Talmage, T. De Witt [editor]. The Christian Herald, October 2, 1901. Cover illustration of Russian Immigrants on Ellis Island. New York: Louis Klopsch, 1901. First Edition. [9793]
Complete 20 pp. issue, 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Removed from a bound volume, complete. Faint horizontal crease at center. Good. Original wraps.
Cover illustration in color of "The High Tide of Russian Immigration to New York."
Other matter in this issue includes President Roosevelt on the Bible; The Sorrowing Nation's Tribute, Our Martyr-President's Funeral; The High Tide of Foreign Immigration; The Ecumenical Conference: Meetings in London of Five Hundred Delegates Representing Thrity Million Methodists in Many Lands; Famine's Havoc in Shensi: Teh Reports of Suffering and of Widespread Mortality fully Confirmed.
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.