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Show lwiiiu: ii ins iiitctTM.ss: A It rv. Mm. IIiiyii, In a recent I'rediyterlan aMcmbly at l'lltiburg, mtdo tome entertaining oteervatlont onDr, T. Do Witt Talmage. In tho gentlemati'a opinion Talmage waa not an orator and there waa ttrong ilinibt In lilt mind that tha great preacher ha I any ilranutlo wer. Tliadlitor-tlont Tliadlitor-tlont of countenancu which ho at-atinied at-atinied were a Itlful failure If Intended to Itidranittlc, I ndtvd, Talmage Lad not, at he would Judge, "a tlngla get-lure, get-lure, imtlura or movement of tha Iwdy thalpertalnt to tha truoorater." On the contrary, lilt manner wet "awkward, uncouth, unnatural and toiuany absolutely repulilve." Tliote who have ttheld lha grimaces and bodily antics or tho noted pulrltcon. torllonlil will readily colurlda with llieM remarks, llul hark at thlt; 'rflio Urtt an I inoAt Importtnl ele inent ot Tthnigo's impultrlly and powtr It hit ChrltlUu uirueatueu. Ha Iw Haves, and tlitretbro tpvakt, ll l a man i f Clod. A second element of hit power It hit staunch urtboloiy. He htt not lieen carried awty Ly any of the the-orlttof the-orlttof the new school t,f Iheology, lie believes In heaven and belt, In a llrat (lod slid a IHillit Kivlor. lie believes In ttit lllble; lha wlmls lllble. He Ullevet In ibt Cburrh ot dud aud tha ordinances or religion." Talruage'e kind of "earnettnett" It of a tort niMt uteful among shallow btalnt. It will wring tears from the eyt of lnl Morn, and cull nilndt that are morbid with tujieritltloii Into an ertUcy or admiration for hit "geiilut." Hut what do the Intelligent think ol It? Watuiivctltlalhey who lookuiMiihlui at Wing "awkward," "uncouth," "unnatural," and "alao-lutely "alao-lutely reiulalve." lltnulns earnest-nima earnest-nima doet not manifest Ittclt lu dls-lortlsiit dls-lortlsiit of cuuiitenauco. It dove nit roar like it mad bnut or tear lit Lair llkaamanlai'. That It lha trick of a pulpit mounttbank who without Ihe natural luitil of truth In hit soul endeavon lurulsllluto lulttplara lha anths or Iho practlcail budoori. rArnettuest leongulm tha lower ot truth unemlisllthed. II It falMhood lhatrvsotlab) inonkey-thluet for lha tirite ot diverting attention from lu feibladltultea. Ai rorTalmnje'a Christianity, It It llipiantly discritvILy Preacher (Ira-ham, (Ira-ham, who aniwered tha Iter. Mr. Itoyd Ly observing tlmplyi "I don't think It woull do to ropy alter Dr. Talmage; I don't think lull) rentable." rent-able." No. or all the "jiular" prearhert that aver lived wa thould aay that Tahmge, though making out of hit alleged Christianity a good deal or profit for hlraw If, leavet Ike tmall-rtrontrorChrlllanlly, tmall-rtrontrorChrlllanlly, Ths racks and ragota of tho lu.pililllon were not more jvtent Iban Ibu Lurleuet or tlila til lUhowinanlnbtluglug Chrlt-tlaully Chrlt-tlaully Intoillireiiuif. |