. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . HIS CLOSING MINISTRY 321 go from there to Mexico City. Dr. Talmage was in Macon about twenty yearsago, when he delivered a lecture. He says he remembers the great beauty ofthe resident portion. He saw it then when the flowers were in bloom and thetrees and the lawns were clothed in green. He saw it this time when naturewas standing bare to winters cold, but to him it was yet a beautiful city. Hewent out to Rose Hill Cemetery yesterday afternoon to view the grave of hisold friend Senator Colquit, for whom he expressed great admira
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . HIS CLOSING MINISTRY 321 go from there to Mexico City. Dr. Talmage was in Macon about twenty yearsago, when he delivered a lecture. He says he remembers the great beauty ofthe resident portion. He saw it then when the flowers were in bloom and thetrees and the lawns were clothed in green. He saw it this time when naturewas standing bare to winters cold, but to him it was yet a beautiful city. Hewent out to Rose Hill Cemetery yesterday afternoon to view the grave of hisold friend Senator Colquit, for whom he expressed great admiration. SextonHall showed the distinguished minister many of the important monuments and. DR. TAIyMAGE BLESSING THE CARGO OF THE REUEF SHIP iftoAn Incident of the Russian Famine Relief Work graves in the cemetery, and he pronounced it one of the mosj beautiful cemeterieshe had ever seen. In New Orleans, Dr. Talmage spent the Sabbath, February twenty-third,and preached in the morning at the First Presbyterian Church. As this was thelast discourse that Dr. Talmage delivered in the United States, it is interestingto note the description given of the service, and of the great preacher by theNew Orleans journalists. The Times-Democrat introduced its report with apicture of Dr. Talmage in the pulpit, and with a remarkably well-written descrip-11 \22 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK tion of his appearance and manner. This report was followed by the sermonin full. The reporter writes: Between ten and eleven oclock yesterday morning all roads in NewOrleans seemed to lead to the First Presbyterian Church. When the hour ofeleven arrived the sacred edifice facing Lafayette Squar
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