Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-14
DIR. I. DEWITT TALMACE DEAD
Noted Presbyterian Preacher Passes Away
at His Washington Residence.
BODY WILL Be BURIED IN BROOKLYN
Immediate Cause Of Death ~ Indam-
nation of the Brain Prominent
Factor In the world
of Religion.

WASHINGTON, April 13.-Rev T. De
Witt Talmage. the noted Presbyterian d.
vine, died at 9 last night at his resi-
dence in this city. II had been evident for
some days that there was no hope of re-
covery and the attending physicians SO in
formed the family. The patient gradually
grew weaker until life passed away so
quietly that the members OF the family, all
OF whom were watching at the bedside,
hardly knew that he had gone. The i'm
mediate cause Of death was Inflammation
Of the brain.
DR.. Talmage was in poor health when he
started away from Washington for Mexico
for a vacation and rest six weeks ago. He
was then suffering from influenza and seri-
Gus catarrhal conditions. Since his return
to Washington some time ago he has been
quite ILL Until Thursday, however, fears
for his death we're not entertained. The
last rational words uttered by DR.. Talmage
were on the day preceding the marriage Of
bis daughter. when he said: "of course I
know you, Maud" Since then he had been
unconscious.
Family at Bedside.
At Or. Talmage's bedside, besides his
wife, were these member of his family:
Rev. Frank Dewitt Talmage, Chicago;
Mrs. Warren @. Smith, Brooklyn; Mrs.
Daniel Mangam, Brooklyn; Mrs. Allen E.
Donnau, Richmond; Mrs. Clarence Wycoff
and Miss Talmage, Washington.
While arrangements for the funeral have
not been finally completed, the family has
about decided to have the remains taken
to the Church of the Covenant here. where
services will be held. The body will then
be conveyed to Brooklyn. where interment
will be made in the family plot in Green
wood cemetery, probably on Wednesday.
Thomas Dewitt Talmage was born at
Bound Brook, N. j., January Z, 1882. He
was educated in the university Of the city
Of New York; was graduated from New
Brunswick, N. j., theological seminary in
1856. The honorary degree Of doctor Of
divinity was conferred upon him by the
University Of Tennessee in 1884. He was
ordained in 1855 as pastor OF the Reformed
Dutch church OF Belleville. n. J. He was
pastor at Syracuse, N. Y, from 1859 TO 1862
and was pastor in Philadelphia from 1862
to 1859.
FamOus TnImnRe Tabernacle.
1t was as pastor Of the Central Presby-
terlan church OF Brooklyn, N. Y, that DR..
Talmage came into greatest prominence. He
assumed this pulpit in 1869 and held It I'M
til 1894. In later years the church was
known at Talmage Tabernacle, which he
had erected under his own direction. Upon
the final destruction by FIRE Of this mag
niicent ediice, DR.. Talmage left Brooklyn
and accepted the call to the Presbyterian
church in Washington. Of which he was
pastor at the time OF his death.
DR.. Talmage achieved considerable promi-
nence as an author. At different periods
he was editor Of the Christian at Work, the
Advance, Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine
and the Christian Herald. Among his writ
ings are: Crumbs Swept Up; Around the
Tea Table; Mask Torn OF; The Marriage
Ring; Woman: Her Powers and Privileges;
from Manger to Throne; Sports that Kill;
The Earth Girdled; The Pathway OF Life:
Old Wells Dug Out: Every Day Religion;
Shutdown; Fishing Too Near Shore.
OF the more than nifty books published
under his name. the majority have been
pirated from his works and unauthorized.
DR.. Talmage's sermons have been pub
lished weekly for twenty-nine years with
out the exception OF a week and through
syndicates were published in $500 different
papers, reaching, 1t has been estimated,
80, 900, 900 people in the United States and
other lands. These sermons have been
translated into most European and many
Asiatic languages.
DR.. Talmage has been associated with
great philanthropic enterprises and during
the recent famines in India, took a lead in
sending vast stores OF supplies to the suf-
ferers.