Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-04-14
EVENTFUL YEARS.
DR.. Talmage RehearSeS Events Since
the Beginning OF his Pastor
ate in Brooklyn.
He Denies Recent Reports of Flnan-
ciaI difficulties and CorrCcts
Misrepresentation.


Brooklyn. In white flowers, embed
dei IN green at the back OF the pulpit
stood the inscription, 1853 and
1892 DR.. Talmage'S subject was.
The Three Tabernacles; \ story OF
trials and triumphs." and his text,
Luke tx. 33, Let us make three tab
ernacleS.
Our Arab ponies We're almost dead
with fatigue. as. in December, 1886,
we rode near the foot OF Mount Her
mon in the Holy Land. the mountain
called 10y one "a mountain o; ice by
another "a slitterina breast plate OF
ice" by another The Mount Blanc
OF PaieStine.' Its top has an almost
unearthly brilliance. But. what must
it have been in the time to which my
text refers. Peter and James and
John were on the mountain top with
Jesus, when, suddenly, ChriSt's face
took on the glow OF the
MONDAY sun, and Moses and Ellah,
who had been dead for cent urles,
came out OF the heavenly world and
talked with our Savior. What an
Overwhelming three. Moses, repre-
senting the law, Elijah, representing
the prophets. and Christ, representing
all words Impetuous Peter was so
wrought up by the presence OF this
wondrouS three, that, without wait
ing for time to consider how prepos-
ferrous was the proposition, he cried
out: Let us make three tabernacles;
one for Thee, one for Moses and one
for Elijah" Where would they get
the material for building one taber-
nacle much less enough TO build two
tabernaces, and, still less, how would
they get the material Tor building
three? Where would they get the
hammers? Where the gold? Where
the silver? Where the curtains?
Where the costly adornments? Her
mon is Il barren peak, and TO build
one tabernacle III such Il place would
have been an undertaking beyond
human achievement, and Peter was
propoun'iin- ic Impossible when he
cried out III enthusiasm:
81 III, ~ rl.rI,p yi,rEl, TABrEvArIrS. "
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ton have been called to do and nave
done. The first Brooklyn Tabernacle
WAS dedicated in 1870 and destroyed
by fire in lST2 The second Brook
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and no explanation has been made.
Before get through with the delivery
OF this sermon and it's publication
and distribution, | shall show that
no church on earth has ever done
more magniicentiy, and that no
| church ever CONQUERED more trials,
and that no membership ever bad in
it more heroes and hercines than this
Brooklyn Tabernacle, and ! mean
to have it known that
any individual or RELIGIOUS news-
paper or secular newspaper that
hereafter casts any reflection on
this church's fidelity and gen
crosby, is guilty OF Il wickedneSs
for which God will hold him or it re.
sponsiblc. One year it was sent out
through u syndicate OF newspapers
that this church WAS doing nothing il
the way OF liberaIity, when we had
that year raised S04 900 III hard casl
fot religious uses. There has been per
sistent and hemisphere lying against
this church. We have raised during
my passionate, for building and rely
ious purposes, sos, 900