She made her living selling her art and guest lecturing at colleges.
While thus engaged he determined to trace the history and describe the existing condition of each of the arts and sciences on which he was lecturing, being perhaps incited by the Bibliothecae of Albrecht von Haller.
His preaching and lecturing drew great crowds both in the Dominion and in the United States, and he was five times president of the Canadian conference.
During the last years of his life Dr Talmage ceased to preach, and devoted himself to editing, writing and lecturing.
He threw himself with characteristic energy into his new work, visiting, preaching and lecturing in every part of his diocese.