The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-03-18

throughout the land. / have been told
again and again these readers Woulo
clear my Church Of debtif l asked tnem'
II / have been ofany comfort or help to
them, let each one send my Church $l.
/ will give them better sermons, and eV-
ery week for the next 25 years, II l live
80 long. Will those who read the ser.
mons to audiences in school-houses and
churches with no pastor take chaIge
of this matter in their neighborhoo d.
Help me out of this thraldom. One dol
lar from each would do 1t. You say IL
would more than accomplish II. fes'
but they are not all as generous
as you are, and what is everyDody,s
business, is nobody's business, and II
there were a surplus some great CHARITY
would Get it. Y You say, II thought the
Church debt was paid once" 1t was all
subscribed and on condition that 1t
should be all paid. But some persons,
affronted with the Church, left it and re-
fused to pay their subscriptions. and so
the whole plan fell through. We want
no more subscriptions. We want a dol,
lar in money. Laughter and applause J
We want it now. l will personally ac-
knowledge the receipt of every dollar to
the person who sends it, such one CIV
ing name and address, whether it be
sent to the editor of some paper as | pre-,
fer or to myself Furthermore, will all
nv friends of olden time and OF this
time send dollar each. My friends OF
all denominations, my friends IN the
ministry and out of it, young and old, a
dollar each, all sympathizers with my
work, whether they live north or south
of Mason and Dixon's line, to send dol
lar each with their blessings and take
mine in return. 1 ask all my friends.
whether have seen them or not, inthls
Way to put me out of the hands of my
enemies, clerical and lay. l want to
preach the Gospel without obstruction.
This debt is the only obstacle; but It
is high and broad and exasperatlng. AS
soon as from any source | receive re-
sponse to this appeal l will reply with
my own hand, and will hang the scroll
of names in my study to keep before me
who did the work of emancipation and
to remind me that the work was done
by many people. My friends have often
Chided me for being too modest in ask
ing money for Church purposes and as
being very poor beggar. Give me
credit that by this one solicitation OF a
dollar from everybody | have become
the prince of beggars.
"Of all the eleven years of my minis
try" continued Mr.. Talmage, when the
audience had sufficiently expressed lis
admiration of the above scheme, this
last one has been the proudest and most
satisfactory to me. There are two events
in particular which have given me great
satisfaction. The first one of these was
the defeat ofmy clerical enemies. lap
plause. To many it seemed as If they
had successfully plotted, When they
began they were the plaintiffs and the
defendant, but under Providential rul.
ing they have made themselves the de-
PENDANTS, and are crying out for an in
vestigation of their own characters
When Haman builds gallows for 9th.
ers he often gets hanged on it himself
Now, | ask no other revenge against
these clerical enemies except that all
crdgels shall be taken out of their
| hands by the payment OF our deDU. Inc
other satisfactory event of the year was
my visit to Europe last summer. 1t was
great satisfaction to me the high and
the low joined in treating me well.
Among my brightest anticipations of
heaven is the meeting with those to
whom 1 preached on the other side Of
the ocean. This morning on the banks
of the East River and the Hudson
l wave a salutation to thousands on the
banks of the Shannon, the Clyde and
the Thames. But here, my dear friends,
l am at home. You will either bury me
or / will bury you. We have struck
hands in everlasting fellowship, and we
will never part. We are happy this
morning, but it is sad to think how
many during the eleven years of my
ministry have passed away. What
crowds of beautiful children went skip.
ping down to the brink of the river, and
then sprang into the arms of Christ
What throngs of loved ones"- but
here Mr.. Talmage became unreportsble,
and presently, exhibiting the beautiful
paradox of tears and grin, brought his
marvellous discourse to close.