. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. at his post, February 13, 1882. T. De Witt Talmage, the world-famed pastor of the Brooklyn(N. Y.) Tabernacle, was born at Bound Brook, N. J., in 1833. Hewas a student in the theological seminary at New Brunswick, N. J., from which he grad-uated with high first pastorate was atBelleville, N. J., where heremained three year
. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. at his post, February 13, 1882. T. De Witt Talmage, the world-famed pastor of the Brooklyn(N. Y.) Tabernacle, was born at Bound Brook, N. J., in 1833. Hewas a student in the theological seminary at New Brunswick, N. J., from which he grad-uated with high first pastorate was atBelleville, N. J., where heremained three years. Hesubsequently preached atSyracuse, N. Y., and atPhiladelphia. While lo-cated in the latter city hecame before the public inthe role of a popular lec-turer. In 1869 he hadcalls from Presbyterianchurches in Brooklyn,N. Y.; Chicago, 111.; andSan Francisco, Cal. Hechose the former, and en-tered upon his pastoratein the Central Presbyte-rian Church, subsequentlythe Lay College. Hiepopularity became so great that within a year the edifice overflowedwith auditors and a larger building was needed. The hithertostruggling congregation erected a tabernacle of sheet-iron, but itwas destroyed by fire in December, 1872. The new Tabernaclewas opened in February, CONNECTED WITH RELIGIOUS HISTORY. 51 QUAKERS. George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, or Quakers,was born at Drayton, Leicestershire, in 1G24, and was apprenticedto a grazier and afterward to a shoemaker. At the age of nine-teen he persuaded himself that he had received a divine commandto devote himself solely to religion. He accordingly forsook hisrelation-;, made himself a suit of leather, and wandered from placeto place, fasted much, walkedabroad in retired places, study-ing the Bible, and sometimessat in a hollow tree for a daytogether. In 1G48 he propagate his opinions bypublic preaching. The nick-name Quaker is said tohave been first used by a coun-try justice before whom Foxappeared at Derby. He wasarres
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