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TALMAGE'S SERMON.
TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE.
OF
An Interesting ami Instructive Review
of the History of tlio Threo Taber
nacles That Hove Ilcen the Uomo of
the Doctor' Church.
Brooklyn, April 8. This ia a festival
day at tho Tabernacle. Dr. Talmogo Is
eolobratingtho twenty-third aimivorsary
of his settlement in Brooklyn, in whito
flowers ombodded in groan at tho ImcSc
of tho pulpit Btood tho inscription, "180'J
aud 1802. Dr. Talmiigo'fl subject was
"Tho Thrco Tttixraiiclerf, a Story of
Trials aiid TrinmpljH," and hh text, Luke
- Ix, WJ, "Lot ns mako three tabeniacles."
Onr Arab pouios wore almost ilnul
with fatiguo, as, in December, 1880, wo
rode near tho foot of Mount Hormon in
tho Holy Land, the mountain called by
ono "a mountain of ico;" by anothor, "a
glittering breastplate of ieo;" by another,
"tho Mont Ulanc of Palestine" Its top
ban an almost unearthly brilliance But
what must it haVo been in tho tinio to
which my text rcfontl Potor and James
and John were on that mountain top
with Jesus, when suddenly Christ's faeo
4took on tho glow of tho noonday sun,
and Moses and Elijah, who had btvii
deud for centuries, came out from t.10
heavenly world and talked with our
Saviour. What an overwhelming thro
Mosos, representing tho lawj Elijah,
:) roprwenting tho prophets, and Cbrii-t.
ropresonting all worlds.
Iiu)vtuous Peter was so wrought up
by . .10 presence of this wondrous three
that, without waiting for time to eon
elder how prepostoroua was tho proposi
tion, ho cried out, "Lot us mako threo
tabernacles; 0110 for theo, ono for Moms
and ono for Elijah." Where would tiny
get tho material for building ono taber
naclo. much less material enough to
build two tabernacles, and, still lot;:!,
how would thoy get tho material for
building three? Whoro would thoy gut
tho hammers? Where tho gold? Whoro
tho bilvor? Whoro tho curtains? Whoro
tho costly adornments? llcrraon is a
barren peak, and to build one tabemaclo
in such n place would lmvo been nn un
dertaking beyond human nchiovoment,
aud Potor was propounding tho impossi
ble whon ho cried out in enthusiasm,
"Lot us build threo tabernacles."
And yet that is what this congregii
tiou havo been called to do aud have
done. Tho first lirooklyn Tabernacle
was dedicated in 1870 and destroyed by
lire in 1B72. Tho second Brooklyn Tabor
nnclo was dodicatod In 1871 and do
Ptroyod by flro in 1880. Tho third Brook
lyn Taboniaclo was dedicated in April,
1801, and in that wo aro worshiping' to
day. What sounded absurd for Peter
to propose, when ho said on Mount Hor
mon, in tho words of my toxt, "Lot us
build threo tabornnclos," Wo havo not
only done, but in tho inystorions provl
deneo of God wero compelled to do.
Wo havo been unjustly criticised by
pvjplo who did not know tho facts,
Fouiotimca for putting so much money
in church buildings, and sometimes for
not giving ad much as wo ought to this
or that denominational project, and no
explanation has yet boon nmdo. Before
i got through with tho dolivory of ibis
Gormon aud its publication aud distribu
tion, 1 shall show that no church on
earth has over done nioro magnificently,
and that no phurch over conquered
mora trials, and that no membership
evor had in it more lieroea and heroines
than this Brooklyn Taboniaclo, and 1
moan to havo it known that any individ
ual or religious uowspapor or secular
nowspapcr that horoaf tor casts any re
flection on this church's fidelity and gon
erosity, is guilty of a wickedness for
which God will hold him or it rospon
alblo. Ono year It was eont out through n
syndicate of newspapers that this church
was doing nothing in tho way of liboral
ity, when Wo had that year raised $IM,
000 in hard cash for religious uhoh.
Tharo has been persistent aud konii
Bphorla lying against this church. Wo
havo raised during my pastornto, for
church building and church purpoaos,
ftwa.ow, or practically a million dob
lam Not an Irish famine, or a Charles
ton earthquake, or au Ohio freshot, or a
Chicago conflagration, but our church
was among tho first to help. Wo have
given free seats iu tho morning and
eveuiug sorvicoa to 2-10,000 strangers a
year, and that in twenty years would
junout to 4,800,000 auditors. Wo havo
received into our membership G,H57
members, and that is only a small por
tion of tho number of those who havo
hero boon converted to Uod from all
parts of this land and from other lands.
Under tho blessing of God and through
tho kiuduoss of tho printing press my
sermons now go ovory week into ovory
neighborhood in Christendom, aud are
regularly translated into nearly all tho
grout languages of Europe and Asia.
Tho syndicates having charge of this
wnuoulo publication informed mo n few
days ago that my prlutod Benuone ovticy
week, In this and other lands, go into
the hands of 23,000.000 peoplo. During
the lost year, 1 am authoritatively in
formed, over 3,000 different periodicals
wero added to tho list of tliaeo who
Huiko this publication, and yet there aro
Ministers of tho Gospel nnd religious
newspapers that systematically and in
dustriouiily aud continuously charge
tbi church with idleness nnd eollLshuesa
tutd )Arahuouy.
