The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-11

Rev. DR.. T. De Witt Talmage Is
guest at the West hotel. He is out on
his summer vacation, accompanied by
his wife and two daughters. DR.. Tai
mage left Washington. where he is
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, about ten days ago. His va
cation will last until the middle of
September, during which time he Will
complete a tour of the country, lee
turing and preaching before number
of Chautauquan assemblies of which
there are 124 in the United States dur
ing the summer.
Dr. Talmage and family will remain
in Minneapolis until Tuesday or
Wednesday, when he will go to Wis
cCnsin for ten days. thence to Colo
RADIO and the Pacific coaSs, visiting
Yellowstone park on the way. He has
heard so much of the scenery on the
new line of railway from Portland 10
San Francisco that he wishes to take
his family along that. route, and he
will go on as far as Los Angeles. DR..
Talmage inquired about the business
and industrial conditions IN this city,
and said that it is $50 o'clock in the
morning everywhere in the national
and ecclesiastical life and in the life
of the world, and that it will continue
to grow brighter and brighter until
the breaking of the perfect day"
Questioned concerning affairs in
Washington, DR.. Talmage replied that
there probably has never been before
as able and powerful a body of men
in either branch of the national legis-
lature as there is at the present time.
Continuing. he said; Your Senator
Davis is one of the mightiest men in
public life. There is nothing impossi-
bic for him in the way of attainment.
Your Senator Nelson, also, is man
or marvellous achievement and geniali-
ty. He succeeds in everything he I'M
dertakes. l do not believe there is an
other state in the Union which mas
two such senator's as those of Mime
sofa"
In regard to the war, Dr. Talmage
said: Il feel sure that peace will soon
dawn. The Spanish dynasty is in it's
death agony The government Of Spain
is not fit TO live, and when it dies all
civilized nations will say. Peace to it's
ashes 1t is one Of the chief curses of
the ages, and there will never be peace
on earth until two governments have
been wiped off the earIh-the Turkish
and the Spanish.
Christian civilization, whether
American or not, will finally girdle the
earth. At the close of this war, Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines will be
free, ard Spain will be free of the pres
ent dynasty.
THE war wiz be as great a blessing
to Spain as to Cuba. The war will not
be settled in Cuba. in Madrid or in
Washington, but in heaven, and what
is settled there is we'll settled. God
never launched failure and he has
launched this world. Divine providence
will regulate the territorial eXpansi 1n
of this country. No one can tell
whether the conquered islands will be
given autonomy, or be Independent, or
be annexed to this country, or be gov
- erned by a joint administration of the
nations. One can guess, but no one can
male a sensible prophecy. The people
of these islands will soon show whether
they are capable of using the right of
suffrage. The mongrel, illiterate and
-monarchic style of people will not have
the advantage of free government.
when the war has closed the world
win have better conditions than when
1t began. IT is impossible to crowd an
oak back into it's seed. or to return the
ca gle into its SHE'LL