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Excerpt from Life and Death of Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, D.D Thomas DE witt' talmage was born in Boundbrook, Somerset County, New Jersey, January 7, 1832. He was the youngest of twelve children, of whom five were girls. In personal appearance he is a little above the medium height, with blue eyes and. Sandy hair and complexion. He dresses very plainly but neatly, and in private life rather resembles an off-hand merchant than a clergyman. His father (david T. Talmage) was noted for his remarkably good judgment, firmness, deep piety and activity in Chris tian life. His mother, Catherine Talmage, was a woman of great strength of character and sweetness of disposition, and a frequent attendant upon the sick and thepoor within the circle of her influence. Dr. Talmage says At eighty three years of age my father exchanged earth for heaven The wheat was ripe, and it has been harvested. No paint er's pencil, no poet's rhythm could describe that magnifi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.