. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ltar, the devoted parents felt when they heard that the son of whom they wereso proud must go away from them to a heathen land. But they recalled the vowof consecration they had uttered over him in infancy and there was no questionin the heart of either parents or son of the duty of the sacrifice. His life ofservice at Amoy, China, where he spent forty years, was abundantly blessed, andhis parents lived long enough to learn that a rich harvest of souls was the resultof their surrender of their son. Preaching, teaching in the theo
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ltar, the devoted parents felt when they heard that the son of whom they wereso proud must go away from them to a heathen land. But they recalled the vowof consecration they had uttered over him in infancy and there was no questionin the heart of either parents or son of the duty of the sacrifice. His life ofservice at Amoy, China, where he spent forty years, was abundantly blessed, andhis parents lived long enough to learn that a rich harvest of souls was the resultof their surrender of their son. Preaching, teaching in the theological schools BOYHOOD REMINISCENCES 37 and the preparation of valuable text-books filled his busy life with ceaselessactivity, until at the age of seventy-three years, having just read the last proofof his great work, a dictionary of the Chinese language for the use of mis-sionaries, he entered into his reward. Still another member of the family, the next in age to the missionary son,consecrated his talents to the Christian ministry. This was Goyn Talmage, a. ruins or1 the site: of capkrnaum man of singular sweetness of character and a most devoted pastor. For severalyears he served the Reformed Dutch Church as secretary of the Board of Domes-tic Missions, and at the end of his term received the highest honor in the gift ofthe church, in his election to the office of President of the Synod. His pastorateswere chiefly in New Jersey and New York, and were uniformly successful. Hehad a rare faculty of organization, which he used in the building up of weak 38 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK churches, and at the end of his useful life The Christian Intelligencer., the organof his church, bore testimony to the value of his services. Each church, itsaid, was stronger when he left it than when he accepted its pastorate. Innearly every one a new or improved church building or parsonage stands themonument of his wise and vigorous leadership, the testimony of the businessability
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