I cull the attention of tho whole earth
to tills outrago that has boon hoa'xxl
upon tho Brooklyn Tabernacle, though
mora consecrated, benevolent aud
npieudld convocation of men aud women
were nover gathered together outside of
heaven, J havo uover buforo responded
to theso in hut icon aud tirobnblv will
wvw rufor to tlieni again, but i wish and asked if wo hud yet selected a plnu
tit peoplo Pf thl country and other for our church 1 said, "No, and what
onriw to know that what they read wo wuut wo canuot get," "What vtylo
Ofiftovrning tho solfiehueie and indolence , of building do you want!" ho asked.
wok of bencvuii'iu'e aud lack of Aud taking out a laud pencil uud a let
catd against tnyu .except
like that of a co.nr- . n towel, tho
runbing down by wliu.i uiprovoa circu-
lation aud produces good health.
But this continuous misrepresentation
of my icl0vcd church, iu tho nnmu of
Alniighty'God, 1 denounco, while I np
ptal to tho fair minded men nnd women
to see that justico is done this peoplo,
who, within a fow years, have gono
through a struggle that no other church
in any land or nny ago has been called
to fcnduro, and I pray God that no other
church may over be called to endnro,
viz., tho building of threo tabernacles.
I ask tho friends of tho Brooklyn Taber
nacle to cut out this sermon from tho
nowspapers and put it in their pock.it
books, so that thoy can intelligently
answer "onr falsifiers, whothor clerical
or lay,
And with theso yon may put that
othdr statement, which recently went
through tho country, and which I saw in
Detroit, which said that the Brooklyn
Tabernaclo had n hard financial strcg
glo because it had all along been paying
such enormous salaries to its pastor. Dr.
Talmago, when tho fnct is that, after
our last disaster and for two years, 1
gavo all my salary to tho church build
ing fund, and 1 received $0,000 less thin
nothing, In other words, in addition to
serving this church gratuitously for two
years, I lot it havo $0,000 for building
purposes. Why is it that peoplo could
not do us justico and eay that all our
financial strugglo as a church cuuu)
from doing what Peter, in my text, ab
surdly proitosed to do, but which, hi
tho inscrutablo providence of God, wo
wero compelled to dc jbuild threo taber
nacles. Now, 1 feel bettor that this is off my
mind. Tho rest of my sermon will bo
spun out of hosanuaiis. 1 announce to
you this day that wo aro at hist, as a
church, in smooth wntcrs. Arningo
monts havo been made by which our
jiiiancial difficulties aro now fully nnd
satisfactorily adjusted. Our iucomo
will oxcocd our outgo, and Brooklyn
Tabornaclo will bo yours and bolong to
you nnd your children after you, nnd
anything you boo contrary to this you
may put down to tho confirmod habit
which somo peoplo havo got of misrepre
senting thiB church and thoy cannot stop.
When 1 camo to Brooklyn I enmo to a
small church and a big indebtedness.
Wo havo now this, tho largest Protestant
church in America, and financially as a
congregation wo aro worth, ovor and bo
yond all indebtedness, considerably inoro
than $150,000.
1 havo proachod horo twenty-threo
years, and 1 expect, if my lifo and health
aro continued, to preach horo tweuty
threo years longor, although wo will all
do well to roniembor that our breath is
In our nostrils, nnd any hour wo muy bo
called togivo an nccount of our stew
ardship. All wo ask for tho futuro is
that you do your host, contributing all
yon can to tho support of our institu
tions. Our best days aro yot to como;
our groatest revivals of religion and our
mightiest outpourings of tho Holy
Ghost. Wo havo got through tho Red
boa, and stand today on tho othor bank
clapping tho cymbals of victory.
Do you wonder that last Sabbath 1
asked you in tho midst of tho sorvico to
riso and sing with jubilant voice tho
long motor Doxelogy:
I 'raise Clod from whom nil Mowings flow,
I'rulso liliu, nil creatures horo below,
I'mlso lilm above, yo heavenly host,
Praise Ftttlicr, Hon ami Holy Ghost.
Yes, twenty-threo years havo passed
since 1 camo to llvo in Brooklyn, and
thoy have boon to mo ovontf ul years. It
was a prostrated church to which I
came, a church so Hat down it could
drop no further, Through controversies
which it would bo usoless to rohenrso it
was well nigh extinct, aud for a long
whllo it had beeu without a pastor. But
nineteen members could bo mustered to
sign a call for my coming. As a com
mittee was putting that call before mo
lu an upper room iu my houso in Phila
delphia, thoro wore two othor committees
on similar orrnuds from other churches
iu othor rooms, whom my wifo was on
tortalniug and keeping apart from un
happy collision.
Tho auditorium of tho Brooklyn
church to which 1 camo defied all tho
laws of acoustics; tho church had a
ateoplo that was tho derision of tho
town, aud a high box pulpit which shut
in tho preacher as though ho wero dan
gorous to bo lot loose, or it acted as a
barricado that was unnecessary to koop
back tho jwoplo, for thoy woro so fow
that a minister of ordinary musclo could
havo kept back all who woro thoro. My
first Sabbath in Brooklyn was a sad day,
for I did not realise how far tho church
was down until thou, and on tho evening
of that day my own brothor, through
whoso pocl.ot 1 entered tho ministry,
died, and tho tidings of his dea.130
reached mo at 0 o'clock iu tho ovonlng,
aud 1 was to preach at half past 7,
But from that day tho blessing of God
was on us, aud iu threo mouths wo began
tho enlargement of tho building. Before
tho closo of that year wo resolved to
construct tho first Taboniaclo. It was
to bo n temporary structure, and, there
fore, wo called it a taboniaclo Instead
of a touiplo. What should bo tho stylo
of architecture was tho immediate ques
tion. 1 had always thought that tho
amphitheatricul shape would bo appro
priate for a church. Two distinguished
architects wero employed, and after
much hovering ovor designs, they an
nounced to us that such a building was
imiKKsiblo for religious purposes, us it
would not bo churchly, and would sub
ject themselves aud us to mtnous criti
cism; in other words, they wero not
ready for a revolution lu church archi
tecture. Utterly disheartened as to my favorite
stylo of architecture, 1 said to tho trus
tees, "Build anything you please aud 1
must to sutiritlod." But ono morning a
young architect appeared at my houso
pMoflftry jlrlt uu tho part uf this
taunh U from top to bottom and from
Ud t taru ffthchood -dastardly false
fetfc4MWUc' faUekooO, Wfet U
ter uu volopo from my pocket, in lues th.tn
u minute, by a fow curved linos, I indi
cuted iu tho rough wlutt wo wanted.
