Telegram-herald., 1889-10-14

II would not be possible in the space
OF newspaper article 20 tell who this
wonderful man is nor 70 outline the
work no has performed / may say,
however. that everything he has under
taken has prospered whether IL be an
orphanage, a magazine or college, it
has grown magnihcently under his
care.
II may interest you 10 know that he is
one OF the most voluminous and popular
authors OF the day. He is the head OF
a theological college which has sent out
q thousand students into the ministry.
de is the founder md maintainer of an
orphanage in which 800 orphans find
comfortable home. He is director Of
a colportage association, the editor of
a magazine and the author of countless
pamphlets on all sorts of secular and
religious subjects. lie breaches to the
largest audience OF any minister in the
world. His sermons are scattered in all
lands and have been translated into
every language. Some OF them have
reached an edition of 160, 900 copes. For
twenty five years he has issued weekly
the sermons preached on the preceding
Sunday morning. he has never missed
q week, except during extreme illness.
These sermons, bound together, com
pose library OF fifty volumes. He has
published many talks to young men and
all lis lectures have been in pamphlet
form. There is hardly subject of in
terest TO the human race that this great
man has not touched upon and said
something that has added to its inter
est and influence. His writings would
make complete library. He is one Of
the great men of the world.
The graduates of his preachers
college are doing yeoman service in
many lands. he takes these young m&n
almost into his family, treats them like
sons, instructs them, lectures to them
and fts them for the ministry. There
IS not subject from theology TO the
culture Of the voice that he has not lee
tured 10 them upon. For all this there
Is no charge. The college is supported
by voluntary contributions. Nearly
Thousand graduat tes have passed through
the institution since il was organized.
OF the orphanago it Is sufficient to say
that 1t has saved many children from
early graves and is very bright spot in
a very dreary city.
Mr. Spurgeon has been heard all
over England, Ireland and Scotland,
and often breaches to a congregation OF
from fifteen % twenty thousand people.
He Is very fond Of outdoor preaching
and is the oniy man who was ever in
vited 30 deliver religious discourse at
the Crystal Palace. He frequently ex-
changes pulpits, and often asks his
congregation including the pewhold-
ers, 70 stay At home for a Sabbath and
permit visitors and strangers and others
who cannot afford to buy pews 10 take
their places for q day in his church.
That ne is busy man you may well
guess. whom ] tell you that he employs
i've stenogrs pliers and keeps them all
going. With the exception OF MIR.
Gladstone, he receives the largest mail
of anv man IN bhe three kingdoms. a
great many of his letters from sailors,
from soldiers. from poor fellows, whom
he has managed to help out OF the
gntter, are simply addressed. Spurgeon,
England. To these he replies cheer
fully, and is always ready 70 give ad-
vice Nor Is this all He gives freely
OF his money. ] n fact he is poor man.
Jf IL were not Tor the kindness Of his
congregation. be would be penniless.
4 few years ago they purob ssed houne
for him, the house that he now occu-
pies a. Ncstw0Od tho southern ridge
u the wooded hefGnta OF Sydonham.
Upon tho occasion OF the twenty~hfth
anniversary of hS psstorate OF tho
church. his conrro~ation presontod him
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