Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13
TALMAGE TALKS.
Saturday Nights Word Paint
ing by the Celebrated
Brooklyn Preacher.
The Bright Side Of Things
and How they May
be Discovered.

be Discovered.
The Rogue's Gallery Of Disa-
greeable People Drawn
Upon for Examples.
A Fine Lecture to q Large
and Well Satisfied
Audience.
Everybody has heard of Talmage, the
BROOKLYN preacher. Many have seen
him, either in person or picture, the
latter, perhaps, through the medium Of
| Puck. His sermons have become the
current Monday literature OF the day.
His peculiarities OF style and theme
have separated him from other pulpit
discoursers and have carried him into
path alone, over which he strides, grand
and peculiar, but not gloomy. These
facts account ior the large audience
which greeted him on Saturday night,
at the Opera House. to hear his. blues
dispelling talk on the Bright Side oil
Thinys." He came leisurely upon the
stage, with Rev. G. r. Masden and took
q pleased survey OF the house, as he
seated himself. His lecture is talk,
simply; prepared talk. He carried his
manuscript, generally reading from it,
suddenly leaving it to illustrate point
by a trite story. He spoke, usually,
with great deliberation, occasionally
breaking into fine language, lowering his
voice and qu;ckening his utterance.
lie was not as dramatic" a. one might
have expected, CARRYING the body OF the
lecture without many extra gestures;
but in the peroration. which was ex-
tremely brilliant and eloquent, he came
out in that intensely dramatic style.
which has made him at once famous and
ridiculous.
The Lecture.
At S o'clock Rev. Masden introduced
him, taking occasion to refer to past rela-
tions between them and paying him
GLOW ing compliment. Mr.. Talmage came
forward, and as the audience applauded.
he moistened his lips. expanded his
mouth into broad smile and said:
LADIES AND GENTLEaEN-Iou per-
suade me that this is pleasant world to
live in. II you and and all OF us had
been consulted as to which star we
would have chosen for habitatiOn, we
could not have done better than select
this. am always glad got aboard this
planet. always thought the blue was
The best color for the bright sky, the
living green for the foliage, and the crys-
taline flash ior the clear waters. The
mountains are Just high enough, the
flowers lust sufficiently aromatic and the
bright plains. kissed by the wanton
wind. lust broad enough. The human
face is Just adapted for its uses, sunshine
in its smiles and tempests in its frowns.
IL has two ewes, one more than enough,
so that il one should he quenched OF Its
light the other would still see the beau
ties around it, ii has one nose-more
than enough for those who walk through
nuisances and il. is good
nose, and whether aquiline like
the Roman, or whether turning
up with celestial aspirations, 1t
answers its purpose and gives character
to the countenance it centres. We en-
ter gallery Of art and stand before
statue, and there are q dozen different
opinions rs to its beauty. We do not all
think alike. But where is the blasphemtr
who would dare criticize the arch OF the
sky or the crest Of the wave; the burn.
Ing cities OF the sunset or the fern-leai
pencilipy of frost on to-night's window
panes? Oh, it is grand wOrld-a
splendid one, il We but think so. To
every hoot of the owl there are
hundreds of joyous trills from
the nightingale; there are whole
acres of meadow land to every spot cleft
by the gravedigger's spade. To one
mile of rocks, the stream has one hun
dred of gentle flow under the silvery
moonlight, the boatmsn's oar dropping
on il nee klaces of diamonds. Applause ]
There are many people who denounce
the wor,d for its pains, troubles and
cares, but instead OF that | say to you
they hal better get down on their
kne.s and thank God they are here
now. Why, l would rather live ten
years now than five hundred in the
time Of Methuselah.
Look for the Bright Side.
Some people ALWAYS see the dark side oil
things and | will take YOU into our pic.
tur, gallery and show you their faces,
40 that by the natural reaction OF the
sonI we will turn 10 the bright side.
Now YOU know when . wife asks her
hnsbsnl for money he always says:
.Oh YES, my dear: here's hundred
dollars. Take all YOU want and come
again" Husbands always SAYS that,
Ilauyhter1. and the wife always greets
hpr husband with smile and says:
oh. nv love, the mullins are Just
warm, and here are your slippers. Now,
mn, your feet on tins hassock and make
youfself comfortable" And brothers
,lxays prei, r their own sisters to other
neonl.'s. and alwavs take them to the
opera aud concert. Laughter Ana
| there never, never, were better people
I, the world than are here to night.
| Smiles
The Differences Between Them.
But for while want YOU to leave
such good society and take walk in the
rogue's gallery Of disazreeable people.
] And right here want 10 tell Won that
there isa difference between lectures.
used /, have an idea that lecture was
failure unless it was profound awfully
profound. And once ] delivered such
a one. IL was dresdfully profound. The
audience did not understand it, and-l
didn't understand it myself. Laughter
But il is different now. | talk to help
YOU, for il / put my shoulder under
YOUR burden | am your friend and il
,oa put your shoulder under mine,
you are my friend. And there's q diff.
f,renee 10 religion too. Mine is all sun
shine, for believe Heaven is sunshine.
The more religion man gets the better
he is and the happier and merrier he is.
When man comes up with long, sol.
emn face. he never makss an impress
sion. The most doleiul man ever met,
was fellow who had not laughed for
ten wears. Well, he borrowed $25 from