Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1892 — A Christmas Present from Dr. Talmage [ARTICLE]

A Christmas Present from Dr. Talmage

Dr. Talmage, who has a genius for doing things on a gigantic scale, recently placed the largest book order ever recorded. It was for 100,000 beautiful Oxford Teachers’ Bibles, fresh from the Oxford University Press of England, each Bible containing 1450 pages, bound in leather, Divinity Circuit, gilt edge and round corners. With these 100.000 Bibles it y the intention of Dr. Talmaee to make ltO.Ouo hearts happy by making a Christmas present, to each new subscriber to Tbs Christian Herald at J 2. The orders for The Christian Herald since Dr. Talmage's Christmas present was first mentioned by the press are pouring in by mail, telegraph and express at such a tremendous rate that it is quite evident that the supply will give out before the end of the present month. Each one of these Bibles contains a Concordance, Subject-Index. 18 beautiful colored maps and a great quantity of information absolutely indispensable to a proper interpretation of the Holy Scriptures. The pest Investment of a two-dollar note is to send’it to T. DeWltt Talmage, in to 716 Bible House. Do It to-day.