The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-18
THE GOSPEL ABROAD.
CHEERING ACCOUNT OF CHRISTIAN
ACTIVITY IN FOREIGN LANDS.

ofAn Hairs in Russia-NobiIity of the Gar
and Czarina-A Badly sIandered Peo-
pIe-Christian Unity in Great Britain.
BROOKLYN, Oct. 1G-Cnusual interest
attached to the sermon preached by
Rev, DR.. Talmage this forenoon, it hav-
ing been announced that he would de-
vote the entire discourse to a review of
his summers journey. The great Tab
ernacle building was crowded early by
an expectant audience. Professor
Brown, the organist. during the service
rendered the Russian national air, the
English national air and our own ma
tional air. Among other hymns sung
was
My country, tits Of thee,
Sweet land of liberty.
The subject was observations IL
Russia and Great Britain" the text be-
ing Psalm cxxXix, 9. III | take the
wings of the morning and dwell in the
utter1nost parts OF the sea. even there
shall thy hand lead me
What an absur,! book the Bible must
be to a man who has no poetry in his
soul! wings Of the morning" What
kind of a bird is it. and how long are its
wings and of what color? All. some Of
us have seen and felt its wings. They
are golden. They are buOyant. They
are swift. They are widespread Tn,
10Th of last June | took the wings OF
the morning" and started for Europe
June 20, on the wings of the morning.
l started from Liverpool. July IL, on
the wings of the morning" | entered
Germany, the land OF Martin Luther
and many of that iIk. living and dead
On 1.-The wings of the morning" | ell
tered St. Petersburg, Russia. On 1.-The
wings Of the morning" | entered Mos
COW. On 1.-the Wings of the morning !
entered the palaces Of Russia. greeted
by the emperor and empress. surrounded
by lovely brood Of princes and prin-
cesses. On the wings of the morning
l entered Inverness. the capital of tue
Scottish highlands. country of Robert
Burns and Thomas Chalmers-the one
for poetry, tie other for religion. Sep;
81, on 1.-The wings of the morning" | en-
tered the finest haven of all the earth
New York harbOr-Hnd looked off to
ward the most interesting place had
seen in three months South Oxford
street, Brooklyn. Oh. | like 1.-The wing"
of the morning" am, by nature AMI
by grace. a son of the morning. think
must have been born in the morning
! would like to die in the morning. /
have a notion that heaven is only hi
everlasting morning. In the summer OF
1892 my text was fulfilled to me again
and again. ''If take the wings of the
morning and dwell in the uttermos
parts of the sea, even there shall thy
hand lead me-" Yes. he led me as he
always has led me since took my fir. !
walk from the cradle to my mothers
lap at Bound Brook until this pulpit
where l now stand, and he will lead ne
until l stop for all time about three
miles out yonder. where the most of you
will be my fellow slumberers.
AN ACCOUNT OF STEWARDSHIP.
You all know why went to Russia
this summer. There are many thou
sands of people who have right TO say
to me, as was said in the Bible parable
Give account Of thy Stewardship
Through The Christian Herald. which
have the honor to edit. we had fol
months i'll publisher ;. III repOrtOral and
editorial column put before the people
the CHASTITY facts concerning twenty
million Russians who were starving L
death, and subscriptions to the reliet
fund had come by letters that SCENE,
not so much written with ink as wit
tears, some of the letters PRACTICAL J
saying. We find it hard TO get breal
TOR our own families. but we cannO
stand this cry Of hunger from beyond
the seas, and so please to receive the in
closed. And others had sent jewel
EA-,r, +lai,. lonlc MI r,Hrl-S
Sell these and turn them into bread.
And another letter said: Enclosed is al
old gold piece 1t was my mothers
She gave 1t to me and told me never t.
part with it, except for bread, and nov
Iinclose it." We had gathered thirty
five thousand dollars i'll money, whicl
we turned into three million pounds o
-four. When | Went down 10 the bOarC
of trade at Chicago and left five thou
sand dollars of the amount raised Will
prominent flour merchant, taking II,
receipt and leaving all to him to do tn
best thing, and returned. it was sug
gested that l had not done things in
business way. How could we know
what sort of flour would be senG Their
are STYLES of flour more fit for the trOugI
of the swine than the mouths of hunSr
men and women. Well, as is custom
airy, when the -four came to New YorI
it was tested, and we found indee
they had cheated US They gave u
better -four than we had bought.
bought in Chicago fine -four. but the
sent us superfne. God bless the mel
chants of Chicago!
GODS OWN LAND.
Now we know nothing about famin
in America. The grasshoppers may xii
the crops in Kansas, the freshets ma
destroy the crops along the Ohio, the pc
tato worm may kill the vines of Lon
Island. the rust may get into the whea
of Michigan, yet when there has bee
dreadful scarcity III some parts OF tn
land there has been plenty III other parts
But in districts of Russia. vast enOug