. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . caused by an open switch. As it was, the trainin which he rode was so roughly shaken up that all the pas-sengers suffered, though not seriously. The Doctor escapedwith no worse misfortune than a severe shock and the loss ofpart of his baggage. That shock it was afterward believed,was largely responsible for the illness which followed andwhich ended his earthly career. A GREAT AUDIENCE AT RICHMOND The last great meeting for men which he addressed washeld at Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday afternoon, Februarysecond, under the auspice
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . caused by an open switch. As it was, the trainin which he rode was so roughly shaken up that all the pas-sengers suffered, though not seriously. The Doctor escapedwith no worse misfortune than a severe shock and the loss ofpart of his baggage. That shock it was afterward believed,was largely responsible for the illness which followed andwhich ended his earthly career. A GREAT AUDIENCE AT RICHMOND The last great meeting for men which he addressed washeld at Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday afternoon, Februarysecond, under the auspices of the Young Mens ChristianAssociation of that city. Mr. Samuel K. McKee, the Gen-eral Secretary of the Association, gives an interesting andspirited account of the Richmond meeting. He writes: Tt was the first of nine consecutive weeks1 GreaterMens Meetings in the Academy of Music. Dr. Talmagehad arrived in the city on Saturday night, accompanied byMrs. Talmage, every arrangement being complete for thegreat service. The Doctor was entertained at the home of. HIS CLOSING MINISTRY 319 his daughter, Mrs. Allen E. Donnan, and when visited by the General Secretary,Mr. S. K. McKee, and Rev. Dr. R. P. Kerr, of the First Presbyterian Church,he was found to be in the best of spirits and seemed unusually robust. He talkedvery entertainingly of the famous men whom he had met, and of his many trips,especially his last to the Holy Land. He seemed to be deeply in earnest con-cerning the services of the coming Sabbath. Snow had fallen and the streetswere in a miserable condition; notwithstanding this fact, a tremendous audienceof men was present. The Academy, including extra chairs upon the platform,seats about sixteen hundred persons. The meeting was announced for three-thirty. Long before the hour, hundreds were waiting for admission. The doors were opened p. M., and in six minutestime fully two thousand menwere in the house. The serv-ice began at three-seventeen,and the lowest es
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