The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-08-12
miscellaneous.
7. DEWITT TALMAGE,
..rHE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS"
A Panorama of CarlCatured characteristics Gra-
phIcally Presented at the Tabernacle.
cleveland Leader.l


Nearly four hundred people assembled
at the Tabernacle last evening to hear
DR.. Talmage, and these four hundred lis
tened to regular warm weather talk. 1t
was we'll calculated to draw ones atten'
ton from the discontinue caused by the
heat. At s o'clock Rev 7. M, House in
troduced Mr.. Talmage as the greatest
American platform lecturer, and announ-
ced as his subjeCt-"The Bright Side of
Things"
Mr.. Talmage took the rostrum, and as
he rose was greeted with applause. He
began by saying that, although it was
warm midsummer night, he was conf
dent that his audience and himself
would have pleasant interview, for all
were those who look on the bright side
of things. This is pleasant world to
live in in any weather. The heavens
are just blue enough, the grass jdst green
enough, and the human face is perfect.
There is sunshine in the smile Of the
human face, and there is thunder in its
frown. There followed contrasts be.
tween those who 60 through life in
pleasant and satisfied manner, and those
who were continually finding fault, and
the contrasts were illustrated and enliv-
ened by representations of different
characters, and the whole set off and
made complete and laughable by those
pungent, terse and happy expressions
which only Mr.. Talmage can successfully
originate and handle. The speaker sta
ted that there were those now living
who denounCe not only the world, but
the age in which they live. But in truth
this is good world, and Mr.. Talmage
thanked God be had been permitted to
get aboard of it, As to the age, he pre-.
ferred to live ten years now than one
hundred years in the time of Methuse.
lah. "There are good people in this
house there is the husband who, when
asked by his wife for money, unhesiat.
ingly gives her what she asks, and tells
her to ask for more when she wants it.
There is the wife who prepares her hus-
bands slippers by the time he returns
from business, tells him to don them,
seat himself before the fire and make
himself comfortable, and then mentally
exClaims, the dear fellow And the
brother also is present who prefers go.
ing to place of amusement, or to re-
Ception with his sister, Oh, we are
good, congenial party"
Mr.. Talmage thought lf9 was very
simple afair-sort of an old fashioned
pilgrimage, and toillustrate his meaning
and at the same time render it tamusing,
related the following incident; "At a
meeting of church members and Christ.
ians, man arose and in a pompous way
said he was aboard the ship salvation,
and was sailing at the rate of fourteen
knots an hour, and expected so1n to sail
into the harbor of heaven. This speaker
sat down and another, more pompous
than the first arose and said 81, too,
am on the ship of salvation, sailing at
the rate of thlrty-two knots an hour, and
expect soon to sail into the harhOr of
heaven" This man sat down and an
other man, still more pompous arose and
said: 81 am on the ship of salvation, but
my ship is a steamer. lam going at the
rate of four hundred knots an hour, and
/ expeCl to sail into the harbor of heav.
en-. The man sat down, and an old w.
man arose and said: 81 am on the way
to heaven, and have been for seventy
years; but have gone it afOot SO far,and
expect shall to the end; l expect to get
there some time, but some of you who
are sailing 80 fast had better hold on or {
you'll bust your bilers"
Life is just what we make it. We can
make it pleasant or dstasteful. The
same is set before us all, and some enjoy
life while others do not To illustrate, 6
Mr.. Talmage related story of an uned. {
uCated blacksmith who sent his son to ,
college. The son was taken sick and !
wrote for funds, and the father, being !
unable to read, took it to butcher, who !
was very rough in his manner, and read &
the letter in diCtatorial manner, and at '
its conclusion the father maintained he ;
would not send the money. Atthe sug =
gestion Of his wife, the blacksmith took
the letter to baker who was a very su
ave man, and who read the letter in the i
most plaintive manner, and a Its con. O
3lusion the smlthy said his son should d
nave all money he wanted. f
The photograph album of discontented ="
ault.fnders presents many phases of =
character. The man who is continually u
ault finding goes to an entertainment h
With his family, and at it's close, while il
lis wife and children are happily prais- +,
ng what they saw and heard, the fault. -
inder complains of the fat man who :"
made his face so red blowing the French II
lorn, and declares that the prima donna 81
airly squeaked, He goes to church and Il
omplains that the sermon was dry, the te
lew carpet out Of all taste, the new heat. tc
r Of homely pattern, and the fresh W
amt of the wrong shade, and he sits y
rying to make out that the wall is not la
xactly plumb. ct
Another Of this class is the man of Il
ad manners. 1t is not necessary to be II
onstantly with a man in a variety of "
tuations to discover whether he is a W
or not. A mans tendencies as
l this direction will soon make them. NJ %
,lves evident The tailor and the boot ~
laker cannot make gentleman; neither ri;
an the perfumer and the dressmaker h,
lake lady, 4,
There are some people who always "a
ave something unpleasant to say. If at
ne's business is notin prosperous con. AZ @
itlon, there are those who call upon in
i'm and talk about the hard times and 4,
le bankruptcy bill. If mans father of
as unfortunate enough to have been fs
ung, this same man calls upon him and al
the merits and dement's of ~ ~