. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . e honestly tried to effect. On one occasion, indeed, as I remember, he preached a sermon whichwas so great a concession to homiletical rulps as to be positively dry and , I think, must have been the hardest piece of work he ever did. Neveragain did he go to that extreme, for he could not so far fight against his THE LAST OF EARTH 347 nature as to be dry and dull except by the greatest effort; but the training ofthe Seminary was of advantage to him in conjoining art to nature. He has often been accused of sensationalism i
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . e honestly tried to effect. On one occasion, indeed, as I remember, he preached a sermon whichwas so great a concession to homiletical rulps as to be positively dry and , I think, must have been the hardest piece of work he ever did. Neveragain did he go to that extreme, for he could not so far fight against his THE LAST OF EARTH 347 nature as to be dry and dull except by the greatest effort; but the training ofthe Seminary was of advantage to him in conjoining art to nature. He has often been accused of sensationalism in the course of his he was sensational, but this was as natural to him as the color of hiseyes or hair. It never was dragged in from without, but always welled up fromwithin like a gushing fountain. Being entirely natural, his use of sensational-ism was entirely legitimate. GODS GLORY HIS AIM IN LIFE It never was an end with him, but always a means to an end, and thatend was the highest and noblest possible, namely, the glory of God. It was. TAKING TilIC VIOLET-COVERED CASKET INTO Till*, CHURCH for this he lived. His decided conviction was that any other object in life wouldmake life a failure, and that any serious effort undertaken with any lessworthy aim would make that effort a failure. In saying this I am virtuallyquoting his own utterances, made not in public under the inspiration of somespecial occasion, or to tickle the public ear, but in the calmness and privacyof friendly intercourse, as we talked together on this subject. A man of his marked personality is sure to be criticised, and it is notstrange that unworthy motives should have been imputed to him by those 348 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK who were either incapable of understanding him or carelessly willing to judgehim by the low standard which human nature is coo ready to adopt as the gaugeof conduct. But knowing this man as I did, I can testify to the simplicity andgodly sincerity o
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