"But," 1 said, "old architects tell mm it
can't bo done, ami Unitf i: t.- u- '.n your
trying." He said: "1 can do it. How
long can I have to mako out tho plans?"
1 said, "This evening ut 8 o'clock every
thing is to bo decided."
At 8 o'clock of that evening tho
architect presented his plans and the
bids of builder and mason were pre
sented, and in fivo minutes after tho
plans woro presented thoy wore nnanl-inr-jvly
adopted. So that I would uot
: !io way of the tmstees during tho
1 went to Europe, and when I got
.a .. tbo church was well nigh done.
.Jut hero came in a staggering hin
drance. We expected to jwy for tho
new church by the salo of tho old build
ing. Tho old ono had leen sold, but
just nt tho time we nuu;t havo tho
money tho purchasers backed out, and
wo had two churches and no money.
By tho help of God and the iudomit
nblo nnd unpuralloled energy of our
truntces (hero and there one of them
present today, buf the most in a better
i world), we got tho building ready for
I consecration, and on Sept. 2."), 1870,
, morning and evening dedicator' serv
icer wore hold, and in the afternoon tho
, clul. ben with Hwcot and multitudinous
voices coiiM-'crated the placo to God.
Twenty thousand dollars were raised
that day to pay a flouting debt. In tho
morning old Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, the
glory of the Episcoiul church and tho
Ciirysostom of the American pulpit,
p eaclied a sermon which lingered hi its
gracious effects as long as the bnilding
stood. He road enough out of the Epis
copal prayer book to keep himeelf from
being reprimanded by his Lishop fo'
prenchiug at a non-Episcnpal service,
and wo, although belonging to unother
d.;uomirution, responded with hearti
U'W), us though wo wore used to the
liturgy "Good Lord, deliver us!"
During tho short time wo occupied
that building wo had n constant down
pour of religious awakening. Ho. auuahl
Ten million years in heaven will havo no
power to dim my memory of the glorious
times wo had in that first Tabernaclo,
which, because of its invasion of tho us
ual stylo of church architecture, was
called by some "Tulniiigo's Hippo
drome," by others, "Church of tho Holy
Circus," nnd by other mirthful nomen
clature. But it was a building perfect
for acoustics, and stood long enough to
havo its imitation in nil tho largo cities
of America and to completely revolu
tionize church architecture. Peoplo
saw that it was tho common sonso way
of seating nn audience.
Instead of putting thoin in an nngular
church, where each ono chiefly saw tho
back part of somebody cbo's head, tho
audionco wero arranged in eomicircle,
so that thoy could see one another's faces,
nnd the auditorium was a great family
circlo seated around a fireplace, which
was tho pulpit. It was au iron ntruc
turo, and wo supposed fireproof, but the
insurance companies looked nt it, and
after wo had gono too far to stop in its
construction, thoy declined to insure it,
except for a niero nothing, declaring
that, being of iron, if ' inflammable
material botweon tho shouts of iron took
flro no cngino hoso could play upon it.
And thoy woro right. During thoso
days wo educated and sent out from a
lay collego undor our chargo somo
twelvo hundred young men aud women,
many of them becoming evangelists nnd
many of them becoming regularly or
dained preachers, and I meet them in
all parts of tho land toiling mightily for
God,
Ono Sunday morning in Decombor,
1872, tho thermometer nearly dowir to
zero, I was on my way to church. There
was an oxciteniont in tho struot nnd
much smoko in tho air. Firo engines
dashed past. But my mind was on tho
Kormon 1 was about to preach, until
some ono rushed up and told mo
that our church was going up in tho
snmo kiud of chariot that Elijah took
from tho banks of tho Jordan. That
Sunday morning tragedy, with its
wringing of bunds and frozon tears on
tho cheek of many thousands standing
in tho street, and tho enmh that shook
tho earth, is an vivid as though it wero
yesterday. But it was not a perfoct loss.
All wero anxious to do something,
and as on such occasions sensible peoplo
aro apt to do unusual things, ono of tho
mombers, at tho risk of his lifo, mshed
in among tho fallen walls, mounted tho
pulpit and took a glass of water from
tho table and brought it in safoty to tho
street. 80 you boo it was uot a total
loss. Within nn hour from many
churches camo kind invitations to oc
cupy their buildings, uud hanging against
a lamppost, noar tho dostroyod building,
before 12 o'clock that morning, was a
board with the inscription, "Tho con
gregation of Brooklyn Tabernaclo will
worsl)ip tonight iu Plymouth church."
