The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-06

vered David Z. Pressly, who preached
for over fifty years in Mississippi and
was married three times. When asked
how his health was Dir. Prassly ALWAYS
throughout his life made reply never
bettor,' never BETTER" until after he
had got his third wife, and then en-
Enthusiastically he always said when in
aired OF, 1T was "better than ever"
better than ever"
crowded upon the platform after the
speech to shake hands with the great
preacher whose sermons they had been
reading Tor 80 many years, must Lave
been specially gratifying. Such hom.
ago Ia always sincere. They wanted
to see Mrs. 'Talmage, too, and the
Doctor vas asked to call her up beside
HIM" Eleanor" he calls her-and she,
not lees than the Doctor, by her gra.
clous smiles and pleasant manner, won
the hearts Of the people.
We heard d gentleman who was on
the same train with him from Green-
vile speak OF the respectful deference
with which the country people owl
IDENTIFY regarded DR.. Talmage. Num-
oers In Anderson County had left their
farms and were at the railway stations
no rudeness, no disturbance OF the
man whose presence they honored,
only the quiet, respectful look, at one
another and at the cars, thoir faces q
study. at Honea Path one young man,
bolder evidently than the others, rush
ed into the car, a slight en- mbarrassment
IN his manner but great heartiness,
and said, is this DR.. Talmagc Y''
Come out upon tho platform OF the
car, Doctor" just to the PLATFORM"
he pleaded, tho people want to see
you" AS DR.. Talmage stood upon the
platform the earnest expression In
their faces, visible as the people, with
silence more significant than words,
looked upon the man, not a word
spoken, was an eloquent tribute, testi-
Tying to the regard IN which the man
ls held whose words Of good cheer
reach down in the humblest home-life
in the land.
Tho reporter for the Abbeville Press
and Banner wrote down this advent OF
Talmage as "Red Letter Day" for
Due West. So it was-a red lotter day
In the calendar OF Due West and also
of DR.. Talmage. TO have won tho au-
dience as DR.. Talmage did, and have
silencod evory crOaker In it--not one
that Ia willing to croak after even a
week has elapsed-ts O triumph of wi hich
any man may we'll bo proud. DR.. Tai
mage may have spoken to listening
thousands In other parts Of tho country
and lon foreign soil, and to Gro gnod
heads in other lands, but we are sure
one OF the pleasant spots in hts me-
mory, rs he looks back, will be the
bright, sunshiny day spent at old
Erskine In the Southland, in the his
toric county Of Abbeville, the county
that gave to the Palmetto State the
name OF Calhoun. McDuffie, Cheves and
Pettigrew-the day when, amid the
oaks that stand round about, he met
AZ Due West the beauty, the intelli-
gence and the culture which gathers
at the cOmmencem ent hall Of tho COL
lege founded by the Seceders OF the
South, ana carried away their benedic-
tion whom he went.
A SKETCH Oh TALMA0E.
Rev. Il: Dewitt Talmage, d. d., was
born at Boundbrook, N. j., January 7,
1882 was the youngest OF IL children
was graduated from tho New York
University in 1853 and from the Now
Brunswick IN. J.) Theological Semi
nary In 1856. His first pastorate was at
Bolloville, N. j., whore he served three
years. He then accepted Il charge In
Syracuse, N. Y, where he remained
for threo years; then IN Philadelphia
whore ho preached for seven years
then In Brooklyn N. Y, whore be
spent twenty-five years; then In
Washington, d. c., where he has been
for four years.
Probably the most remarkable
feature connected with tho work of Dr..
Talmage 10 tho wonderful popularity
which his sermons have enjoyed with
the press for the last thirty yours.
me late Henry w. Grady, of Atlanta,
estimated that the number OF persons
reached by the sermons of DR.. Tai
mage was not less than 3O,0OO,0OO q
week, and the number is greater to-
aay tiy than 1t was in Mr.. Grady's life
day--one ev ry week-not only in the
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