Telegram-herald., 1889-10-14

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service utgaL generaily preceded
Is an inquiry westlnE. shen he
talks a1rh thosa about J. soiu
tbs eburch tTs6sY morning IS en-
tlrelY devotos - the preachers college
sno krlday afternoon o. yltbg she
sick sn1 needy 81 his parish whom hs
wishes g. sec for himself saturday
morning 10 attends 10 ocrresp spen1enoe
and to Afternoon Is devoted 90 8 recep-
tor Yor visitors Of course one DAY
dlnsreta FROM another There are calls
upon the sick and the dying There 2re
great pu Bile meetings - be Gtte enGe1.
There are special lectures 70 ox pre-
pared and vast ar1ouul % other work
His home ia WestNood Is > delightful
spot. All - 50 peaceful and sail thai
the house aud the grounds might be
rftY miles from tow instead ~ being
but rhres-ogsrters of an hours drive
fashioned house, with plenty OF room.
tastefallY laid Out grounds, well kept
laxra and strawberries IL good order.
There arc essy chairs under the trees
and q SPLENDID tennis court not far
away. There are any number OF bee
hives for Mr.. Sturgeon Is a great
apiarian The grounds are aglow with
pinks and other homely English flowers.
The stables and out houses are big ana
roomv. The stable is protected bv al
enormous horse Shoe, weighing SOD
pounds, the git OF = friend who
deemed is al invaluable specific against
evil spirits. Ia another part OF the
garden is a fountain with gold fish
Within the house is bright and
airy. The entrance hall Is small.
The dining-rOOm opens 10 the right
and Mr. Surgeons study 70 the left.
In shis study sir. Spurgeon keeps
three private secretaries constantly
busy. Big shelves loaded with
books on all sorts of subjects and the
great room is strewn with papers, mag
azines and other evidences Of literary
worker Mr.. Sturgeon works, or rather
did the day ! was with him, IN light
alpaca garden coat and wore on his
head white felt wide-awake hat. He
chatted pleasantly about nen and
things and drew my attention particu-
larry 20 a wide collection OF caricatures,
which he has preserved through mis-
career as a London preacher. For. be
il known that his sailing has not al
ways been smooth and that he has often
found himself en- the side OF question
that brought dispute and heated argu-
ment AS | rise to 90, Mrs. SpurgeOn
FnNE1 - g1
woman. a fit help-meet for the great
preacher, who has taken upon herself
large portion of the work OF the Taber-
nacle, and in her home has a room set
apart for distributing books, tracts, etc.
She Is q ministeriRg angel among the
poor of London and is one of tho most
popular of women in the big city. All
her children, or rather her three sons,
are ministers, and her only daughter is
married TO minister and is herself a
speaker of no mean ability. 1t is a
typical English home.
Spurgeon dimes in the middle Of the
day and after an early tea there are
prayers and then Mrs. Spurgeon seats
herself at the parlor organ and in a
sweet voice. joined by her husband
her sons and the visitors, they sing for
an hour or TWO some of the old-fashiOned
melodies thar sound sweeter to-day be-
cause they are so seldom heard.
Surgeons active career in the lpit
is well nigh ended. Bodily infirmities,
long threatened, seem at last TO have
overtaken him and he is frequently a
prisoner in his room at the pleasant
home in Westwood. He himself has
expressed the fear that his last appear
ance in the Tabernacle will soon have
been made, for ne is now often SO affiict-
ed that he cannot be moved without
suffering pain. His congregation. IL is
hardly necessary TO say. feel keenly foI
their beloved pastor. Indeed. i. would
be impossible to estimate the good &C.
cOmplished by the Spurgeon family. and
if the men and women whom they have
helped would stand shoulder TO shoulder
they would make an army that would
circle Great Britain.
DAVID WECHsLER.