St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-31

me two elders of my chu and q II
New York police commissir and a Ia
policeman, and l explored areport- p;
ed the horrors that needeemoval
and the allurements that fingered n
our young men. There c. upon ii
me an outburst of assumedligna- Of
ton that frightened almosevery- til
body but myself. That exlation al
put into my church 80 or 40 vspa- ia
per correspondents, from thprth, o.
south, east and west; which ned A
for me new avenues in VIII to VI
preach the Gospel that otkise tt
would never have been led. y
Years passed on and preaa ST
series of sermons on amuselts, al
and false report of what l day tt
reused violence that threatenhe d.
with poison and dirk and plsto, d tt
other forms of extinguishment, i, NJ
the chief of the Brooklyn pr, hi
without any suggestion from tt
took possession of the church :, is
"a policemen to see that no NJ lc
was done" as
DR.. Talmage is said to have reacl Ct
a far greater number of people W, ii
his sermons than any other preaeQ
or The sermons he delivered to b
congregation on Sunday appear@t
Monday morning in a syndicate d
papers in this and other countries
and through these channels it is esq
timated that they reached 50,Ooo'oot
| readers. He also made his influence
felt "a editor of the Christian Herald
and as a constant contributor te
numerous periodicals, and was
yoluminous writer of books. HI
edited the Christian at Work from
1878 to 1876; the Advance of Chicago
in 1877 and 1878 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: "Old Wells Dug Out" 1874
"sports that KILL 1878: might Side
of City Life" 1878; "The Brookly'
Tabernacle, Collection of 104 Ser
MONS" 1854; "The Marriage Ring,
1886.
Among his lectures the more prom
inent were the ones on the Holy Lam
and Athens, the material for which b
: gathered on his travels. The Unive1
, sity of New York conferred on hin
! the degree of A. NJ. in 1862, and he re
) ceiyed that of D. D. from the Univel
: sity of Tennessee in 1884. ..5
l This busy, helpful, noble life of ser,
= ice was begun at Bound Brook, N. ]
, in 1892. He was the youngest of l
4 children, five girls and seven boys. Hi
1 father, David T. Talmage, was farm
l er and we'll known for his decision 9
|, character and good humor, while hi
f mother coupled keen wit with marke
: anna bility, traits which found happ
T combination in the boy who was de-
s tined to fill the world with the SCUM
of his powerful preaching.
n When he was IS years of age DR.. Ia
s mage entered the University of Ne
e York city, but did not complete tn
g course there, taking up instead tn
n study of law. Not long after this h
e determined to enter the ministry,
8 calling which two of his uncles,
q brother-in-law and three brother
o were following, and in later years d
: Talmage was gratifed to see his ow
! son Frank enter the ministry and he
4 at the present time filling su
- cessful pastorate at Chicago. N
Talmage completed his theologic
4 training at the New Brunswick the
v logical seminary in 1856.
. He became pastor of the Reform<
d Dutch church in Belleville, N.
e Later he went to Syracuse, and viii
& holding a pastorate there he marie
r his first wife, Miss Avery, of Broo
% lvn. Soon after he went to Philade
D. phia as pastor of the Second Reform'
le Dutch church, where he remain'
$ seven years. While in Philadelph
d DIR. Talmage received three calls
l. once, to Chicago, San Francisco al
k Brooklyn. His fame as pulpit orat
had spread wide, and power to attra
a worshipers to his church brought d
is mands for his services from ma,
It places. It was in 1869 that he acceI
" ed the call to the Central Presbyteri'
TO church of Brooklyn, n. Y.
ID DR.. Talmage preached in the Q
10 church in Brooklyn for Is months al
then the congregation and membe
70 ship outgrew the sanctuary. The c
* canization therefore decided to bui
le the first Brooklyn tabernacle. It W
~ IN %ha form of a horseshoe and