Monopoly and Communism
Brooklyn Magazine (1886) excerpts: a portrait of Southern “Crackers” and T. DeWitt Talmage’s sermons on workers’ hardships, monopoly, communism, and social injustice.
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Monopoly and Communism
Hardships of the Working Classes
Talmage's 1886 sermon condemns exploitation of the working classes—especially women—describing harsh factory conditions and urging Christian justice. Also includes an ethnographic sketch of 'Crackers.'
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Splendors of Orthodoxy
T. De Witt Talmage defends orthodox Christianity and the full inspiration of Scripture, attacks 'advanced thought', and praises missions and orthodoxy's moral and cultural fruits.
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The Queen of Festivals
Talmage's Easter sermon proclaims Christ's victory over death and affirms bodily resurrection, arguing from nature and Scripture that God will raise the dead.
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The Old Cradle
Argues the four Gospels aim to produce faith in Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God, with the resurrection presented as the decisive, foundational proof of Christianity.
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Pilate’s Wash-Basin
Talmage (Pilate's Wash-basin) preaches from Matthew 27:24: ceremonial acts can't remove guilt—conscience demands genuine repentance, moral change, and restitution.
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Winter, and How to Meet It
Article traces the origins of New York's Dutch Reformed churches. T. DeWitt Talmage's sermon warns of winter temptations—drunkenness and vice—and urges temperance, bright homes, and care for youth.
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Posthumous Opportunity
Talmage insists there is no posthumous opportunity for repentance; a soul's state at death is decisive. He urges immediate surrender to Christ and repentance now.
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The Establishment of a Home
Sermons urging Christian contentment in union with Christ, the need of the Spirit's revival for true conversions, practical counsel for a Christ-centered home, and critiques of pulpit faults.
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Christmas in America
Talmage's "Christmas in America" contrasts holiday plenty with widespread poverty, urging charity, cheerful faith, and national renewal. He discusses labor, race relations, and prosperity.
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The Character of Mid-Week Services
Sermons and church guidance stressing faith grounded in miracles and supernatural grace, the value of mid‑week services, and proper church manners and worship etiquette.
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The Advantages of Persecution
Goodwin argues the Holy Spirit initiates and guides the Church's missionary expansion to the Gentiles. Talmage teaches that persecution tests, humbles, and deepens Christian character and zeal.
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Downfall of Christianity
Talmage warns that if Christianity falls to infidelity, society will collapse: women degraded, churches and charities destroyed, and moral restraints removed.
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The Sabbath and Liquor-Selling
Three pieces: a reflection on Adam's fall and human sin; a sermon urging Sabbath observance and opposition to liquor-selling; and a lesson on Elisha's deliverance at Dothan.
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The Sheathed Sword
Sermons urging peace after conflict: biblical imagery (Matt.10; Isa.9; Rom.5) frames Civil War reconciliation, Decoration Day remembrance, and national gratitude.
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Introduction to William R. Balch, Perfect Jewels
1884 anthology of poems, hymns, essays and engravings compiled for the home. Selections celebrate faith, love, family, music, and consolation through life's seasons.
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The Nation’s Opportunity: Thanksgiving Discourse
Talmage's 1884 Thanksgiving sermon warns that American overproduction must be met by new southern markets. He urges seizing the New Orleans Exposition as a hemispheric commercial opportunity.
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The Arch-Fiend of the Nations: A Sermon Preached Sunday Morning, Oct. 19, 1884
Talmage's 1884 sermon denounces drunkenness as an "arch-fiend" destroying homes, public order, and souls, urging Christians to take sides and embrace temperance.
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Pastoral and Sermonic Habits: Personal Experiences of Distinguished Clergymen, No. IV
Selections from The Homiletic Monthly (Oct 1884) offering sermons and pastoral counsel: Paul's prayer, missionary challenges, sermon-preparation habits, and careful handling of Scripture.
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