The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-18
TALMAGES THUNDER.
As Moderated at the Opera
House Last Night to a
Large Audience.
The Lecture of the Eminent Pulpit
Divine as Condensed by a
BazoO Scribe.

Dewitt Talmage. the famous pulpit orator,
who by his fearless expose of vice and
crime, wherever found and who has perhaps
made greater and more enduring fame
than any other preacher living, has been
anticipated with feelings OF the keenest
pleasure, bv all of the erudite people OF
Sedalia. and in fact By all who desire 10
see and hear a man of the reputation so
Justly and so honestly earned ny the elo-
quent preacher.
DIR. Talmage's lecture was under the aus
pices of the Sedalia University, and 1t the
appointed time, the speaker was introduced
TO one Of the largest audiences which has
grscsd the handsome new opera house since
It's erection. The introduction which was
delivered by Rev. Geo. A. Beattie, presi-
dent of the university, was given IN few
we'll chosen words.
Who is the man that comes among
Like sanIe God wuTShipped in the days 81 old
And with the matches harmoniss If music
Makes language glitter with The shine Of gold!
Who i he? A man 20 whom j. given
The gifts which make him royal in his might
man created like unto his fellows
But seeing more Of Gods unclOuded light.
THE LECTURE
WIS llSttuSu I'D Win IIpipunu dttSh'iOh
and was most keenly enjoyed by all pres
ent. is impossible TO give any adequate
idea by 4 synopsis. 1t Was full of striking
passages, adorned with wealth Of elocu-
ton and word painting and replete with a
rare humOr that frequently cOnvulS-d the
audience. The manner of delivery was
strong and dramatic and much OF the force
of the lecture is lost when the gesture ana
tone are moi seen and heard. Tie distin-
guished speaker Is a finely built man
about six feet tall with square, broad
shoulders. and is as straight as an arrow.
His countenance is a peculiar one and IS
well represented by his picture. His voice
is strong ard would not be harsh Were it
not Tor a way of grinding out his words in
a grating tone That is To- say the natural
quality is good as is demonstrated v hen he
uses his natural tone. The disiingu's hing
Of his speaking and doubt
less that which gave him his great pOpu-
larity Is the magnetic cordiality ami GEM
aliiy which shines from his face snd rurS
through the whole OF his sermon and lee
lures.
Tire man who has never made 4 blunder.
he said. had never been born; II he had
been he would have died right away The
first biunder was born in paradise and has
had large family of children. But the
blunder was not what he had 10
deal with. Only blunders big II The airth
and great In stature would claim his arten-
ton for the evening.
He said that his ideas of literary Tee
iure had changed sCmewha' since he first
began featuring lie used TO think they
ought to be profound, and he had several
awiully profound ONES He found that
here were two difficulties with these lee
lures. The first was that the audience did
not understand them, and the second was
that he didn't understand them himself.
He made up his mind that / ctuTe ought
to he kindly and genial; that tn friend to
a man is he who helps to bear his burdens.
His ideas on religion were also different
from those of many others. Religion was
sunshine. The difference between earth
and heaven is that the sunshine Is never
clouded in heaven. 4 long face did not
give him an impression of religion. The
longest faced man he had ever seen was
He borrowed twenty five dollars
Of the speaker, and out OF pure de!icacy Of
feeling never referred to the subject again.
After telling several very amusing stO-
ries by way of illustration, Rev. Mr.. Tai
mage passed TO the first big blunder on his
list, which was
MULTIPLICITY OF OCCUPATIONS.
He said the important thing was, first,
to find ones place, second. 10 keep il. Ii
does not make so much difference what one
does so he does il well The difference is
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patton, as in the endowment of the man
with that glorious quality, stick-to-
lIiveness Mr.. Plodon makes success
Of raising bantams. He gets dissatisfied,
and his wealth takes the wings Of
ducks and Shanghais and flies away.
INDULGENCE IN BAD TEMPER
was the second bigblunder spoken Of This
blunder is ineycusable in this country, said
the speaker. | have $4,000 reasons, fresh
ones, against it. That many people come
every year TO this country because it is the
bes, country in the world to live in. All
the countries south of us are crumbling in
to our government. The Uuited States will
eventually offer her hand to Canada In
and Canada will blush, and,
of her allegiance across the sea,
will say TASK ma" We have everything
here that We want. Growl, Spitfre & Bros.
are the poorest firm in town. Merryman
& Warmgrasp came over to this country
with nothing but their good nature. They
laughed and bowed themselves into the
good graces of their employers, and then
into the good will of The customers. Peo-
pie when they came to town came there TO
leave their carpet bags, and then came to
trade where their carpet bags had been
treated so kindly. They filed their shelves
with good humor, the best capital in the
world, and marched steadily to success.
The world is full of music, il We will
only hear it. The man who cannot sing,
or who can aud will not sing, ought to be
sent TO Sing Sing.
The third blunder was
DISC FRAGMENT At BAD TREATMENT
FROM OTHERS.
Women are credited with being great
oossins hut mon are as bad What most