Mr. Boechor mado tho opening prayor,
which was full of commiseration for mo
and my homeless (lock, and I preached
that night tho sermon that I intended to
preach that morning in my own church,
tho text concerning tho precious ala
baster box broken at tho feot of Christ,
mul sure enough wo had ono very pro
clous brokun that day. Wo woro, as a
church, obliterated. "But arise and
build," said many voices. Another
architect took tho amphitheatrical plan
of n church, which, iu tho first instauco,
wns. necessarily somewhat rlo, and de
veloped it iuto au elubornto plan thnt
Was Immediately adopted. But how to
ralso tho money for such au oxponsive
undertaking wus t Ve quest ion oxponsivo
uot because of i...j seuseless adornment
proposed, but expensive liecnuse of tho
immeuso Bizo of the building needed to
hold our congregation.
It was at that tlmo when for years our
entire country was buffering, not from a
financial tunic, but from that long con
tinued tlunnuml depression which all
business men remember, as tho cloud
huug heavy year after year and com
mercial ostablisliments without number
went dowu. Through what struggles
wo passed tho Eternal God aud somo
bravo souls today remember, Many a
tiuio would I have gladly accepted calU
to somo other field, but 1 could not
leave tho flock in tho wilderness. At
last, after lu tho Interregnum having
worahipod In our beautiful Academy of
Music, on tho morning of Feb, 23, 1874,
tho nnniVHrsnry oi ,.n who
comiuorod lniw-i.j.i.. . ,iu I on tho
Sabbath that always celebrates tho res
urrection. Or. Byron Sunderland, chap
lain of the United States senate, thrilled
us through awl through with a dedica
tory sermon trom Hnggai H, 0, "Tho
1 glory of this houso shall be greater than
; that 0: tuo former, ealtn tno bora 01
Hosts."
Tho comer Ftouo of that building had
been laid by tho illustrious and now en
throned Dr. Irenreus Primo. On tho
jlatform on dedication day Kit, among
others, Dr. Dowling, of tho Baptist
church: Dr. Crook, of tho Methodist
church: Mr. Beechcr, of the Congrega
tional church, and Dr. French, of tho
Presbyterian church. Hosaunab! An
other $3T,,000 was raised ou that day.
Tho following Sunday 828 souls wero
received into our communion, mostly on
co.ifofetriou of faith. At two other com
muuions over COO souls joined at each
ono. At another ingathering 028 souls
entered this communion, and no many of
those gathered thiougs have already en
tered heaveu thut wo ospoct to feel at
homo when wo get there. Myl tnyl
Vou't we Ih glad to tee them the men
and women who stood by us in days
that were dark and days that were jubi
lant! Ila-tumialil
The work done in tl: it church on
Scherni'ihom stivet can uevor be un
done. What sat iiicea on il:o part of
many, who gavo almost till the blood
camel What hallelujahs! What victo
ries! What wedding inurches played
with full orant What baptismal What
sacraments! What obseijuic.-.! Ono of
them on a snowy Sabbath afternoon,
whon all Brooklyn seemed to sympa
thize, and my eldest son. bearing my
own name, la- beneath the pulpit in tho
last sleep, aud Florence Rice Knox Bang,
mid a score of ministers on and around
tho platform tri;d to interpret how it
was best that one who had juot como to
manhood, nnd with brightest worldly
prospects, should bo taken, nnd wo left
with a heart that will not cciiso to ache
until wo mcet"vhcro tears never fall.
That secoud Tabernaclo! What a stu
pendous roininiscencol But if tho Peter
of uiy text had known what an under
taking it is tobuild two tabernacles, ho
wonld not havo proposed two, to say
nothing of threo. As an anniversary
bennon must needs be somewhat auto
biographical, lot mo say 1 havo not been
idle. During tho standing of thoao two
Tabernacles fifty-two books, under as
many titles, made up from my writings,
wore published. Dming that timo, also,
I was permitted to discuss ull tho great
questions of tho day in nil the great
cities of this continent, 'and in many of
them many times, besides preaching and
lecturing ninety-six times in England,
Scotland and Ireland in ninety-four
days.
During all that timo, as woll as sinco,
I was engaged in editing a religious
newbpaper, belioving that such a peri
odical was cupablo of great usefulness,
nnd I havo been a couatunt contributor
to newspapers and periodicals. Mean
while all things had becomo easy in the
Brooklyn Tabernaclo. On a Sabbath in
October, 1880, 1 announced to my con
gregation thut 1 would in u few weeks
visit tho Holy Land and that the officers
of tho church had consented to my
going, and the wish of a lifetimo was
about to bo fulfilled. The next Sabbath
morning, about 2 o'clock or just after
midnight, u member of my household
awakonod mo by saying that thoro was
a strango light in tho sky. A thunder
storm had left tho air full of electricity,
and from horizon to horizon overything
seemed to blazo. But that did not dis
turb mo, until an observation taken
from tho cupola of my houso declared
that tho secoud Tubornacle was putting
on red wings.
I scouted tho idoa and turned over on
tho pillow for unother sleep, but a num
ber of oscited voices called mo to tho
roof, aud 1 went up and saw clearly de
fined in tho night the fiery catafalquo of
our second Tabernaclo. When I saw
that 1 said to my family: "I think that
ends my work in Brooklyn. Surely tho
Lord will not call a minister to build
threo churches in ono city. Tho build
ing of ono church generally ends tho
usefulness of a pastor; how can any
ono preside at the building of threo
churchohV" But bef oro twenty-tour hours
laid passod wo woro compelled to cry
out, with Potor of my text, "Let us
build threo tabernacles." Wo must have
a homo somewhere. .
