Talmage, T. De Witt [editor]. The Christian Herald, April 24, 1901. Cover illustration of Syrian Housewives Grinding Corn. New York: Louis Klopsch, 1901. First Edition. [9788]
Complete 26 pp. issue, 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Removed from a bound volume, complete and intact. Faint horizontal crease at center, small hole in left margin of front cover. Good. Original wraps.
Cover illustration in color of "Syrian Housewives Grinding Corn at a Primitive Mill." In the background is a person with a primitive plow pulled by a yoked cow and donkey.
Other matter in this issue includes The Tomb of the Patriarchs; Converts Crowd to the Altars - The Revival Work Goes on Uninterruptedly in Many States; Found Christ When 106 Years Old; Among Hospitable Highlanders of the South; Uncle Sam's Famous Indian School: Civilizing the Savage - Training the Red Boys and Girls; Feats and Fasts of the Chinese in America; How Chinese Women Live at Home.
The Christian Herald (1878-1992) was he American edition of the London Christian Herald and Signs of Our Times, founded by Joseph Spurgeon, a cousin of Charles H. Spurgeon. It was issued weekly and offered a combination of inspirational material and serious doctrinal and theological pieces. Thomas De. Witt Talmage was editor from 1890 to 1902. The Herald championed missionary work, both at home and abroad, and the publication made a significant positive impact on The Bowery Mission in New York City. Each issue contains a sermon by Talmage and an item by Margaret E. Sangster.
