Excerpt from Trumpet Peals: A Collection of Timely and Eloquent Extracts From the Sermons of the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, D.DDr. Talmage needs no introduction, and his Trumpet Peals speak for themselves. The Editor is not a Voice in the Wilderness, proclaiming a coming man, but he can point to one who has already come, and made the world brighter and better for his coming. The collation of some of his thought gems has been a labor of love that has had its own reward. But the treasure-trove is too good to keep, and he feels like relieving himself of some of the embarrassment of riches by making others as rich as himself. And let each recipient sound aloud the Trumpet Peals, till their echoes reverberate from the Gate of Commerce to the Golden Gate.If Dr. Talmage is a son of thunder, the thunderbolts are followed by a cloud-burst of refreshing showers of blessing. If he is trumpet-tongued, the trumpet has no uncertain sound, but calls men to battle for the right. If he wields a Damascus blade, sharper than a two-edged sword, it is to cut asunder the bands of wickedness. If he is a second Demosthenes, he utters no second-hand Philippics, but bids us march against modern vices and conquer or die. If he has already won great victories, these but nerve him to win greater. If two tabernacles burn down, he shouts, None of these things move me, and spurs on a willing people to build one greater than before, after the pattern of the splen did engraving With which this work is embellished.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.