. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . THE LAST BROOKLYN TABERNACLEThis Was the Largest Protestant Church in America, and, Like its Two Predecessors, was Consumed by Fire THE SILVER JUBILEE 1894, three days before the day he had appointed for starting upon a circum-navigation of the earth. For this magnificent jubilee commemoration, which was at once ovationand paean, the great church building was splendidly and elaborately decoratedwith banners and flags. On the front of the great organ was a large portrait ofDr. Talmage, surrounded by a cluster of American flag
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . THE LAST BROOKLYN TABERNACLEThis Was the Largest Protestant Church in America, and, Like its Two Predecessors, was Consumed by Fire THE SILVER JUBILEE 1894, three days before the day he had appointed for starting upon a circum-navigation of the earth. For this magnificent jubilee commemoration, which was at once ovationand paean, the great church building was splendidly and elaborately decoratedwith banners and flags. On the front of the great organ was a large portrait ofDr. Talmage, surrounded by a cluster of American flags and flags of othernations. Underneath was the inscription: Tabernacle, his pulpit; the world,his audience. The back of the platform was hung with crimson plush,embroidered with gold. In the centre stood an enormous bouquet of liliesand roses. The front of the galleries was draped with plush, heavily embroid-ered in gold, and EVERYWHERE WERE THE STARS AND STRIPES draping the cornices and windows, twined about pillars and outlined againstthe other hangings, so
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