Tho old site had cea.-.eu to bo tho cen
ter of our congrega.ion, and tho center
of tho congregation, us near as we could
find it, is whoro wo uow stand. Having
selected tho spot, should wo build on it
a barn or a Tabernaclo U'uutiful and
commodious? Our common souse, as
well as onr religion, commanded the hit
ter. But what push, what industry, what
skill, what solf sacrifice what faith in
God woio nocos3ary. Impediments and
hindrances without nuiulicr were thrown
in tho wuy, and had it not been for tho
porbovoranco of our church olilcials and
tho practical help of many peoplo and
tho prayers of millions of good souls iu
all jiarta of the earth aud the blossing
of Almighty God, tho work would not
have boon done.
But It is done, aud all good peoplo
who Iwhold tho structure feel in thoir
hearts if they do not utter with their
lips, "How amiable are thy taberuiiclos,
O Lord of Hosts." On the third &ib
bath of last April this church was dedi
cated, Dr. Hamlin, of Washington,
preaching nu inspiring sermon, Dr. Wen
doll lrimo, of Now York, offeriug the
dedicatory prayer, and some fifteen
clergymen during tho day taking part
in tho services. Hosaunahl
How suggestive to many of us nro the
words iolled out lu flowers abovo tho
pulpit "1800" nnd "lSOr for thoso
dates bound what raptures, what griefs,
what straggles, what triumphs! I men
tion it us n matter of gratitude to God
thut lu those twenty-three years havo
nibsod but one Sabbath through physical
indisposition, and but threo iu the thirty-
six years of my ministry. Aud now,
Having reached this twonty-tbtrd uiilo-
f tone, I start anow. I havo in my mam
orandnm books analyses of more bor
mons than I havo ever vet preached, uud
CLEAN!
txx
If you would bo cleau nud hayo your clothes dono ii
in tho nonteSlnnd dressiest manner, take thorn to tho
SALEM STKA MUNOKY
whuro all work ildtib lv wliito labor nnd in thn nwt
pmmpriiifuuiur,. COLONEL J, OLMSTED.
I have'preuohed. u uar as 1 can tell
about 8.800.
During these past years 1 have learned
two or three things. Among others 1
havo learned that "all things work to
gether for good." My ponHlve mode of
preaching has fometiiuert seemed to stir
tho hostilities of all earth and hell. Ford
ing called upon fifteen years ago to ex
plore underground New York city lift
that I might port the evils to bocom-
buttod. 1 tu with me two elders of my
chn.-ch and u Now York police cominis
fioiibr and a policeman, and 1 explored
and reported the horrois that needed re
moval, and the ullureme.its that en
dangered our young men. There camo
upon me u outburst of assumed indig
nntiou that frightened almost everybody
but myself. That exploration put into
my chnrch thirty or forty newspaper
correspondents, from north, south, east
and west, which opened for mo uow
avenues in which to preach the Gospel
that otherwise would never havo been
opened.
Years passed ou and 1 preached a series
of sermons on Amusemeute.'wnd a false
report of what I did Bay and ono of the
sermons raid to have been preached by
mo was not mine in a single word
roused a violence that threatened me
with poison nnd dirk and pistol and
other forms of extinguishment, nutil the
chief of Brooklyn police, without any
suggestion from me, took possession of
tho church with twenty-four policemen
to see that no harm was done. That
excitement opened many doors, which I
entered for preaching the Gospel.
After awhile 01 me an ecclesiastical
trial in which I was arraigned by peoplo
who did not like tho way 1 did things,
and although I was acquitted of all tho
charges, the contest shook tho American
church. That battle mado me more
friends than nnything that ever hap
pened and gave me Cliristendom and
more than Christendom for my weekly
audience. On tho demolition of each
church wo got a better and a larger
church, aud not a disaster, not a carica
ture, not a persecution, not an assault,
during all these twenty-three years but
turned out for our advantage, and ought
I not to boliove that "all things work to
gether for good?" Hosannah!
Another lesson 1 liave learned during
these twenty-three years is that it is not
necessary tt) preach error or pick flaws in
tho old Bible in order to got an audience;
tho old Book without any fixing up is
good enough for mo, and higher criti
cism, as it is called, means lower reli
gion. Higher criticism is another form
of infidelity, and its disciples will be
lieve less and less, until many of them
will land in Nowhere, and become the
worshipers of nn eternal "What is it?"
Tho most of those higher critics seem
to be seeking notoriety by pitching into
tho Biblo. It is such a bravo thing to
btriko your grandmother. The old Gos
pel put in modern phrase, and without
any of tho conventionalities and adapted
to all the wants and woes of humanity,
1 havo found tho mightiest magnet, and
wo havo never lacked an audience.
Next to the blessing of my own family
1 account tho blessing that I havo al
ways had a great multitude of people to
preach to. That old Gospel 1 havo
preached to you these twenty-three
years of my Brooklyn pastorate, and
that old Gospel 1 will preach till I die,
and chargo my son, who is on tho way
to tho ministry, to preach it aftor mo,
-for I remember Paul's thunderbolt, "If
nny man preach any othor Gospel, lot
him be accursed." And uow, as I stand
here on my twonty-third anniversary, 1
see two audiences. Tho ono is mado up
of all thoso who have worshiped with
us in tho past, but havo been translated
to higher realms.
What groups of children too fair and
too sweet and too lovely for earth, nnd
tho Lord took them, but thoy seem pres
ent today. Tho croup has gono out of
tho swollen throat, and the pallor from
tho check, nud they have on them tho
health and radianco of heaveu. Hail,
groups of glorified children! How glad
I am to have you come back to us today!
And horo sit " thoso aged ones who do
parted this lifo leaving an awful va
cancy in homo and church. Whoro are
your staffs, and whoro nro your gray
locks, aud where your stooping shoul
ders, yo blessed old folks? "Oh," they
say, "wo aro all young ngaiu, and tho
bath in the river from under tho throne
lias mado us ngilo nnd bounding. In
tho placo from which wo come they use
no staffs, but scepters!" Huil, fathors
aud mothers in Israel! How glad we
aro to havo you como back to greet us!
