. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . our own personal expense, and not a farthing of tbe moneyraised for the sufferers goes to pay our expenses. We come for the joy ofseeing the food started for the afflicted districts, towards which the freight carsare now rumbling on their way. Thanks upon thanks! When we get back IN RUSSIAS ROYAL PALACES 207 to our own beloved America, we will tell of your magnificent treatment of us,and if ever we want in two words to express all geniality, all sympathy, all gen-erosity, all kindness, we will select, for those two words—Russian
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . our own personal expense, and not a farthing of tbe moneyraised for the sufferers goes to pay our expenses. We come for the joy ofseeing the food started for the afflicted districts, towards which the freight carsare now rumbling on their way. Thanks upon thanks! When we get back IN RUSSIAS ROYAL PALACES 207 to our own beloved America, we will tell of your magnificent treatment of us,and if ever we want in two words to express all geniality, all sympathy, all gen-erosity, all kindness, we will select, for those two words—Russian hospitality!God bless you all! May none of us ever know what a bitter thing it is for ourchildren to cry for bread when there is no flour in the house. Upon us maythere come the benediction of the Book which says, Blessed is the man thatconsidereth the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the time of trouble.: The speech lasted over half an hour; at its close the audience burst into astorm of applause, which seemed as if it would never end. The strains of the. WELCOME BY COUNT BOBRINSKOY Russian and American national hymns, the applause of the ladies, and the hur-rahing of the public blended into one tumultuous sound. When at length itdied away, Dr. Klopsch made a short speech, also Count Bobrinskoy and , both speaking in excellent English. The meeting broke up soonafter five oclock. Dr. Talmage, Dr. Klopsch and his wife, greeted as they leftthe building with loud hurrahs by an enormous public, entered an open carriageand drove between lines of waving caps and handkerchiefs to the HoteldEurope. Here they were awaited by a fresh concourse of people, and enthusi- 208 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK astically greeted. Dr. Talmage was at once raised by a dozen strong Russianarms and chaired amid loud hurrahs. When the Americans had disappearedinto the hotel, the people still pressed round the doors, and they had to showthemselves on the hotel balcony. ONE HUNDRED C
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