Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-24
Anousp THE WORLD.
Dr. Taimagc starts on His Globe
Girdling Tour.


Girdiing Tour.
Az half prsb o o'clock ON the night Of
Nay II, 1891. descended tho front steps
Of my home In Brooklyn. The sensation
Of leaving for journey around the world
IA not all made up Of bright anticipation
The miles to DO Travelled are 30 humorous,
the seas to be crossed arc so trcachorous,
tho perndvcntures arc 50 many, thai tho
polemnities outnuInber the expectations.
Ny family accompany me to tho railway
train win we all meet egaini The eli
matte changes, the ships, tho shoals, the
hurricanes, the bridges, tho cars tho cpl
denies, the possibilities, hinder any posi-
tivcncss OF prophecy. / come down tho
front steps Of my home, VIII ever again
ascend thoini Tho remarks nude by Hon.
William NJ Evurts q few evenings before Rt
tho public rcceptlon--on tho conclusion Of
my twunty-ilfth year Of Brooklyn pastor
nte--though uttered In Righteousness, were
conaolatory He said, "Dr Tnlmoge ought
10 realize thnt II hc goes around the world
he will come out at tho Same place from
which he startad." Mny tho God who
holds the winds in ono fist and the ocean
IN the hollow OF the other hand protect usl
leayo home while tho timbcrB OF our
destroyed church arc still smoking. Three
kNNul fAllIflltN iiAlNt uNtH tuNnuUlitlf WY
this series Of hugo culanities know not
Had not made all tho arrangements for
departure and been assured by tho triis-
tees Of my church that they would take all
tho responsibilities upon thonscyoa, I
would have postponed my intended tour
or adjourned IL forever, but all whom l
have consulted tell me now is the time to
90, and my face 10 toward the setting sum
Six times before this have 1 crossed tho
American continent, and l havO seen the
sun rise from tho golden cradle Of Tho
eastern sky and seen him buried beneath
the pomp Of the western horizon. Three
glrths have been put around the American
continent the Northern Pnclhc, the
Union Pnclfc and tho Southern Pacific.
All these Firths hnyo been frightened. and
the buckles ara moving ever and anon un-
til the continent IL loes and less Ia oiruum.
florence When ] first crossed II, II took
fully seven days Instead OF the elegant
dining cars Of today, we stopped at res
taurlnts with table royom indcscrbnhlr,
for they had on thcin layers Of other strata
of breakfasts insulting in appearance, Tho
first time over saw judge Field OF the
United Statcs supreme court was at ono OF
thos0 tables on tho Rocky mountains.
Like myself he had dlmountcd from the
Union Pacific train. We snt opposite each
other The ditlonnt courscs OF food were
put upon the table but Ills appetite and
nlino declined everything presented. Our
eyes met, and we burst into n guifaw OF
laughter that was the Introduction OF
friendship that has been valuable 10 mo
ever since. A smile 0s VOL ms tear may
open nchaptcrof hearty acqunlntnnceship
What Is tho meaning Of the three flrnsi
As leave, people IN many lands are dis
ousaing the question, for kilograms from
Across the Atlantic ms well ns from many
parts OF this country show that the fiery
nows had leapcd every whittier. Three
vast structures dedicated % God and tho
work OF trying to make tho world hotter
gone down, and all this within few years
They were well built rs to purmnnonco
and durability. All the talk about these
buildings Ms mere flrctraps Is tho usual
cant for there Is ~ much secular cant Rs
Religious cant, Have you heard In tho last
40 yenrs of amy church, or any hall, or amy
thcator which, after destruction, was not
called tlretrhpi That charge always
mnl'os n lively opening for any description
OF n fire
Thcm have been no better structures,
secular or religious, put up in the last 20
years than the three Brooklyn Tnhornnclcs,
aud the modes OF cprcss from thom no
ample that the thousands OF worshipcr5
assembled In any Of them could DO put
safely on the street inside OF avo minutes,
Tho fact Is that there is nothing In this
world lncombustihlo. When tho great Chi
caSo md Boston fires took plnoc, they
burned up stones and iron, Tho human
rncc will 20 on building inconsuinnblr
churches, and understandable banks, and In
cnnsumRhlc storchuuece, md inconRuinablc
citica, and shon oil VIII DO consumed in
tho worlds lAst fro.
Builders who Ind largo experience and
established reputation pronounced tn,
Brooklyn Tnbcrnnclos perfect structures
But what Is the meaning of the thruo flrcsl
Thorn may bc "a hundred different lessons
learned hya hundred different people, and
legitimate lessons As for myself | ad
iourn tho most OF the meaning TO tho next
world. Wewlll learn there In two minutes
moro than we can find out hero In 30 yeats
With that anticipation, mygtories do not
often bother me.
One reason for these consecutive dklas
fcrs may hc that the patience OF tho bcsi
people In the world, the members OF tn,
Brooklyn Tabernacle, WIS To DO perfected
"purilcl by fire" Mighty discipline foi
ono OF tho Lori's hosts. Whether cvoi
meet thcm on earth or not, II viii be I
thcmc OF heavenly wninisccnce. We shall
talk " all over, the story ~ tho thrco fires
Another reason why tho last church wen
down may have boon that some Of us wer,
idolizingtho bullding,nnd thoL will no
allow idulatry Thdhouse was such y Mid
summer Nights Dreain" Of beauty En-
chantmcnt lifted In galleries md sprung
in arches and sloriiled In tho light thai
caino through windows, touching u witt
their dcftcst lngcra. Tho neouAtics i,
rare that thousands OF ears ,eo la eas,
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