, 1890-03-13
IS He A HUMBUG?
Grave Charges Against tina
Rev. Talmage.
He IS HOT AFTER The DOLLAR
A Direct Allegation of Periurv
A Contract Breaker ana a
Dibber.

The New York sun of March
printed u siN-column article ON tho
Rev. Il. DE Witt Talmagc, headed.
els lie u llumbug, or Wor.ee-.
Grave Moral Crimes Laid ut His
of False SWEARING a,
His Trial Before the Brooklyn prc..
Investigation or lhnlal
Ever Made England's Great Wol.
come and Subsequent Repudiatlon
Of Him-Drinking Wine AMER
Temperance Lecturc-Selllng mi.
Same to %o-C Called Religious llooks.n
This article Is IN reply to u chal.
lcngc given by Tal,nagc after the
publication OF some general charge,
made two weeks ago. Nagucnr.,
aud gcnVuIliLatiOns are now dis
cardCd and specific allegations made
rs t0 specific acts and documrnts
aud other evidence produced sus-
tain ing what Is said,
=ruc first count in the indic,men
l. a direct allegation of perjury.
This is made In connection with his
change In 1876 from the editorial
chair Of the Christian at Work to
that of the Advance. In the last
issue Of the first named paper which
Talmugc edited was long adver.
. tiscmcnt Of the opposition paper To
which he was going. After the
paper had been approved by the
publishers, and they had gone home
without the fnintcst notion that
lnhnJgc was going To- leave them,
I the sun SAYS, he went to- the ufilcr
aud ordered the forms unlocked and
put In this putl for the Advance,
and then ordered the prr-smcn to
/ run OF the whole edition during
I the night, paying them cut Of his
own pocket S2j extra for night work.
. Before any papers had lcit the e.
tahlishmcnt the publishers heard u
lllmngc'- action and ordered the
whole edition destroyed. Then the
matter was brought to the attention
Of thc Brooklyn Pr,-bytcry and after
Investigation on the charge Of flnud
the ease was dismissed by vote Of
- 10 20.
Tulmugc sworc during the trial
that hc had uo thought Of writing
the editorial until the afternoon OF
the day ON which he put 1t In the
paper, hut the sun produces copy
of a contract between the publisher
of the Advance aud Tulmngc made
five days Ooturc, In which II is cx.
prc--ly stipulated that Inlmngc
should make such an announcement
on the very day which lac tried to.
When the discriminating contract of
'OctubCr I, 1870, was discovered, 1t
was sent tO the Rev. Dr. Van Dyke,
who had been active In the invests
CATION Of the charges against Tai
mage before the pre-bytcry. Dr.
/ Van Dyke, in u letter To Dr. Tai
mage, laid before him the newly
tublc conclusion: "rhe-c furts seem
tn involve You In the guilt II
false swearing In the sauic letter
, Dr. Van Dyke stated that infuma.
tiun had come tO him that "ln the
. morning OF Monday, October o,
) 1876, at ; o'clock, you met by
P previous appointment "a gentleman
! To whom you showed "a draft Of a
Nalediclory announcement Of your
T transfer to the Advance, aud that
he demonstrated with you against
your HVowed purpose to publish II
Ia the next issue of the Chr.. ian
at Work" No reply came from
Talmngc Ia Dr. Van Dykes letter
Thcrcup0n the latter gentleman
summoned private conference OF
the clcrgymCu who are memhers uI
the Brooklyn lrrShytcry, and laid
/ the incts before them without com
mcnt. Then came the question
What should bo done about ~ And
because Of the bitterness Of tho
former trial IL was thought best t.
let the whole matter drop.
II II mrlhrr charged that Tai
mage, after making contract tt
lcctuW for oluuU lecture Ia England
ON discovering his popularity bluilco
his manager Major Pond, into Civ
ing him $40 q lecture 10y producing
u doctors certificate that hi- health
would not allow him 10 lecture
And 40 a second contract was made
Pond having made arrangement.
ahead that must hp kept. The see
ont contract lalmugo broke ot
some ground, but ON getting $50 II
lecture, II n said, his health was
sufficiently poud 10 ullow him I,
proceed. After being iioulzcd by
the English people for II time he 10
came less popular, aud many pooI
churches and Young Mems Christian
Associations Were heavily involved
by contracts with him.
Tic iicN. Joseph Parker, who wa
called from England to take Beech
er's pulpit, made the charge thai
hiicr ucliNcring u temperance lee
= turu lulmugc drank wine ut lunch
Thl- Talmagc did not directly deny
nut produced II telegram from tn,
gentleman with whom lie had dinco
; stating that hc had drank no win,
NJ dinner. "Thls, however," Ay'
the sun, "wns II Cownrdly evasion
= for thc wine had been drunk al
; lunch just after the lecture, and mol
. at the dinnern
Inllnage recently sent out NJ
: quest To all Christian people of th,
world requesting them to subscrlb,
SioO,OOO for thc rebuilding of hii
church. Major Pond says II Tai
mage really wants that amount %
money lac will give II Co him for 20'
lectures, 50 that nobody but Tulmag,
himself need make the slightest sue
rilicc for the new building. The
sun article cnds rs follows:
- In view oi the evidence now n
hnd the question considered two
weeks ago regarding the most prom
inehto ot American preachers mus
give place to n more serious inquiry
moro serious for the individual
more serious for the denomination
me represents, Ii Is no longer, Il
: Ihlmngeo II humbug? but II lie fit Il
rcma Ia In Christian pulpit? Out
ragged prOpricty and selfish insincer