But the other audionco 1 soo iu imagi
nation is mado up of all those to whom
wo have had opjiortunity as a church,
directly or indirectly, of presontiug tho
Gospel. Yea, all my parishes scorn to
como back today. Tho peoplo of my
first chargo in Bellovillo, N. J. Tho peo
plo of my second chargo in Syracuse,
N. Y. The peoplo of my third chargo
in Philadelphia. And tho jieoplo of all
theso threo Brooklyn Taboniacles. Look
at thorn, and all thoso whom through
tho printing press wo havo invited to
God and heaven now seeming to sit in
gallorios above galleries fifty galleries,
a hundred galleries, a thousand galleries
high.
1 greet them nil in your naino and in
Christ's name, all whom 1 havo con
fronted from my first sermon in my
first village chargo, whoro my lips
trembled nnd my knees knocked to
gether from affright, speaking rom the
text, Jeremiah i, 0, "Ah, Lord God, be
hold 1 cannot speak, for I am a child!"
until tho sonuon I preach today from
Luko Ix, S3, "Lot us make threo taber
nucles," thoso of tho ist and tho prea
out, all gather in imagination if uot iu
reality, all of us gratofnl to God for past
mercies, nil of us sorry for mUiinproved
opportunities, nil hoiwful for etorunl
raptures, and while the visiblo nnd tho
tnvisiblo audiences of tho present and
the past commingle, I give out to bo
sung by those who are here today, and
to lw sung by thoso who shall read of
this scene of roininlnceneo nud congratu
lation, that hymn which has boon roll
iug ou since Isaac Watts started it one
hundred and fifty years age:
Our doit, our help In ntfvs uut.
Our 1iohi for ) ivirs to como.
Our ihelter front the ttoriny blast,
Aud our eternal borne.
. l.urky FcHt.
rVrtuunte l tlie nwn or wurou reilnic
In umlirlti-rnltlrii o-itliy who cotpw.
Ihn ilnMdut oiure. Nt on in tt tiiiio
naud UiH-H. Wtiim the endemic I a
ivrlodUxi! amt tt hie ieutt ththtUmi, It i
Jut a common 10 toe ule ooiiimuiiliiej
HUtlirluir from It h ulnrte 1ml vlilnuK.
Tlie lutwl vlnroUK con-illutktn U Dm
lwfStilBt li- h.iwtiuirh I, a ttrin
feebtortllMirJfiv , A a uimui r pro
tie'lon iwalu-il alaitx, UoM.lte-x
Klvuiaeti Klitfn ' !i mp-wn.- imjla.il
f 2UJ J.1 w,n l"' uj fttrm of ma. I
Uilitl l'.ae Implatilrd lu the tnn.
aud even In re Uhu vrlieie ntiMiMi
couipUlHUitnt wl nllk-Hnut andtleadly
WWll HS IH l!)ltiU Oi Ittliaitut. Hut i. '
ittttiBi1 I twirls enn.i'y. Kb J ilr .
tfHrJ'kMlt'(t)rirttlM5Mrt .Vols4
ettttretnutk It a aiiniiin ,, ,
yvtiHxe ot oLruntv lu414tUii. liver
"August
Flower
The Hon. J. W. Fennimore is the
Sheriff of Kent Co., Del., and lives
at Dover, the County Seat and Cap
ital of the State. The sheriff is a
gentleman fifty-nine years of age,
and this is what he says : "I have
" used your August Flower for sev
" eral years in iny family and for my
" own use, and found it does me
' ' more good than any other remedy.
" I have been troubled with what I
" call Sick Headache. A pain comes
" in the back part of my head first,
" and then soon, a general headache
"until I become sick and vomit.
" At times, too, I have a fullness
" after eating, a pressure after eating
" at the pit of the stomach, and
1 ' sourness, when food seemed to rise
' ' up in my throat and mouth. When
1 ' I feel this coming on if I take a
" little August Flower it relieves
" me, and is the best remedy I have
" ever taken for it. For this reason
"I take it and recommend it to
" others as a great remedy for Dys
"pepsia, &c."
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury, New Jersey, U. S. A.
TO PHILLIS, IN ENGLAND.
Darllug PIiIIIIh, four years old,
Wliom for my delight
I will picture ns I knew
He&d allcht with sunny gold,
Cheeks of ro-es red and white.
Eyes so large nnd blue!
I will fill i:iy picture in
With the tales I hear of you,
Telling of the hearts you win.
What you wear and do;
Windfall hunts 'neath npple boughs.
Offers bold of grass to cowsl
Vet I know not can I, dear,
Sco you as you are?
English things grow dim and far
To tho exile lingering hci e.
Sweet how sweet! but faint you Btand
Shadow child In shadow landl
Vainly I for my delight
Fain wonld fashion you aright.
With a muI and tt Itttful tc-nso
Of the spirit's Impotence.
You, as uow you are, I trow,
I shall never, never know.
Wiser Phlllis. in jour gluo
No-sucli thoughts you heed.
Thinking uow and then of me
Far away across the foam,
Happy In yonr childish ci ecd,
Soon "big hhip" will bring me home.
W. Trego Webb In London Spectator.
Griefs aro ever coming to us with the
coming hours, and our little strength is
only as tho day.
Few are Free
FROJI Scrofula, which, being heredi
tary, is the latent cause of Consump
tion, Catarrh, Loss of Sight, Eruptions,
and numerous other maladies. To ef
fect a cure, purify tho blood with
Ayer's Snrsaparllln. Begin early, and
persist till every trace of tho poison is
eradicated.
