. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . of honors conferred upon no other man in all history. The entire castleand the grounds about it were solemn and tremendous with memories. We had no foreboding of the additional shadow that in a few days mustfall upon that historic place. In an upper room the widowed soul was alreadyreceiving the call to heavenly reunion. They had been parted two years, theusual time of separation for those who live together for half a century. A SERVICE IN STOCKHOLM During his tour, Dr. Talmage had a very interesting experience preachingin Stockh
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . of honors conferred upon no other man in all history. The entire castleand the grounds about it were solemn and tremendous with memories. We had no foreboding of the additional shadow that in a few days mustfall upon that historic place. In an upper room the widowed soul was alreadyreceiving the call to heavenly reunion. They had been parted two years, theusual time of separation for those who live together for half a century. A SERVICE IN STOCKHOLM During his tour, Dr. Talmage had a very interesting experience preachingin Stockholm, Sweden. In letters home he gave a picturesque account of theday and some characteristic comments on the condition of preachers as he sawthem in that country. He writes: Sabbath in Stockholm, was to me a day of much interest. Before leav-ing London I accepted an invitation to preach here in a church of vast propor-tions. Would I have an audience? was the wonder with me, when I couldnot speak a work of the Swedish language. But a publisher of Stockholm put. Tin-! GLADSTONE FAMILY IN THE GROUNDS OF IIA\YARDF,N LATER SOJOURNS IN EUROPE 295 upon my table in the hotel ten different books of mine, all in Swedish, and thatprepared me for the greeting I received in The Immanuel Church at elevenoclock Sabbath morning. All must be done through an interpreter. I askedhim before entering the pulpit if he would translate sentence by sentence orwould take each idea after it was uttered. He preferred sentence by sentence,and so it was done. Only three times had I ever attempted to address an
Size: 1867px × 1338px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectclergy, bookyear1902
