bareheaded, and with a coarse brown
blanket robe dragging the ground; st. Sebas-
tian with scarcely any raiment at all-these
we should see, and should enjoy seeing them;
but would we not miss a spike-taled coat
and kids, and turn away regretfully, and say
to parties from the Orient: are well
enough, but you ought to see Talmage of
Brooklyn" fear me that in the better
world we shall not even have DIR. Talmages
'good Christian friend" For if he were sit
ting under the glory of the Throne, and the
keeper of the keys admitted Benjamin
Franklin or other laboring man, that
'friend," with his fine natural powers inf
nitely augmented by emancipation from ham
pering flesh, would detect him with single
sniff, and Immediately take his hat and ask
to be excused
To all outward seeming, the Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage is of the same material as
that used in the construction of his early
predecessors in the ministry; and yet one
feels that there must be difference some
where between him and the Saviour's first
disciples. 1t may be because here, in the
nineteenth century, DIR. I. has had advan-
tages which Paul and Peter and the others
could not and did not have. There was a
lack Of polish about them, and n looseness
of etiquette, and O want of exclusiveness,
which one cannot help noticing. They
healed the very beggars, and held inter
course with people of q villainous odor
every day. If the subject of these remarks
had been chosen among the original twelve
Apostles, he would not have associated with
the rest, because he could not have stood
the fshy smell of some of his comrades
who came from around the Sea of Galilee
He would have resigned his commission with
some such remark as he makes in the extract
quoted above Master, if Thou art going
to kill the Church thus with bad smells, I
will have nothing to do with this work of
evangelization." He is a disciple and makes
that remark to the Master; the only differ
ence is that ne makes it in the nineteenth in
stead of the first century.
Is there a choir in Mr.. T. s chur3h And
does it ever occur that they have no better
manners than to sing that hymn which is so
suggestive of laborers and mechanics -
''Son Of the Carpenter! receive
This humble work OF mine?"
Now, can it be possible that in q handful of
centuries the Christian character has fallen
away from an imposing heroism that scorned
even the stake, the cross, and the axe, to O.
poor little effeminacy that withers and willis
under an unsavory smell? We are not pre-
pared to believe SO, the reverend Doctor and
his friend to the contrary notwithstanding.
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any extended mention of them, and we can
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