THE WORLD'S GREAT SERMONS GRENVILLE KLEISER Formerly of Yale Divinity School Faculty; Author of "How to Speak in Public," Etc. With Assistance from Many of the Foremost Living Preachers and Other Theologians INTRODUCTION BY LEWIS O. BRASTOW, D.D. Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology in Yale University VOLUME VIII TALMAGE TO KNOX LITTLE 1908 CONTENTS VOLUME VIII. TALMAGE (1832-1901). A Bloody Monster SPURGEON (1834-1892). Songs in the Night POTTER (1834-1908) Memorial Discourse on Phillips Brooks ABBOTT (Born in 1835). The Divinity in Humanity BROOKS (1835-1893). The Pride of Life GLADDEST (Born in 1836). The Prince of Life CLIFFORD (Born in 1836). The Forgiveness of Sins MOODY (1837-1899). What Think Ye of Christ? FOWLER (1837-1908). The Spirit of Christ WHYTE (Born in 1837). Experience WATKINSON (Born in 1838). The Transfigured Sackcloth LORIMER (1838-1904). The Fall of Satan LITTLE (Born in 1839). Thirst Satisfied TALMAGE A BLOODY MONSTER BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Thomas De Witt Talmage was born at Bound Brook, N.J., in 1832. For many years he preached to large and enthusiastic congregations at the Brooklyn Tabernacle. At one time six hundred newspapers regularly printed his sermons. He was a man of great vitality, optimistic by nature, and particularly popular with young people. His voice was rather high and unmusical, but his distinct enunciation and earnestness of manner gave a peculiar attraction to his pulpit oratory. His rhetoric has been criticized for floridness and sensationalism, but his word pictures held multitudes of people spellbound as in the presence of a master. He died in 1901. TALMAGE 1832--1901 A BLOODY MONSTER[1] [Footnote 1: Copyright, 1900, by Louis Klopsch, and reprinted by permission.] _It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him._--Gen. xxxvii., 33.