. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . em. That instrument did not seem to be made out of wood and metal, but outof human hearts, so wonderfully did it pulsate with every emotion; now laugh-ing like a child, now sobbing like a tempest. At one moment the music woulddie away until you could hear the cricket chirp outside the wall, and then itwould roll up until it seemed as if the surge of the sea and the crash of anavalanche had struck the organ-pipes at the same moment. At one time thatnight it seemed as if a squadron of saddened spirits going up from earth had meta s
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . em. That instrument did not seem to be made out of wood and metal, but outof human hearts, so wonderfully did it pulsate with every emotion; now laugh-ing like a child, now sobbing like a tempest. At one moment the music woulddie away until you could hear the cricket chirp outside the wall, and then itwould roll up until it seemed as if the surge of the sea and the crash of anavalanche had struck the organ-pipes at the same moment. At one time thatnight it seemed as if a squadron of saddened spirits going up from earth had meta squadron of descending angels whose glory beat back the woe. Standing thereand looking at the dim taper on the altar of the cathedral, I said: How muchlike many a Christians life! Shadows hover, and sometimes his hope is dimand faint and flickering, like a taper on the altar. But at what lime God wills,the heavens break forth with music upon his soul, and the air becomes resonantas the angels of God beat it with their shining sceptres. THE BROOKLYN PASTORATE 63. ROYAL PALACE, COPENHAGEN, DENMARKVisited by Dr. Talmage During One of His European Tours 64 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK The Lord God has many fair and beautiful daughters, but the fairest ofthem all is she whose ways are pleasantness and whose paths are peace! I knowsome people look back on the family line, and they see they are descended fromthe Puritans or Huguenots, and they rejoice in that; but I look back on myfamily line, and I see there is such a mingling and mixture of the blood of allnationalities that I feel akin to all the world; and by the blood of the Son of God,who died for all people, I address you in the bonds of universal brotherhood. Icome out as only a servant, bringing an invitation to a party, and I put it into
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