Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-09-19
IALN AIIE lN LONDON.
tx f1cslvs9 AN OVATION AND De-
LlvERs HIS FAREWELL SERMON.

Nnthmx Like - since the Days a
VhueaeId "A Scrmon on the Marvel
81 NAsare ni,d the Giorics Of Heaven.
LONDON. Sept. ls--The closing weel
of Rev. DR.. Talmage's preaching ton
vas marked by several gatherings whicl
In magnitude and enthusiasm eclipse'
a1l that had preceded them. The las
service In London was on Sept. 8, when
after addressing three great meeting
during the daytime. he spoke to an iln
snense multitude in Hyde park in th
evening. Some estimates place tn
number at 10000 The crowd was q,
dense that many women tainted and ha,
10 be removed.
During the services the auditors wcr'
raised to the highest pitch of reIigiou
fervor. and scenes were enacted snuh a.
have not been witnessed since the day
Of Whitefield. On the following We'd
nesday evening DR.. Talmage addressed
great audience at the Crystal palace
Sydenham, the largest buildng in th'
suburbs Of London. Prayer inectin IS in
voking the divine blessing on the So; vice.
were held in various churches the pre-
ceding Monday and Tuesday evei 'ngs
Before the sermon DR.. Taiinage wls en-
tertained at banquet in the large bnn
quoting hail Of the Crystal palace by ,
hundred distinguished clergymen anc
laymen of every denomination and from
every continent. even including Aus
tralia.
A vote Of thai @ was moved relears
ing Or. Talina&~ 4 eminent services to
dcd and humanity: also tliat be Il 4
travelled over 1e 1000 miles and preached
IN every prominent city In Great z ,itain
10 hundreds of thousands OF eager audi.
tors, collected vast sums for y. sious
English benevolences, and throu .hout
the entire tour paid his own exp nses.
not retaining ono farthing. Rec Dir.
Thain Davidson seconded the motion,
and declared that DR.: Tal-rage com.
lnandcd the admiration OF the entire
Christian world for faithfully preaching
the orthodox Gospel In times of fierce
religious dissension. The molten was
unanimously carried amid great up.
plause.
DR.. Talmage was then presented, In
behalf Of his English admirers. with
beautiful and costly gold wa. ch Of
unique design. inscribed "Presented to
Rev. DR.. Tallnage ut Crystal palace, Lon
don, in commemoration Of his preach
ing tour through England in tie su inner
Of 1862" DIR. Talmage was then cscort-
ed Ia tbe great hall. where the vote Of
thanls was unanimously indorsed and
ratified by the entire audience.
He then preached his farewell sermon.
and shook hands with hundreds at tho
close. This was the second sermon over
preached IN the CRYSTAL palace. the tlrst
having been delivered by Pastor s,,u,r.
reor thirty-five years ago on the Cri-
mean war. The text selected for today
Il from Proverbs XXX. 2s: "The spider
tHketh hold with her hands and Is In
kings palaces
Permitted as was few days ago to
,tttend tho ,a,eeting OF the British Scien.
title association at Edinburph. | found
that no nnper read Ind excited more m
terast than that by Rev. DIR. McCoolr. Of
America. on the subject of spiders. II
seems that nv talented countryman.
from his pulpit for n short
zine by i'll health. had in the fields and
forests given himself to the study Of in
sects. And surely II II Is not benenth
the dignity of God TO make spiders IL Is
nat benonth the dignity OF man TO studv
tnen.
THE TEACHINGS OF NATURE.
We are all watching for phenomena.
A sky full Of stars shining from Janu-
pry to January calls out not SO many re-
marks rs the blazing Of one meteor. A
whole flock Of robins take not so much
OF our attention aH ono laundering bat
darting into the window ON summer
eve. Things of ordinary sound and
sight and occurrence fail to reach us,
and yet no grasshopper ever springs up
in our path, no moth over dashes into the
evening candle, no mote ever floats in
the sunbeam that pours through the
crack OF the window shutter, no barnacle
on ships hull, no burr on chestnut, no
limpet clinging to rock. no rind Of al
but would teach us u lesson II
VIZ were not so stupid. God In his Bible
sets forth for our consideration the lily,
and, the snowflake, and the locust, and
tho s.ork's nest, and the kinds foot, and
the aurora borcalis, anu the amt hills,
One Of the sacred writers sitting amid
the mountains sees hind skipping
over the rocks. The hind has such
peculiar shaped foot that it can go over
the sieepest places without falling, and
NJ the prophet looks upon that marking
III the hind's foot on the rocks and
thinks of the divine care over him he
says, rThou malsest my feet like kinds