St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-27
LIES BRIGHT SIDE
Pleasantly Turned Up to View
in DR.. Talmage's Lee
ture.
Il
A Powerful Talker Who Sways
an Audience at His
Will.
d
HumOr and PathOs Blended
With Singular Power and
Effect.
Why the Brooklyn Pastor Is
Glad He Landed on This
Planet.

An immense audience assembled in
the Peoples church last evening to hear
Rev. L. De Witt Talmage lecture on
1.-THE Bright Side of Things" DR..
Talmage we'll sustained his reputation
as one of the foremost lecturers of the
day. 1t is true the lecture was not of
the so-called literary order; but DR..
Talmage took occasion to remark that
bis idea of literary lectures had
changed.
There was time when 1 thought a
lecture should be very profound-aw-
fully profound. had three or four
lectures Of that kind; they were fright
fully profound There were two great
difficulties about those lectures: one
was the audience did not know what
was talking about, and the other was l
did not know myself"
Throughout the lecture bristled with
humor and sparkled with brilliant in
telIeetual flashes People came to be
instructed. They were not only in
structed, they enjoyed hearty laugh.
A sympathetic feeling was raised in
their heart for the common, everyday
things of life. and they returned to
their homes delighted. There was
something magnificent in the broad
originality with which, DR.. Talmage
dealt with his subject. His fearless
plainness of speech and unmatched
pictorial power thrilled the audience.
DR.. Talmadge is one of those mortalS
fortunate enough to look on the bright
side of things. He Essays: r
This is very pleasant world to live
in l have ALWAYS hnpn pl9H that I ont
aboard this planet, and would rather
live ten years now than 500 in the days
of Methusaleh. | am not only satisfied
with this world, but like Albert Barnes,
| do not want to leave it until l am very
sure of having better place to go to-.
My ideas of religion are little different
from some peoples. My religion is sun
shine; and the difference between
heaven and earth is that the sunshine
on earth sometimes gets bit cloudy,
while heaven is everlasting sunshine"
With this, by way of an eXOrdium,
the lecturer warned his hearers to avoid
/ the disposition of those who were de-
termined to see the dark side of things.
He had no use for these people. There
we're many people VINO had the faculty
of finding out all the beautiful things in
the world, but there was no face more
characteristic than that of the fault
finder He was terrible creature, and
DR.. Talmage could not see how he
was to =
GET INTO HEAVEN -
unless he went in backwards. Once in
he feared the Pathfinder would not
like the music, and next would spend
two OF three years in trying to find out
whether the wall was exactly plumb.
The people were highly tickled with
the lecturers scathing notice of the
Pathfinder. and applauded him with
much heartinesS. He followed with a
| picture of the man of bad manners.
He had no liking for Lord Chesterfelds ;
the finest clothes that tailOr's goose
ever Matched could not make a gentle
| man. neither could all the arts of the
dresSmaker and perfumer make a lady.
With apt illustration and smart anec-
dote the lecturer enlivened his subject
matter. Nothing could have exceeded
the dramatic force, the pathetic power,
| with which he depicted the true lady
| and gentleman. He graphically de-
scribed the work of lady among the
wounded soldiers of the civil war, call
ing up the deep sympathies of the
| NATIVE awe as he depicted the last mo-
ments of soldier. The people were
quickly aroused from this sad picture
when DR.. Talmage began to speak
| of the mean man: That was a
| mean man who, when asked if he would
take drink, replied no, but would take
| a cigar and three cents. The audience
laughed until they almost rolled out of
their seats. DIR. Talmage entered into
the hilarious turn which he had raised,
and added: ''Ohi that is not as mean
as the man who used the wart on the
| back of his neck for collar button"
There was another uproariOuS OutburSt,
| and the lecturer was applauded again
and again. With regained silence. DR..
Talmage said:
"a man of good manners always has
| the faculty of making you feel good.
There is no faculty more winsome than
that of saying pleasant things in pleas
ant way; there is nothing more diStaSte-
full and offensive than that of always
having something meddlesome to men
| ton. Some people who are miserable
| themselves always want to make every
body else miserable. The fact is, some
people are not happy unless they are
| miserable. They have something of a
happy misery or miserable happiness
| in them. There are some men who have
| the faculty of picking out everything
weak in the character of everybody else.
| If half a dozen people are engaged i'll
pleasant chat they are sure to drag in
Oh them
SOME DISAGREEABLE SUBJECT
"If the father of one was so unfOrtu-
nate as to have been hung, they will
persist in discussing with him capital
punishment OF dragging long rope
through the room. If you fail in bust
ness they make cunning remarks about
bankrupt laws and tw0-thirds enact
mentS.
DR.. Talmage urged upon parents the
| Importance of educating their children
| in the elements of good manners, and
next illustrated the character of the
| lounger-the man who always came at
the wrong time and stayed until his eu-
tertainer was exhausted. Compared
with such persons was sickness, inf1u-
| eHza, mosquitoes, bundle bees, fieas and
| hot nights when it was impossible to
| sleep. When DIR. ralmage saw
such a bore coming down street
| he either crossed to the 9TH
| er side or went around the
block. He also touched up the speak
| ing mantle man who was always
| speaking; the man who must speak or
| burst; and wound up with the lachry-
m0Se-the man VINO always nad the
| blues. who always saw the dark side of
things ParadoXical as it might seem,
the man who had the most trouble was
the happiest. Dependency was the
| most Improbable feeling man could
| have. Ever since he was five years old
the politicians had prophesied that the
country was going to ruin, but the future
| was not dependent upon party organ
ization but the almighty arm of God.
| BY the throne of the truthful God, l
assert that truth and liberty and justice
| shall yet be triumphant over all their
| foes.
The reverend gentleman resumed his
seat amid reiterated rounds of applause.
He had charmed every one by his great
genius and originality, and at the
close there was rush to the plat
! form to shake hands with him.
| 1t has been truly said that the
attempt to do anything but listen to his
| sentences, first short, sharp and ring
ing, and then drawn out with plain
| tiveness that will linger after his voice
has died away; to do anything but
| laugh at the fine. delicate sarcasm and