New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-04-16

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REV. T. DEWITT. TALMAGE. n Il
Warren G. Smith, Brooklyn; Mrs. Dan
iel Mangam, New York; Mrs. Clarence
Wycof, nee Maud Talmage; Mrs. Al
len E. Donnau, Richmond, Va, and
Miss Talmage, Washington. DR.. Tall
mage was in poor health when he left
Washington six weeks ago for a jour
ney to Mexico. He was suffering from
influenza and catarrhal trouble, which
caused him considerable pain. Death
was due, however, to Inflammation Of
the brain. This complication asserted
itself several days ago. %
The Funeral. X.
The funeral will take place at four
o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the
Church of the Covenant. The serv-.
ices will be very simple. There Wilt
be no funeral sermon, but short adj
dresses concerning the life and works
of DR.. Talmage will be made by men
who have been intimately associated
with him. DR.. Teunis S. Hamlin, the
pastor of the church, and DR.. Thomas
Chalmers Easton, of the Eastern Pres
byterian church of Washington, will
both assist in the services. DR.. Sam
uel J. Niccols, of St. Louis, lifelong
friend, will make an address, and DR..
E. P. Terhune, of New Jersey; Dr..
Howard Suydam, of Reinbeck, N. Y,
and DR.. James Demarest, of Brooklyn,
all school friends of the deceased, have
been asked to assist. Music will be
furnished by the male quartet of the
Church of the Covenant. At nine
o'clock Wednesday morning the inter-
ment will take place in the family lot
at Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn.
Silent tribute to the memory of DR..
Talmage was paid Sunday by thou
sands of people, who walked past the
residence on Massachusetts, avenue,
where the visit of death was. marked
by cluster of violets tied with a
streamer of black hanging at the right
of the entrance. Many intimate
friends, including the pastors of most
of the Presbyterian churches of the
city, were among those who called at
the house. Messages of sympathy
from nearly every state in the union
and from England, Russia and other
European countries, came to the fam
lily during the day.
Native of New Jersey. ~-- ..
DR.. Talmage was born in Gateville, now
Bound Brook, NJ j., January z, 1882, and
was consequently in his SEVENTEEN year.
DR.. Talmage studied law at the University
of New York and graduated with high
honors, but, persuaded by his relatives and
probably feeling the inspiration himself,
he entered the New Brunswick Seminary
of Theology. His first passionate was that
of the Reformed church of Belleville, N. j.,
but his eloquence soon attracted attention,
and he was in demand In 1859 he went to
Syracuse, N. Y, where his congregation
was unusually critical and cultured. Here
It was that Talmage's genius began to as
sent itself most effectively. Yet he served
an apprenticeship Of seven years before he
was called to Brooklyn. Central Presby-
terrain church of that place, whose member
ship had greatly dwindled, made the young
divine an offer. He accepted, and within a
few months his success had become so ex-
ira ordfnary that plans for anew ia bernacle
were on foot. In 1870 the first Brooklyn
| tabernacle was built, but fire destroyed It,
and twice again visited this same flock
RI Made His Church Famous @5%s
|
recognized and his preaching IN such de-
mand that@the Brooklyn parish also had
| won a9name through It's pastor b It was
! consequently rich and powerful New tab
| ernacles arose IN the ashes Of the old ana
nothing appeared to obstruct the minis
ter's rapid rise The quarter century cele--
| bration held In May, 1894, at Brooklyn tab
ernacle Is we'll remembered. Dr. Talmage
| was then in the zenith OF his renown. Soon
| after that he,S in a measure, retired from
active ministerial duties. He travelled
much, lectured great deal and was in ali.
most constant demand. He was a mag:
nifcent lecturer. Some OF his flights Of
oratory are remembered as being Of sur.
i passing 1mpresstveness and picturesque
i ness. He drew lessons from everything
He talked to purpose, but at the same
i time he sgarnished his sentences with
beauty, and his voice, appearance and fri
combined TO enthrall and nplift the hearer
i His Writings.
Among his writings were the following
Crumbs Swept Up, !" 1870; four volumes 81
i sermons, 1S72ls75; /. Abominatio ions 81 Mod.
i ern Society," 1872: .'Old Wells Dug out,
1874; Sports That ri IL" S75; Night Sides
of City Life" 1878; The Brooklyn Taber..
4 nacle, a Collection OF 1O4 Sermon s. 1851
d The Marriage Ring, 2 1885. DR.. Talmagt
supplemented his clerical duties by editins
the Christian atfWork from 1879. to 1876; Thu
@AuVduSC, VI S1llCd6 " Al 1917 ana 1915 duG
4 more recently Frank Lesue's Sunday Mag
azine 81.
Three Times Married.
a DR.. Talmage5 was married three times
Z His first wife, by whom he had one CHI Ia
was Mary Avery. Of Brooklyn hom hi
B !. lost In 1862 by drowning Susan g. White
more, Of the same city, was his second wife
& end nth her he Lived many years ant