. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . the prophets of the old dispensation, the simplestatement is made : There was a man sent from God. In our modernbiography we try to account for the prominence of a preacher orteacher in the less direct way of analyzing his character and talentsand trying to find something in his mental equipment which willexplain his eminence. Probably, if we knew more of the Divine gov-ernment of the world, we should discover that the Supreme Being, takingaccount of the condition of the church and the world, and perceiving, as wedo but dimly, th
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . the prophets of the old dispensation, the simplestatement is made : There was a man sent from God. In our modernbiography we try to account for the prominence of a preacher orteacher in the less direct way of analyzing his character and talentsand trying to find something in his mental equipment which willexplain his eminence. Probably, if we knew more of the Divine gov-ernment of the world, we should discover that the Supreme Being, takingaccount of the condition of the church and the world, and perceiving, as wedo but dimly, the tendency of the currentsof thought moving among men, foreseesthat there will be need of some specialmessage being proclaimed, and especiallycommissions a messenger, whom He pre-pares and equips for the task of deliveringit. So, while we laboriously explain the ;characteristics which give power to somegreat teacher, a denizen of the higherworld may compress the whole explana- |tion into the pregnant phrase: Therewas a man sent from God. THE WORLDS EXPECTATION. The wonderful development of the news-paper press in the latter half of the nine-teenth century furnished an opportunity
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