. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . rom the public. Herr Prokofjew presided in the centre of the table. On hisright sat Dr. Talmage, and on his left Dr. Klopsch, the magistrates and council-ors on either side. Herr Prokofjew opened the proceedings by reading theaddress of thanks drawn up by the Town Council, which he then, amid enthusi-astic cheers, handed over to the pastor. Dr. Talmage then rose, and repliedin a speech which made a deep impression, and was repeatedly interrupted byapplause. TALMAGES ELOQUENT REPLY Dr. Talmage chose the thrilling subject of t
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . rom the public. Herr Prokofjew presided in the centre of the table. On hisright sat Dr. Talmage, and on his left Dr. Klopsch, the magistrates and council-ors on either side. Herr Prokofjew opened the proceedings by reading theaddress of thanks drawn up by the Town Council, which he then, amid enthusi-astic cheers, handed over to the pastor. Dr. Talmage then rose, and repliedin a speech which made a deep impression, and was repeatedly interrupted byapplause. TALMAGES ELOQUENT REPLY Dr. Talmage chose the thrilling subject of the relief of the poor and needy,and the no less impressive theme of the brotherly union of both nations. Come to America; come to New York; come to my home, he cried. Youwill find we have Russian books, Russian music, Russian pictures on the wallsof our reception rooms and studies. Come and see us. Continuing he said: You are now so near that when the harvests failed in one part of yourempire, and hunger with white teeth gnawed on the lives of millions of your. DR. TALMACK GOES TO CRONSTADT 206 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK people, we heard the cry across the Atlantic and looking into the face of wifeand children we said : This must not be. That is the hungry cry of our Russianbrothers and sisters, for we are all blood relations, since God bath made of oneblood all nations to dwell upon the face of the earth. Then the grain pouredfrom our national wheat-bins, and it was ground into flour, and, with the bless-ing of God and our nation, we launched it for Europe, and it is here, and weband over to you a solemn sacrament of bread from nation to nation, and wejoin you in beating back the wolves of hunger to their jungle, and under theblessing of the Lord we hope that soon there will be bread enough and tospare, and no one perishing with hunger. When last Thursday morning we saw the freight cars roll down to thewharf to take the flour our ship Leo was about to unload, and t
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