. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . k he has done in the past,and I hope he will live a thousand years to continue it. The next speaker was the Rev. Dr. David Gregg, pastor of the LafayetteAvenue Presbyterian Church, of Brooklyn. Dr. Greggs remarks frequentlyelicited applause from the great audience, which, filling every nook of the vastbuilding, even to the highest galleries, listened with rapt attention and quick-appreciation to the addresses. Dr. Gregg, among other remarks, said: There is only one Dr. Talmage. There is more or less Talmage inevery minister, but
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . k he has done in the past,and I hope he will live a thousand years to continue it. The next speaker was the Rev. Dr. David Gregg, pastor of the LafayetteAvenue Presbyterian Church, of Brooklyn. Dr. Greggs remarks frequentlyelicited applause from the great audience, which, filling every nook of the vastbuilding, even to the highest galleries, listened with rapt attention and quick-appreciation to the addresses. Dr. Gregg, among other remarks, said: There is only one Dr. Talmage. There is more or less Talmage inevery minister, but he is all Talmage. He lives among us unique. There isbut one man in the American pulpit that can draw, and hold, and thrill,twice every Sabbath the year round, an audience of 8,000. There is but oneman on the globe that preaches the Gospel every week through the press to25,000,000. There is only one man living who, in taking a trip around theworld, can say: I am simply out for a season of pastoral calls. I am taking a 230 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK. THE GREAT JARDTNE ORGAN IN THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLEThe Platform is shown Decorated During the Harvest Festival THE SILVER JUBILEE 231 walk among the people of my congregation. There is only one Dr. this fact before my mind I come to this great meeting to-night to congratu-late our municipality that Dr. Talmage is a citizen of Brooklyn; to congratulatethis vast church that Dr. Talmage is still the pastor of the BrooklynTabernacle, and to congratulate my brethren in the ministry that Dr. Talmageis still a member of the Brooklyn Presbytery in good and regular his nearest Presbyterian neighbor, and as one of the delegates of theBrooklyn Presbytery appointed to stand on this platform, I bring to Dr. Tal-mage and his great flock the goodwill and the prayers and the Godspeed ofthe Presbyterian community in this city of churches. I have come to thismeeting to-night for another reason. It is a reason which
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