The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-27

time in Ill probability, % % Moscow In /
y tneefeata OF the famine, 10 superintsnd I
distribution VI the cargo Of the Christi
Herald steamship, the Leo, which u
for the relief OF suffere 4 from the fsnai
IN kussia. Moscow, as You know, ID I
nearAst great center OF distribution to i
snffeFinR provinces. NY tour in Gre
Britain md Ireland will be 4 preachil
tonr. Whether shall begin In Nor
and proceed north has mot been decide
Yes, I shall visit LELAND, where / ha,
many watm friends. In 1856 n
work while in the United Kingdo
wac chiefly lecturing, this time it wi
DO preaching. regard my visit a. 4 pa
toral visitation. ! small sue innumsrab
people who as certainly belong to my t1ot
IS the members OF my church in Brooklyl
face to face, M shall take them by ii
hand. Excepting my visit to Russia, all IN
time will be spent in Great Britain and Irt
land. | cannot resist any longer the impo
tunities OF n correspondence reaching ov.
TWENTY years, and virtually compelling til
preaching tour | have undertaken to make.
You anticipate 4 working vacation wit
} q great deal Of chee,ful confidence, doctol
You seem to be In thorough health and cor
dition."
why, yes," with a laugh. IT lecture
last night outside of BoSton. came her
this morning. and after a sleep-I c~ultivat
sleep--fesl ready for anything. When
was in Ireland in 1885 | preached ut Helfas
to n congregation Of not less than 1000
people. nost of whom stood in streets con
vereing, like the spokes of a wheel, into
space like a hub and known as Carlisle
circus. This was crowded and tho street,
TO a long distance; yet all heard every wore
! said, and l felt no strain from the effort
l have not aeen a sick minute since within
my memory. had, ii 10 true. a touch OF
4 4ENA ~ jnrA xv,trN 80 A..A ,A-A ..r ..su
right straight ahead. I have been blessed
with most wonderful health. / have been
sometimes most awfully tired. but a good
nights rest sets me up. As | said before. ]
cultivate Sleep"
"lou don't cultivate dreams%"
II don't believe in dreams. A man can
dream as much as he likes ii he eats plenty
of mince pie before going to bed. The
Lord in olden times revealed himself in
dreams, but l don't think He often does 80
now" .- "
But you remember. doctor, Young says:
Dull sleep instrucss. nor sport vain dreams
"Ah! / remember. but not as apprecia-
t~ivelysas ] ought. When ! was at school we
passed from 'Young's Night Thoughts and
! have no very pleasant memo, les Of tlat
book" a~..~T
Nobody reads it now, doctor, but possi-
bly, a wsll-edited edition, with q good deal
~ Law SGAh ~ "a AAiikAe SCtAs ~ q n
pity not to have access to a profitable mine
of gems because il ia not all diamonds"
:" hats So" +".
his reference to literature led to a talk
about youthful aivines md poets. such as
Pollok. author of THE Coutse of Time"
whom the doctor quotes sometimes. and of
the fate to die of consumption before the
maturity of their powers, which overlook
many of them.
Consumption" said Dr.. Talmage, sis
the disease Of which moro elegant mem
and l think ~women-die than OF any other.
1t seems to have a fondness for exquisite
natnres-dreamy, spirituelle. Therefore, I
was so hopeful that DR.. Koch had found
out something to cure consumption, be-
cause il is a foe to the finest part of the
human family; and the popularity Of it is
TINT it docs not deface nor cripple the in
tellectuaf capabilities 10 the last"
Here he cited the case of Henry Kirke
shaled on the Nightly Plain" with both
feet in the grave. and recited a part of it
with tho quiet power of an accomplished
elocutionist at ease in his chair.
The conversation drifting into politics:
What a muddled state things are in. A
what might happen in a week. He might
venture on a day. perhaps. In the great
political contest ahead Of US We shall be
on the stump that We are on the verge
OF a great crisis. The general smashup ia a
quadr nnial delusion. The only thing in
solved is who shall be attorney general and
shall tie village postmaster. Among
he honest men who are candidates for
The presidency, tho election of this or that
one will not make the difference of 10 cents
TO the prosperity of this nation for the next
four years. The perception of this fact
abroad keeps a presidential election here
from making the same commercial agita-
zion that formerly was seen. We were told
hat IT this party succeeded We should have
The millennium: that if tho other party, de-
We. and people abroad az
we'll, have come to find ont that things go
just about the ssms-ths main drift the
light drift"
l remarked that the hopeful, sunny way
10 has of regarding things is one OF the
'ensons OF DR.. Talmags's popularity and
influence. A public harrassed by many
find rest and encouragement in a
eachsr who takes a bright view of the state
# the world.
However that MAJ be-. my intercourse
With people away from my own church is
God for me. Ny tours keep me out of the
ut. ! see a great many people in the r
mood. Nothing is more interesting
han to meet interesting people. and moth
nR IL more depressing than to meet people
n their worst mood. A very brighs and
adiant world is this world to me. The !
A@ Ia ASAo1c W III
Paul was an optimist, for he said
hat all things work together for good, and
he elimination OF lsaiah's prophecy is q
arden brilliant with oriental iuxuriance. |
ind my joy Is preaching the gospel. When
lecture 1T Is for the purpose of recreation,
ust as some ministers keep a velocipede O
horse and find their recreation in that
ray. keep a lecturing platform; that ia
mode of recreation. and if it had not !
zen for that l should have been
end long ago. Prsachirg ia a more abb t
orbing work. 1t is dealing with a more i'm t
fabric, and l have generally spent {
ny ummers in lecturing, therefore: lust !
. eachinR on Sundays and lecturine on .
ther days. | thought l would give this q
to preaching. as 1 have told you, TO t
leet friends, many OF whom | have mover J
zen, but who l feel are as near to me as !
Of the flock l preach to in nv own :
hurch. ! hope to come back better pre- I
AIRED to do my work here. BROOKLYN il a ]
1ost delightful place for ministers. I
blink Brooklyn people are loss sxactinp and 9
'ore sympathetic than almost any people ,
now of, Il churches for the most part r
rsat their ministers we'll. The minister c
as unbounded liberty OF ute and no .
to wait on him to tell him he !.
better do it some other way. am al '
'ays rejolced whom vacation comes, and I
m always GLAD when it is over. GOODBYE
F1AToK.
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