Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-14

W successful that every persoli o. the a.v99
NhD caIil he seated could - oily l1pN
rirsf into tie Preachers face nut heat as
fnttiy eteFS word he a1 y, TIE ofeAA
vhch was put into the nc.a e,iihee ~Ss
the hnest In tho country az Eat time and
eost nearly $4,000 Tho t.uilding ccet
$4,000 complete. nni was dedicated en
FEB. % 1915 For aftesn 70 ,rs Dr.. Tai
mage continued TO urclch hhia 20 the larg-
est audiences IN America thu Tabernacle
and ith pastor becoming mnfs popular as
the yoar4 rolled by. II becalre iavorlte
place Tor EvanEellsilc gervicea. and many
notable rcvivals. lecture courtts add organ
recitais were held within IL walls. unul
the edidca and ". TaimaEe gained world
vide reputation. Its organists too, we're
the moat notable m the coursry. George
W. Morgan and Henry Eyre srowne sue
eesdvely presiding at the lnstrIment
Dr. ralmage had started Ojt with the
scheme OF making the Tabernacle 4 great
peoples church. but the income falling. the
pews were sold by auction the same as 10
other churches The member ship also IN
creased until II surpassed any other Pres
byieFian church In brooklyn, the Church az
this time having become part OF the reg
ular orthodox Presbyterian organization
In the fail Of 1850. Just as Or. IamaBe
was Preparing to depart for ito Holy Land
70 complet3 gathering matesial Tor bis BOOK
on the Life Of Christ ibis great edihce was
completely destroyed by Are. again on
Sunday morning
Then the third and largest Tabernacle was
built az Greene and Clinton avenues. ihls
building cost over quarter ei a million
dollars and would seat $500 in It's vast
auditorium and galleries. II also bad the
largest Pipe organ 10 America, presided eyer
by Americas greatest organiSt, Henry Eyre
Browne This Is the church which was
burned on a Sunday morning last May Just
as pr. Talmuge was preparing for his trip
which ne is now making around The world.
The Gre started In the organ loft Just aftor
the congregation had been dismissed from
the morning service. and in two hours the
handsome cdi6ca was a pile Of ruins.
In the ruins Of the Tabernacle lie buried
the remains Of the second oldest Presbyier-
ian Society IN BrOoklyu, born IN 1928 and
died In 1891 The cause Of this FIRE ald the
one preceding II will 10 all probability ever
remain a mystery. Il Is a mater Of con-
graduation however. that With the passing
into history Of the congregation Dr. TalmnEe
ala not go With Il, but remalna % preach mo
Gospel to the millions who will hear him
and read bis sermons In the newspapers. 1t
Is safe TO predict that one yedp from now
his voice viii be raised 70 "ruach to tho
thousands who viii certainly suck to hear
him In Madison Square Garden. Then that
great oddca viii become the greatest, the
grande8t the most unitarian building de-
voted h religious purposes on ihlb continent
With tho greatest LIVING preacher, the great
cat living orEanlst. and with ia schools and
publishing house, Its clnrlmh,a and indus
trial features may the good God speed the
day when Madison Square tnrden be-
comes the spiritual home OF a vast multitude
q Christians, as DR., Klop7ch designs II TO
be. n he succeeds In carrying ont his plans.
HENRY nALCH INGRAM.