T. De Witt Talmage eBook

Thomas De Witt Talmage
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 465 pages of information about T. De Witt Talmage.

T. De Witt Talmage eBook

Thomas De Witt Talmage
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 465 pages of information about T. De Witt Talmage.
  editor of periodicals, 245, 398;
  critics, 246;
  shaves his whiskers, 248;
  on the Higher Criticism of the Bible, 253;
  preaching tours in England, 258, 267;
  views on dreaming, 258;
  sermons in the City Temple, 259;
  at Nottingham, 260;
  at the Mansion House, 260, 361;
  visits John Ruskin, 261;
  reception in Russia, 263;
  audience of the Czar Alexander, 263-266;
  donation of his salary, 269;
  resignation, 270, 293, 333;
  voyages across the ocean, 275, 346;
  visit to Governor Blackburn, 275-279;
  meeting with Senator Beck, 276;
  presentation of a gold tea-service, 280;
  25th anniversary of his pastorate, 280-283;
  his speech, 282;
  messages of congratulation, 284;
  journey round the world, 288;
  “The Earth Girdled,” 289;
  his views on panics, 290-293;
  accepts the call to Washington, 294-296;
  installed, 297;
  reception at the White House, 297;
  intercourse with Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, 300-306;
  interview with Major McKinley, 307;
  his characteristics, 312, 315, 317, 343, 402-406;
  magnetic influence, 313;
  third marriage, 314;
  cheerfulness, 315, 324;
  mode of travelling, 315;
  his lectures, 316, 348, 396;
  love of flowers, 318;
  in Yellowstone Park, 320;
  lecture on International Policies, 322;
  his sense of duty, 323;
  methodical habits, 329;
  friendship with President McKinley, 330;
  publication of his sermons, 334, 398;
  his dinner parties, 337;
  at Due West, 338;
  love of music, 344;
  views on the Boer War, 347;
  visits Newstead Abbey, 349;
  Haddon Hall, 352;
  Chatsworth, 353;
  Scotland, 355-357;
  Hawarden, 357;
  “The American Spurgeon,” 358;
  his power as an orator, 358;
  interview with Florence Nightingale, 360;
  at Copenhagen, 363;
  received by the Crown Prince of Denmark, 364;
  ascends North Cape, 366;
  preaches in Stockholm, 367;
  at St. Petersburg, 368;
  received by the Czar Nicholas, 371;
  the Dowager Empress, 372;
  at Berlin, 374;
  his impressions of the Passion Play, 375-388;
  at Baden-baden, 388;
  preaches in John Wesley’s Chapel, 388;
  in Ireland, 391;
  return to America, 391;
  his vigour and enthusiasm for his work, 393;
  welcome at Brooklyn, 397;
  style of his writings, 399;
  personal mail, 399;
  simple tastes, 400;
  libraries, 401;
  reverence for the Bible, 401;
  sense of humour, 403;
  will power, 403;
  perseverance, 403-405;
  eulogy on Queen Victoria, 406;
  inaugurates Revival meetings, 407;
  his last sermon, 410-412;
  in a railway accident, 414;
  in Mexico, 416;
  audience with President Diaz, 417;
  his illness, 417-420;
  journey home, 418;
  death, 420;
  funeral service, 421;
  burial, 422;
  tributes to, 422;
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