The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
DOCTOR TALMAGE
DIES PEACEFULLY.
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than to the few He was a man of great
energy which did not desert him until iaIe
in life. His magnetism and his hap!t o,
appealing directly to his hearers gave MN ndLIl
n hold upon their hearts such as ie"
preachers have possessed w.
With ali of his success in the pulpit, DOC
tor Talmage was pursued by slnguiMar III
fortune. Three times the BROOKLYN Iaosf- Z.
nacle built through his efforts when ms
fame was highest, was burned 10 the
ground. Each time the fre TOOK place s,sr Oh
sunday and In no case was its cause ever
discovered After the last fire. whieh oc-
Cured in 1894. the congregation broke up
and never was brought toeether as"i" NA
s"I F,nds III. share of Detractors.
As often occurs with clergymen VINO at
tract a large share of public attention Dgc- icys
for- Talmage was not without detractors:
Charges OF a serious nature were preferred
against him by the Reverend Artnur nnosit,ed I
III in 1879 but . the n r Prssoytery sa acau'''e''
VIII the successive loss of his churches,
Doctor Talmage was called upon lace re-
peated family Affections. but his buoyaHn' Ran
nature enabled him to surmount all his DIM
culties and SORROWS and to remain unprokeh
TO the end. In the later years OF MS NE ne
dropped out Of public notice to large eh-
rent and to the younger generation he was
more a famous name than a distinct per-
He was born on January Z, 1882 in Bound
Brook n. j. His father. David L. Talmage.
was farmer, and the future Glergssn an
was the youngest OF twelve chlldren ne
Classic of Bergen. and soon received Ger.
ffficate from Belleville. N J. He went
there with his bride. From Belleviiie tne
young minister was called to syracuse; y.
r He went to Philadelphia in le62, ana n
1869 received a call from the Central fIes,
byterian Church of Brooklyn whlch hao
dwindled to the verge OF dissolution.
HIS success in Brooklyn was Immediate.
He found q congregation Of thirty 1--WE mem
bers. It increased 50 rapidly that a new
church was needed, and the first taber-
nacle was begun I'm 1870, year after MS
Goes to Russia with Cargo of Flour.
In 1891 Doctor Taimage sailed for Russia
with a cargo of -four for the famine,stTlck-
en- people there. He returned through Eng
land. preaching with great success. The
third Tabernacle was burned on Sunday:
May 13. 1894, after DR.. Talmage had
preached his farewell sermon. He had ceie-
brated his silver jubilee In the church 4
few days before and was about to resign
After trip to Honolulu he did resign on
November 3, 1894. and then preached at va
rious places until he accepted a call to the
pastorate Of the First Presbyterian Church
In Washington. on September %. 1895.
I Doctor Taimage was married three times
I The bride who went with him TO his first
| charge was Miss Mary Avery of Brooklyn.
They were married in 1860. She was
| drowned in the Schuylkill River when he
twas pastor Of his third church. which was
Of Brooklyn was married to the young
| preacher in 1862. She died in August. 1895.
ldn q sanitarium. Mrs Charles Collier Of
lAlleGheny. Pa. became Doctor Talmage's
wife on January %. 1898. after an engage
tment of three weeks.