The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-26

pCA7f Win liie Help OF our CtaIe, ana
had pleasant chat with Rer. N.
Strictly, Secretary of the Board. saa
DIR. Ray, field Superintendent. This
Society has done great and good
for the colOred people Of the Soath. and
its officers are gratifed to know as
their labors and expenditures in thar
rcetioH ar appreciated Is haembes
Of shr Board Of Visitors OF Tougale.,
University, was glad TO be able 10 inaIe
a COOL report III TIE work Of that Inst;
tation, which stands high ID tie regard
Of tho Society.
81 coar,c Fe went - hear
EEy. bR. TALNAGE
Al lis great tabernacle in Brooklyn.
With Major Kincannon, of Verona, as
our guide, we left the Grand Central
Hotel at 9 o'clock, and arrived at the
tabernacle at half past ten, just in lime
to get good seats. Within fifteen min
utes thereafter, every seat was occupied,
including the steps in the aisles of the
gallery, and hundreds were standing in
side and outside the building. The tab
ernacle has a seating capacity of
six thousand, so that the great
preachers audience numbered fully
seven thousand. The personal APP
pearance of DR., Talmage has been SO
often described, that | will omit any
reference thereto. Promptly to the APP
pointed minute, he assembled the plat
form, which fronts the organ and which
forms a part of that huge musical
machine. There is no pulpit-a small
table, and a plain chair constituting all
the furniture The organist and cornet-
list sit in front of the preacher. DR..
Talmsge read, as the first part of the
service, Paups ID Epistle to Timothy,
commenting briefly as he proceeded, and
laying special stress upon the passage
Preach the word, be instant in season
and out of season" Then followed the
Long Metre DoxolJgy, led by the cor
net; then the hymn "When shall /
reach the heavenly placer by quar-
tette of male voices. Then DIR. Talmage
read the hymn salvation, o, the joyful
sound, glad tidings TO our ears" in
which the entire congregation was in
vited to Join, and thousands did so very
heartily Dr. Talmage then offered
prayer, and as he closed the same with
the words, "AIay the last, long, deer
sigh of earth be the first inhalation Of
heaven" the quartette sang, eve shall
meet beyond the river, bye and bye
DIR. Talmage then made sundry an
nouncements, after which he said: 'We
will now make an offering to the Lord
for his goodness and mercy" whereupor
fifty or more collectors passed through
the congregation, and presume hand
some sum was the result. During the
collection, the organ and cornet gave III
d grand duet, after which DIR. Talmag,
read and the congregation sang, "Hark
the voice of Jesus calling, Who will g
and work today! DIR. 7. then an
nounced his text: Luke TX, Csc,
thou and preach the Kingdom of God,
his theme being: the coming sermon, O.
the sermon of the future. 1t occupied
thirty-fve minutes in delivery. III,
don't believe in long sermons, and il
that particular practices as he breaches
He thought Jonathan Edwards preached
, sermons best adapted to his age, but
. he were to preach to amodcrn c6ngfega
! ton. be would divide il into two classe
, enc going 10 sleep. and the other nani
, ing 10 90 home, He don't divide hi
. subject into firstly. secondly. and seven
teenthly; nor does he finish with, NOV
in conclusion, and "once more" "final
Is, etc, but pitches in and gets through
= while his hearers are looking for, some
: thing else. Half a dozen short-han,
writers, were taking down the sermon
: and the speaker took occasion to say
good word for the mode of dissemina
ting the gospel.
At the conclusion of the sermon, tn
quartette sang, ITO thy great name
Almighty GodP' The last hymn wa:
then announced and sung, 1--WE prais
thee, o, God, for the Son of thy love
, For Jesus who died and is now gon
above" The Benediction was then pro
nounced, and the immense congregation
passed out, all evidently feeling that tn
morning was pleasantly if not proftabi,
occupied.
After hearing the great preacher, W
returned to Brooklyn via
THE GREAT BRIDGE.
The fare for crossing which is one cent
1t exceeds in immensity all possible cor
ception. The bridge is one and three
Fights of a mile long, eighty feet wide
and the distance from the water to tn
top of its high towers is 2s4 feet. tn
work was commenced in 1876, and tn
total cost was nearly fifteen million dol
lars. Its longest span is 1891 feet. Tn
foot passage is in the center, carriag
drives on each side. There is also
railroad track, and an endless wire cabl
for pulling the cars across.
In the afternoon, We visited Centri
Park. taking our first ride on the Ele
waited Railway The only addition t
the Park since our visit in 1876 is tn
great Obelisk. 1t IS about one hun
dred feet high, and the characters Of
/, two Of the sides are quite plain.
But / must leave for Providence, r. /
in a few minutes, and as am Writinl
this our townsInan, Mr.. E 5. Virdel
has Just entered the hotel In my nexi
/ 1 viii tell your readers something 0
the Sovereign Grand Lodge Of Odd Eel
; lows which meets in Providence to
morrow. Til then, aaieu.
JLP
The JeiIarsou county P. d. & IL. Al
ISOLATION holds its fourteenth annua
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