. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . so practical; and countless hearers and readers join ivthe testimony that no doubt every one of us has given or heard since hisdeath: Dr. Talmage has comforted and cheered me; has made me happier,braver and better. THE LAST OF EARTH 345 OF THE OLD DUTCH STOCK His qualifications for this great work were both natural and acquiredBorn and reared on a farm, of fine Dutch stock, he had a massive frame,robust health, immense capacity for work. And his industry was never spared himself. His enthusiasm was equal to his p
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . so practical; and countless hearers and readers join ivthe testimony that no doubt every one of us has given or heard since hisdeath: Dr. Talmage has comforted and cheered me; has made me happier,braver and better. THE LAST OF EARTH 345 OF THE OLD DUTCH STOCK His qualifications for this great work were both natural and acquiredBorn and reared on a farm, of fine Dutch stock, he had a massive frame,robust health, immense capacity for work. And his industry was never spared himself. His enthusiasm was equal to his physical powersand remained unabated up to and beyond his three-score years and ten. Hewas carefully prepared for college ; stood well in the University of New York;had three years legal training; a full course in the Seminary at New Bruns-wick ; and early showed oratorical powers that later brought him fame. Hispastorates of three years each at Belleville, N. J., and Syracuse, N. Y., werenot especially notable. But in the Second Reformed Dutch Church of Phila-. Copyright,1002,AbbyG. Baker THE CHURCH OF THE COVENANT, WASHINGTON, D. C. 346 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK delphia he soon found himself. He impressed that city, and thence speedilygained a national reputation. In Brooklyn, with sharp-tongued neighbors likeBeecher, Storrs and Cuyler, he speedily made his own place as a messen-ger to the people, and held it practically uncontested. And from that coign ofvantage he addressed the world. His work as editor was scarcely literary, butrather an adjunct to his preaching. Whatever he printed was substantiallysermonic. He was first, last, and always a preacher. Most of us who are gathered here knew and loved Dr. Talmage as afriend. We think of him at this hour, and shall remember him, as a genial,kind neighbor; a considerate and helpful companion. His fine optimism madehim welcome in every social circle. His delightful humor, which never had asting; his fund of story and
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