"I can heartily recommend Ayer's
Sarsaparilla for all those who are atlllct
ed with scrofulous humors. I had
suffered for years, and tried various
remedies without effect. Finally, Ayer's
Sarsaparilla gave relief and put me in
my present good healthy condition."
E. M. Howard, Newport, N. II.
"My daughter wns greatly troubled
with scrofula, and, at ono time, it was
feared she would loso her sight. Ayer's
Sarsaparilla has completely restored
her health, and her eyes aro as well
and strong as ever, witli not a trace of
scrofula in her system." Geo. King,
Killingly, Conn.
Iyer's S
arsaparilla,
TBErAUED BT
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Frlcc $1 ; nix bottk-a, $3. Worth $5 n bottle
DR. MILES Jl
Restorative gllr
JMERVIHE.
FASTS!
TARTUNG
wu"j.'-mg,.fiMm
The American people are rapidly bocomtn a
race of norrout wrecks, and the I jlIowloKsuKgeibt
tbe beat remedy: AlphonsoIIempQlnff.et liatler,
I'a- tweara tbat when hit son was ipocctuesa from
St. Vitus Dance. Dr. Mlloe Grout Restorative
Norylna cured btm. Mrs. J. It. Mlller.ot Valpar
lo.ind.,J. D.Tarlor.of Loitaiupnrr, Ind., each
jtElnc.l!J pounds from taklnu tt. Mrs. II. A. Card
nor. of Vistula. Ind., wascurod ol 40toM oonrul
elotis a day, and much headache, dullness, back
ache, and nervous prostration, by ono bottle.
Daniel Mrers, Urooklrn, Mich., aaya his daughter
was ciire.1 of Insanity of ten years' standing. Trial
bottle and flne book of rnarrelous cures. FllES
at druKKist ThU remedy conutlns no opiates.
Dr.Mllos' Medical Co.,Elkrmrt,lnd.
T2IIAL BOTTLE FREE.
Sold by P. J, Fry, tlruc'giat.Salem.
Act on a new principle
r.calui i- liver, etomach
ml bawls tKrough tht
rifnv !. Muss' Priaj
tlHt'dily am bUiocsnees,
torpid lit tr and constlpa
Una. hm-dleut, mildest,
ccrextt Op doaos,25 cts.
w"iiu t -o at nrUk'KUU.
(" 3i. Co., ElUut. htt
Fry, drnir.ist, Salem.
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HEALTH.
Vn niclinn Golden Balaam No. J
Cures Chancre, flrst and second stages:
Sores on the Legs and Ddr; Bore Eats,
Eyes, Nose, etc., Copper-colored Blotchei
Srphllltlo Catarrh, diseased Scalp, acd all
primary forms of the disease known at
Syphilis. Price, P5 OO per Hot Up.
Le Itlclinn's GoMert Dalsam No.
Cures Tertiary, Mercurial rpliUlUe Rhet?
matlsm, Tains In the Bones, rains In tht
Head, back of the Neck, Ulcerated 8on
Throat, Byphllltlo Hash, Lumps and con
traded Cords, Stiffness ot the Limbs, an
eradicates all disease from the syaten
whether caused by indiscretion or abuu
ot Mercury, leaving; the blood pure ami
healthy. Price 85 OO per Itottle.
IjO lllcliou'a Oolden Htianlsli Ant I.
doto for the cure et Gonorrhoea, CHect,
Irritation Gravel, and all Urinary or Gent
tat disarrangements. Price 8i4 50 per
Dottle.
lri Ulcliau's Golden Spanlsli In.
Jectlon, for severe oases of Gonorrhoea,
Inflammatory Gleet, Strlctures,&c. Price
81 50 per Ilottlo.
be Rlclinn'a Golden Ointment
for the cffcctlvo heallnof SyphlUtla Sores
and eruptions. Price 31 OO per Box.
l,e Itlchau'B Golden Pills Nem
and Brain treatment; loss of physical pow
er, excess or over-work, FrosthtUon, eta
Price 83 OO per Box
Tonlo nnd Nervine,
Sent everywhere, C O. D,, gocurslr paeket!
per express.
THE RICHARDSDRUG C0.,Ageutr
600 & 611 ItlAniiETT ST.,
Dan Emactac, CUk.
Bids for Itailiug Gapitel.
The board ol cnpttol building comrah
slwuers Invite sealed proposals lor bcatlni:
tbocapltol bulldtDg at, Hal cm. Or., elthe1
by steam or h t wttter Bidders nre to
lurnlsb their own plans nnd tpcciflcatlent.
Everr bid shall be accompanied with u'i
nndPrtaklns with one or mora surleties t:t
a. sum equal to double tbo amount of tin
bid to be approved by tho board, to Hit
ellect thntlf his bid shall be accepted, tbi"
bidder will jv riorm the work speclll il
therein In nccordnnco with the plans nnrf
sprclllcallonH therefor. The right to r
Jcct any or nil bldsls reserved. Bids vtlll
bo opened at 2 o'clock p, m. Mondny,
April ll,lb92. at the executive otUce.Halein,
Uregon. HYL.VESTEH PKNNOYEU,
GEO. V. MCBUIDE,
PHIL. METOJIIAN,
Board of Commlsstonere.
WM. A. MUNLV, Clerk of Board. 3-10 lm-.
Bids for City Bonds.
