Omaha daily bee., 1891-10-25

analysed, ana aio found TO be the ashes OF
wood and the ashes of animals. They are in
fact the ashes OF the sacrifices Of the Jews in
the days Of the past, which for 1000 wears
were carried out Of Jerusalem and deposited
in that place. Jerusalem, in fact, is having
quite a real estate boom. Tho lands about the
city have increased Ia value and there has
been much buildtug.n
Did Not Attempt to Buy Calvary.
"How about Calvary, and that story that
you attempted to buy it of the Turksf'
There is no truth in that" replied DIR.
Talmage. ''Ihe very idea would have been
ABSURD. The will not sell
their lands TO foreigners, and there Is o Mo
hammetan cemetery on the edge OF the spot
where Christ was cruciied, and you see 1t
would have been impossible for me TO have
purchased IL had | wished to do so. As to
that spot being the place Of the cruciitXion,
however, | have not the slightest doubt.
The morning l arrived in Jerusalem |
went up TO the top of the house in which
| was stopping and took u look at the Holy
City. / had the Mount OF Olives pointed out
to me and Mount Marian, and without any
one telling me, ! fixed upon this spot as the
place Of crucitixion. Why, 1t corresponds
exactly with the descriptions OF the btole. III
is tho perfect shape of u great skull, both in
side and outside, and there is a spot on its
top Just large enough for three crosses. IL
IS without the walls, and the bible says that
Jesus was taken outside OF the walls to be
cruCiied. 1t Is known that this was the
place Of execution of malefactors for years
PRIOR to this time. and it would be the nat
ural place for tho crucitixion. Besides II
was on tho edge OF the main road leading out
OF Jerusalem, and you remember that the
bible says that the people wagged their
heads at him as they went along. The spot
which has been accepted as the place of cru
cihxion and over which the church of the
Holy Sephulchre is built is in the middle OF
the city, and * must have always been a
densely populated spot"
DIR. Talmagc and His Life OF Christ.
by the way, doctor, did you write much
of your Life of Christ while you were in
-Pulestinein
"Yes,n was the reply. 81 worked at it as
hard as you worked there during your trip
as newspaper correspondent. L found the
inspiration of my surroundings conducive to
the work and | rewrote much that | had
written before. | took my description of
places from life, and / found it enabled me to
make it a better book"
please tell me about the book, doctor.
Where did you get the title and is it a sue
cessl'
'.The story of the title" replied Or. Tai
mage, us a curious one. | sought for a long
time for a title but could find none. The
Life of Christ was too hackneyed. 1t had
been used a number of times, and l wanted
something new. For weeks | cudgeled my
brains IN vain, | was thinking OF 1t when L
travelled in the west, and one day as | sat i'll
the train approaching Alliance, o., like n
flash came to me the words, From Manager
to Throne 'Tve got it at last said l to
myself, and for fear [ might lose 1t, | took
out my note book and wrote it down. AS to
the success of the work, IL Promises to be
more successful than anything | have ever
written. Four hundred thousand copies
have been subscribed for, and two hundred
and fifty thousand copies have been deliv-
cred and paid for. This is a great many con-
sidering the fact that the book costs from 81
to $40 per copy. | think there is 10 doubt
but that the circulation will reach 200, OOO."
Tel me something Of your other books"
said /.
81 have written for years. said DIR. Tai
mage, land the public has always treated me
well. We were counting up the other day
the books that have been published over my
name as author. and we find there are fifty
of them, and they are translated into nearly
all the languages of Europe.I got a copy of a
Scandinavian translation Of one of my books
today. or course | can't read it, but know
it Is nine from my name as author
on the title page. OF these different
books, have myself published
fifteen and have gotten receipts from them.
The OF her tnirty-five have been piratedsn
one way or another"
Money Making and the Pulpit.
"Dr. Talmage," said l, you've been called
a money-making preacher. Do you think the
making of money is incompatible with your
profeSsionP'
'If the making of money were the chief
end of the profession | would say yes" re-
piled DR.. Talmage. And if it were not en-
tirely subordinate and apart from it, / would
also say yes. But when the making of money
comes entirely from work that does not con-
flict with the duties of the pulpit, and that
in fact aids on the work OF the profession, |
would say no. During my whole life | have
made my preaching and my church the SUI
preme end of my work. | have never madea
dollar at the expense OF my congregational
labors, and | have never tried to make money
for moneys sake. The opportunities and the
work have been forced upon me. l have &C
ceptcd them, because in doing so / believe
that | am at the same time able to do good.
| refuse hundreds of offers for literary work
and lectures because | nave not the time to
give to them, and if, as is often so, my prices
for such things are called high. they are
forced upon no one and they are fixed in gen.
eral not by me, but by bureaus and agents
through whom such business is done for me-.
If 1 would, | could ! believe have such en-
gagements as would net me 81 900 a day the
year through, and 1 have now lying on my
study table an offer of $l50,00O for u series
oil lectures. / never lecture for less than
$500 or 81 200 a night, and the latter is my
regular price for tho larger cities. When i
charged 81 200 for going to Chicago not long
ago to lecture, the fact was made q
subject of comment by some of
the newspapers, who said that my action
was a ohc. "hSs L tublO oVos Il
did not ask Chicago to call me to lecture, and
the receipts of the lecture, which was held
in tho Auditorium, were, understand, $1,000
in excess of the amount paid me. | get num-
bers Of requests from small places offering
me $500 a night to lecture, and nave today
received such offers from Knoxville and
Memphis. AS it is l can't accept many of
these engagements, though | try to make one
or two trips a year. Last year | did not go
on account of the building of the Tabernacle,
but this summer travelled through twentV-
three states, covered 10000 miles and shook
hands with at least 5000 people"
He Talks of His Work.
How do you do such an amount of work,
doctort Please tell me something of your
weekly labors.'
MY weeks vary so that | can hardly do
that" was the reply. 81 am engaged nearly
every day to speak, lecture or preach some
whore. I'm editor of the Christian Herald
and write three columns n week for it.
write an article a week for the Observer and
every month | prepare an article for the
Ladies' Home Journal entitled, Under my
Study Lamp Then have my Friday night
talks, my regular sermon, my calls and my
mail, which comes from all parts of the
world
How do YOU get your restr'
81 save time in every way possible. / use
stenographers in my work and dictate read.
lily and rapidly. | find my chief rest In a
change OF work and conversation at a din
nor party, for instance, gives me new life and
vigor. | remember the New England dinner
when Henry Grady made his great speech. |
sat bNtVpan him and Ganarnl Sherman md