The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-10
A TALMACE LETTER.
He Spoke Of His Start on Around
the World Journey.

The Beginning Of His Globe-GirdlinR
Tour-Crossing the Continent-5ome
Reflections on Great Disasters.
Church Fires and Their Causes-A
Word of Farewell.
San Francisco, May 26.- AT 900 O'Clock
on the night of May Il, 1894, 1 descended
the front steps Of my home in Brooklyn,
~, Y. The sensation of leaving for jour
ney around the world is not all made up
8of bright anticipation. The miles to be
#traveled are so numerous, the seas to be
#crossed are so treacherous, the peradven-
lures are SO many, that the solemnities
8outnumber the expecta tions. My family
accompany me to the railway train; will
I'VE all meet again? The climatic changes,
Pie ships, the shoals, the hurricanes, the
bridges, the cars, the epidemics the pos
fl6illties, hinder any positiveress of
prophecy. | come down the front steps
pf my home; Will 1 ever again ascend
fhem2 The remarks made by Hon.
William NJ. EVarts a few evenings
before at the public reception-on
fhe conclusion of my twenty-fifth
wear of Brooklyn pastorate-though
uttered in righteousness, were consolatory.
Ee SAID: DIR. Talmage ought to realize
fhat If he goes round the world, he will
gone out at the same place from which
he started" May the God who holds the
WINDS i'll one fist and the ocean in the hol
Rw Of the other hand, protect usl
leave home while the tim bers of our
destroyed church are stlll smoking.
hree great churches have been con-
lmed. Why this series of huge calam-
pes know not. Had not made all the
arrangements for departure, and been as
9pred by the trustees of my church that
Ney would take all the responsibilities
on themselves, l would have postponed
intended tour, or ad curned it forever,
~ all whom l have consulted tell me
Y" Is the time to go, and my face is to-
Nard the setting sun.
Dix times before this have I crossed the
Anerlcan continent. and have seen the
~ rise from the golden cradle of the
stern sky and seen him buried beneath
1omp of the western hori. on. Three
runs have been put around the American
nUnent; the Northern Pacific, the
&nlon Pacific, and the Southern Pacific
these girths have been frightened, and
buckles are moving ever and anon
"a tll the continent is less and less in cir
NIIerenCe When | first crossed 1t, it
w FULLY seven days. Instead of the ele-
snt dlnlng-cars of today, we stopped at
Iaurants with table-covers indescriba-
Tor they had on them layers of other
&dta OF breakfasts insulting in appear
80; The first time ever saw Judge
4eld, Of the United Stats supreme
prt' was at one of these Ia oles on the
80 Mountains Like myself, he had
III mounted from the Union Pacific train.
SAT opposite each other; the different
rses of food were put upon the table,
X, ms appetite and mine declined every
ng presented. Our eyes met, and we
81 INTO gudaw of laughter that was
introduction of friendship that has
valuable to me ever since. A smile,
Mell as tear, may open chapter OF
IVY workmanship.
nat Is the meaning of the three fires
leaye, people in many lands are dis
ing the question, for kilograms from
U.s. the Atlantic, as well as from man
Is OF this country, show that the fiery
Is handicapped every whittier. Three
structures dedicated to God, and the