The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-24
TALMAGE ON IOHNSTOWN.
He Visits the Afflicted City
and Surveys the Ruins.

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pie. many dead and many diving. a mas n
helpless and appalled, humanity. Two
thousand dead discovered and TWO tbo1san3
missing make me believe that the story of
bow many thousand perishe,I viii never ha
told until the resurrection fFnmpe, sLall Be-
sounded. To show how accustomed 10
scenes Of death this district has become To-
day, while human body was being taken
ont Of the ruins and stood looking azhast
at the spectacle and the laborers. no crowd
gathered, and the worknen hundred feet
away did not stop their work.
such an avalanche Of wretehe,lness never
slipped upon any American city. Horrors
piled On horrors. woe angnaenting woe. bank
rupiey. o-phanase. Uidowhood. eh;IdIess-
ness. obliteratei ilomestea.Is. suryel GENE
ieries. and scenes 50 exciting. 1t Is marvel
that anyone eoHsd look upon them and
escape insanity. No fear that sympa,hv fsr
Johnstown be overione. The two and &
half million dollars contributed Is = small
amount compared with the thirty million
By this food demolished.
Was the work Of tjevasta,;o1 .s g-e.+ a.
snpro=ts7 Far xo-ss. t.,..s -. - :.
o1Iv the eve "a, ,sl.s -, n. -.
worst part of :, c,n,o, >. - n -.
~reck capsa,7 nv the su,l.7sr ,g.r.-,,,-o - !,
many. can Be omen IN only one eve and ia,
the AIl-seeipx Think of oDe s,n,;lv ~ ;,,,-
teen all dead except one. and that the wife
and mother, and she the witness Of their
drowning / saw the grave trench in which
20 were barred, and the whole gaverard
ike National cemetery, in which the IN
recognized dead have particular number
placed above them, and recorded in the M
deriakers rooms. with description Of the
body and clothes. can well understand
how many Of the survivors. who had buried
their kindred before this disaster occurred
thanked God that they we're gone. sayiHg
Oh, I am 80 glad that they esearef this
Long sfier contributions Of money have
ceased Johns:oxn viii s.arld in need oF the
sympathy OF All nations Let those who to-
hight have roofs over their heads and their