The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-02-23

Thousand Dollars Subscribed in One
Day--Earnest Exhortationa and Spir-
tied Responses. ..
A man named Kimball, a CONNER
cial traveller from the west, has
achieved quite reputation in the
way Of raising mortgages on church
property, the amount, in some in
stances, reaching a hundred thous>
and dollars. The New York Herald
of the 17th inst. gives the following
report Of the scene in Talmage's s
tabernacle on the day previous,
which serves to illustrate the method
of procedure. It says:
Mr.. Talmage preached yesterday
morning in the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
It was the occasion of the ninth
anniversary of the pastorate of Mr..
Talmage, and the church was crowd
ed. At the close of the sermon Mr..
Kimball, the church debt raiser, was
introduced. '.
Mr.. Talmage took his text from
Psalms xxxv., 1871 will give Thee
thanks in the great congregation" :"
A pastors anniversary sermon, said
he, must of necessity be somewhat
autobiographical. Sitting in my
Philadelphia study in 1869, tele-
graph boy handed me a telegram
from Brooklyn. It was q coll to
become pastor of O church which
had gathered nineteen people at a
congregational meeting. Contrary
to the advice Of my friends, and
encouraged only by my chief adviser,
who lives in my own house, 7 ac-
cepted the call, and for nine years
have been glad Of it. Each year
has been happier than it's predeces-
sor. First Of all, T must express
my gratitude to God in your pres.
ence for continued physical health,
During all these nine years I have
never yet broken any engagement
with you on account Of sickness,
Again I give gratitude to God that
we have q united church. The una
nimity Of the people seems to me
absolutely perfect. We have a plain
theology in this church. We be-
lieve in God, the Father Almighty |;
the Lord Jesns Christ, the glorious
Saviour the Holy Spirit, the sym
pathetic comforter, and in Heaven, 4
palace with twelve gates standing
wide open to receive all the people.
# man wants to be, sprinkled, We
sprinkle him to be immersed, we
immerse him. y We are engaged in
q, fierce fight against sin and death !;
we have no time to fight each other.
Again I must mention rs q matter
Of gratitude that during these nine
years 30 many of our good friends
have been housed in Heaven. "'"'
10 a3tI odt six srEps. in} aH lo'
Since the day when I preached
my first Sabbath sermon in Brook
lyn to two or three hundred persone,
there havetheen six steps, as near as
/ can count them, in the history of
this onurch. 8 The first step was the
enlargement Of the old church, 80
that it might have more seating
capacity. The second step was the
building of the ,original tabernacle,
which stood long enough to reyolu-
tionize jchul chno architecture in
America. The third step was the
enlargement Of, the original taber-
nacle 80 that lit could receive and
accommodate comfortably hundreds
more people. ,yDhe fourth step was
when, pursued by flame, our church
| in ashes, we went to the Academy of
Music, and though it was place of
secular entertainment, there the
Lord nca,ne most Il nightly, and
thousands, Of souls were ushered
into the Kingdom. 8 The fifth step
was the opening Of this house to the
Lord. ~ TheIJ sixth step pwasi the
transfer Of our weekly meetings to
this auditorium tna1otu5nqid tsom od
r., r., ,g, .,r"1oFIEi sIyylHsGiH ,577i,"aigoI
|ti Tie seventh step, ishallw We not take
III this morning ! There ID only one
P8Bssaclealitis black and 'appaliink
0ne ltb nde--itf fisn oaf ! church debt
All different times II have consulted
what wasiBestt0 do. ~ offered TO
aBssht myself nom thisl platform
that 7 might Pay the SdsbB myself
|By lectufingp Then q ! Sthohght 4
EsHht,ld call on that :fYnah oXfI SRKhY1,6