. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ds of sensational gave, to my knowledge, large sums, but silently, and only rich men canbest appreciate his reasons. THE LAST OF EARTH 355 In the long- sweep of three-score and ten years there were to be few daysof illness—few of weakness, leaving almost the seventy summers to come ina divine beauty. It took this man nearly seventy years to live his eventful life;it took him only a few hours to die—a long, long sunshine of untarnished fame,and only a little cloud. And could he have spoken to the last he would havetold
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ds of sensational gave, to my knowledge, large sums, but silently, and only rich men canbest appreciate his reasons. THE LAST OF EARTH 355 In the long- sweep of three-score and ten years there were to be few daysof illness—few of weakness, leaving almost the seventy summers to come ina divine beauty. It took this man nearly seventy years to live his eventful life;it took him only a few hours to die—a long, long sunshine of untarnished fame,and only a little cloud. And could he have spoken to the last he would havetold us that even the cloud of death was silvered witk the radiance of immor-tality! The last look of recognition was given to his beloved wife, and thelast words that fell from his lips when far down the valley were these: Eleanor!Eleanor! It was said once by an eminent writer, that when Abraham Lincoln, theforest-born liberator, entered heaven, he threw down at Gods throne threemillion yokes as the trophies of his act of emancipation—but great as that was,. AT THE GRAVESTDE TN GREENWOOD CEMETERY Copyright, 1902,Louis Klopsch I think that it was small, indeed, to the tens of thousands of souls Talmageredeemed from the yokes of sin and shame by the glorious old Gospel preachedwith such heavenly fervor and power of the Holy Ghost! What a mighty armystood ready to greet him at the gates of the heavenly city, as the warriorpassed in to be crowned by his Sovereign and King! CHAMPION OF A PURE GOSPEL The three greatest preachers of the nineteenth century were P>eecher, Spur-geon, and Talmage—but the prince of the pulpit was Talmage! Ueecher wasornate, philosophic, and admired for his classic productions and brilliant effu-sions as an orator. Spurgeon was doctrinal and rigid in stern orthodoxy, and 356 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK drew immense audiences by his fervor—but Talmage won all classes. He waspractical, poetic and powerful, moving his audiences at will, ei
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