. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . 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, an
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . 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 the Russian flag. THE OVATION TO THE AMERICANS floated above one car and the American flag floated over another, and in thatorder all the long train was decorated, I said within myself, So may it alwaysbe. And until the day when the angel, with one foot on the sea and the otherfoot on the land, shall swear by him that liveth forever and ever that time shallbe no longer, may the Russian flag and the American flag move on in the sameprocession. And if any arm shall ever be lifted to strike down that feeling ofinternational brotherhood, may that arm, from shoulder-blade to finger-tip,wither! We come at 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 e
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