Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-04-23

found impression nc had created he
preached powerfully of the dangers
of city life TO young men who Welded
to temptation. and made them real
iIe that they stood on the very brink
of hell
DR.. Talmage did not belong to
class. He was a type by himself. His
sermons were unique. His comment
on his style of preaching was: My
positive mode of preaching seems TO
stir the hostilitics Of all earth and
hell In telling the story Of his
life he once said:
Feeling called upon II years ago
to explore underground New York
city life. that | might report the
evils TO be combatted. | took with
me two elders of my church and a
New York police commissioner and
policeman. and | explored and report
ed the horrors that needed removal
and the allurcments that endangered
our young men. There came upon
me an outburSt of assumed indigna-
tion that frightened almost every
body but myself. That exploration
put into my church 80 or 40 newspa-
per correspondents, from the north
south. east and west; which opened
for me new avenues in which to
preach the Gospel that otherwise
would never have been opened
Years passed on and I preached
series Of sermons on amusements.
and 4 false report of what ] did say
reused violence that threatened me
with poison and dirk and pistol and
other forms of extinguishment, until
the chief of the Brooklyn police
without any suggestion from me-
took possession of the church with
% policemen to see that no harm
was done"
DIR. Talmagc is said TO have reached
n far greater number of people with
his sermons than any other preach
or. The sermons he delivered 10 his
congregation on Sunday appeared
Monday morning in a syndicate OF
papers in this and other countries.
and through these channels il is es-
timated that they reached 10000. 900
readers. He also made his influence
felt as editor OF the Christian Herald
and as constant contributor TO
numerous periodicals, and was
voluminous writer Of books. He
edited the Christian at Work from
1873 20 1876; the Advance Of Chicago
in 1877 and 1873 and more recently
Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine
Among his writings were the FOL
lowing. Crumbs Swept Up" 1870.
four volumes Of sermons. 1s72-1s75.
denominations Of Modern Society"
1872; cold Wells Dug out" 1874.
Sports that Kill" 1875: "Nigbt sides
of City Life" 1873: "Thc BROOKLYN
Tabernacle. a Collection Of iO4 Ser
mons 1854; "The Marriage Ring"
1856.
Among his lectures the more prom.
inent were the ones on the Holy Land
and Athens, the material for which he
gathered ON his travels. The Univer-
sity Of New York conferred ON him
the degree Of \. VI. in 1862. and he re-.
ceivcd that Of D. D. from the Tniyer.
sity ~ Tennessee in 1854
This busy. helpful. noble life Of ,erv.
ice was begun at Bound Brook. y.
i'm 1892. He was the youngest Of 10
children. five girls and seven bows. His
father, David +. Talmage. was "a farm
err and well known for his decision ~
character and good humor. while his
mother coupled keen wit with marked
amiability. traits which found "A bappg
combination in the boy who was de-.
tined TO fiji the world with the sound
Of his powerful preaching.
When he was Is years ofage DR.. Tai
mage entered the University Of New
York city, but did not complete the
course there, taking up instead the
study Of law. Not long after this he
determined 80 enter the ministry. a