EAIjED proposals will bo received tip to
2o'clock p. m.oftheSth day of Aprl',
IJ, by the mayor and city recorder ot tl i
city of Salem, for the purchase of 820.01m
worth of bonds on the city of Hnlem, On
gon, in denominations of SlOOnndupwaro ,
the interest of these bonds to bepaldt.enii
nnnunlly and to run twenty years, and I
draw 5 per cent. Interest No bid will bo
received for tho bonds below their pi r
value. The city ot Salem reserves tho
richt to reject any or nil bids.
I'.H. IVAKU . Jtayor.
3-lt-td M. K GOtlUELL, Itecorder.
J. M, Needham,
house paljnting, kalso
mining paper hanging
natural wood finishing.
Leave orders J . Irwin's, rear ofSmlth .v.
Hteiner's drug t-toie.
JL. C. CKOSS,
Butcher and Packer
State St. and Court St. The best menf.
delivered to all parts of thecltv.
PIIOFKSSIONAX. CARDS.
GEO. U. BUUNETT, Attorney at law,
Salem, Uregon. Office over Ladd i
Bush's bank.
D'AUOY t BIA'UBAM, Attorneys and
counselors at law, Salem, Oregon.
Having an abstract ol the recordsof Marion
county, Including a lot und block Index oi
Salem, they have special facilities for ex
amining titles to real estate. Business lu
the supreme court and In the state depart
ments will receive prompt attention.
ST. RICHARDSON, Attorney at law,
. olllce up stall's In front rooms of new
Bush block, corner Commercial and Court
streets, Salem, Oregon.
JOHN A. CARSON, Attorney at law.
Rooms 3 and 4, Lada tb Bush's hank, v
building, Snleni, Oregen. . 8 1 1 r
B. F. HONHASI. W. II. HOLBlHSw
BON'HAJi A Holmes. Attorneys at Itv.
Office in Bush's block, between Biate
and Court, on Com'ISt.
TIL510N FORD, attorney at law, Sttleni,
Oregon. Office up-stalra In Pattca'si
block.
H. BRAD3UAW, PHYSICIAN AND'
. Surgeon, Salem. Oregon. Office lm
tiarldge block, upstairs over Williams Jc
Englaud's bank. Residence corner SUtto
and B. E. corner Winter street.
H. YOUNG, M. D., Office formerly
, occupied by Dr. itowland, corner
Court and Liberty streets. Telephone No.
15. Office heurs: 8 a. in. to 12; 2 to 4 p. m.,
and 7 to U p. m. Residence 18th street on
electrlo cur line. Telephone No. 0.
Mo AFEH. 4 BROOKS. I'byslclnns
and Surgeons, ilurphy block, up
stulrs, Commercial street, Salem, Or.
TK- W. B AlOTT, physician and sur
JL geou. Office In Kldridge Block, n
em, Oregon. Offico hours 10 to 12 a.m..
2 to J p. m.
TJ1 B. PHILBROOK, il. D.,Homeopath!sU
J2i. Office 155 Court street; Residence ail
High street. General practice. Hpeclat
attention given to diseases of Women and.
children.
T HOUSER, M.D. Physician and sur
geon. Practice limited to riisi.-ii
of tho nervous system. Cutuirh Including
asthma and rupture or hernia. Office In
Cottle block rooms II and 12. Office hfittsj
from 9 to 12 it. m. and front 2 to b p. m.
11-3-tf.
DR. T. C. SMITH. Dentist, W State stret-1,
lions of every description. Painless oiera
lions a speolulty.
It. MINTA H. A. DAVIS. Office hour.
9 a. m. to 11 a. m.; 2 p. m. to 6 p. m.
Day or night calls promptly attended to
Special attention given to diseases of we:
eu and children, office In New Bank lilk.,
305 Commercial street. Residence buiue.
D" R. MILLER 8. LUND, Eplscopaf itcc
toryjcornorChemeketaand Church.
Office hours 1 to 3 p. m.
NNICE V. JEFFREYS, M. D. Treau
went of Ladles and Children a mko
luity. Office heurs: to 12, und 2 to -I. Kl
dridge block, Salem, Oregon,
D. J.'UUH, Architect, Plans, Srcb
. ncatlons and superintendence lor
all classes of buildings. Office 2U0 Com
mercial ht., up stairs.
X7I J.McCAUSTIAND.CIvllBanltaryuRd
II. Hydraulic Engineer. U. S. Deputy
CotUe-Parkhurbt Block, balem, Oregou.
CA. ROBERT, Architect, room!l. Mar
. quaiu building, rortlaud, Oi-egon.
UUSINKsS CARDS.
HtKYEMlLm, Proprietors the Porro
-. .. .n.luuuunMA1IUEl nnunt, iiil.U
i.ivw.iij luramiu uHinmut in tno tuty.
JJ0 totiiniercUtl street, Salem, Oregon.
QPRAUUE 4 ALLEN. Blacksmiths and
p boowboelng ana reivtlrlng. Only lbe
best workmen employed. Opposite state
Usuranoe building
A-
Et
a. SM ITH & CO., contractors, Sewer-
.tec All VnrtF nmmnllo .1.... kji .,-
rii :..,: .a t ";?.'" v"" au?ur "
pAPT-UYING. 1 make a .peoUl.y or
J cajpet-M.wfiig and laying; carpcU
tar en nnuml 1jM iii. JT.. -J,'-. n ...
elettntng. Leave orders with J. II. L..un
or Buren A Son. J. Q. LUHUMAN.
fOH-N KNIUI1T, Hlacksmttb. Jir
t'Knitelni and rvpalrluga specialty. f'MP
tt the sixjt ol Libert) street, iialea., Omr u
2.3M;
P JiM,w-llN ix" aunufactuxe otul
IT, blAOp i5 State street. r
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