New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-11

THE REV. DIX !. DfI VIZ
to speak The church decorated with flowers
plants trailing vines and the flags OF all hato"s
where DR.. Talmage's sermons are read In the cen
ire OF the front of the great organ was portrait
of DR. Talnfage nanked by representations Oh po."
hemspheres of the world, which were inscriDeu
Ills Parish" The dates. 1889 ana lSsf' "e'e
DISPLAYED above these with the words, "Ine laDei-
nace his pulpit" and The World his audience
Among those present besides the speakers were
Theodore u. Dmon. J. s. I. Stranahah' d. -
SillIman, ex-Mayor James Howell, General Jonh d.
Woodward. Congressman J. c. Hendrix. Eeneral
Stewart L. Woodford ex-Mayor Booth Dr. l. d.
BaclSus. Judge Henry A. Moore, Leonard Moouy'
6 B. butcher ". II. Hazard. W. b. Davenport,
H. L. Bridgman, II. L. Hutchinson anu |o'o"e'
4. s. Bacon. l.,
The seats were reserved for pewholders ana IN
vi,ed guests until 7:45 and then thrown open TO the
nublc In few minutes the great edi!ice was hiieu'
Tho exercises opened with the singing OF fra's'
God from Whom all blessings flow prayer was
offered nv Dr. James NJ Farrar. An organ seiec-
tlon entitled The Talmage Silver Anniversary ""'
,,aved bv Professor Henry Eyre Browne
Mayor schcren was the presiding officer ana nnad'
brief Introductory speech in which he SAID the CITY
WAS proud Of Dr. Talmage and his work. ana eA
pressed the hope that he would continue 70 preaoh
in the Tabernacle for Tary years
BERNARD Peters Editor OF The Brooklyn Times
made the first address. In 1t he said:
,hho,t and Meredith have made Brooklyn famous
49, r1 over Even when we consider such re-
,ovnsI New-Yorkers as Tying and t'eliows anu
oyhapin and Thompson and Cheeyer and Taylor ana
uau New-York the metropolis. Is nowhere whe
,lacod I'm contrast with Brooklyn, enriched as II -
by the wonderful history of pulpit renown secureu
bv our Beecher and Talmage. Tamage and MS con-
ereration have not escaped criticism perhaps H. Is
riyht that they should not have esTaprsu ~
,shahIw feser;e ali the newspaper and other scoi-
-. ,I,. lt,.sa haan ghpWtleI
has been the glory OF TINS ana s,ihe o nous az
of Brooklvn that the city has become ldloIH . Sn
Tho civ ~ Churches SO taken and accepteu llc
world over outrankins In this respect no' pniS
Cincinnati and all the important cuts ou ,ns ron
t!ncnt but even London ana the coh.suovts aiop.
oils Itself II for no other reason. tnls "a c,tv 70
hrsiiate about allowing Brook.yn-that glorious
name-to pass from the geography OF the country
by consolidation with any other city. $780,, r,,oca
Tn, Rev pr l.. \. Banks. OF the hah Se, ' -,
Nethodls, Episcopal Church; DR.. A. G. DIXON OH VI
he Hanson place Baptist Church; Or Dayid SIT I
John Winslow Or X. ogden Doremus. e Do iI VI
Body. Rabbi r De Sofa Mendez ana the rev H.
Iohn 4 Roche also made addresses - -.
'J Dr Tamoge made tho last address He was re-
celyci with hearty applause In his brief REM, nj
49,, Ia mis- scene Two feelings dominate me 10
nght-gratitude and unworthin.ss. o'o Nv
Cod AMI to all you who nave Illness
Tor who would dare 10 take 20 hnseiI V,t1n o,r
l1udatory things here to-nlght uttereu seaned 70
'.oducnt friends have been speaklns II sesinsu ~
M, that they must mean some otner man man ~
self with more gifts. h2neT NE III ro,irIons,
achievements what commingling OF an re's, ,rhIs
TIE g. a section OF the millennium LEI down; ms
scene confirms the IDEA l0hS ~ "uop' w.; to
this Is the brightest ara best rI ,,s haen hapoy
years This scene will only be an ihsplt a'Ion "
f,r better work Here are my h2nd ana mar , ~, "
De.r' Kan have ever Yet accomplished
hF Ts-n,s sin ex-secretary Tracy will preside