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I fourth pastorate which was a time of profitable training for later ministry. While there Dr. Talbot developed a close association with Dr. w. B. Riley, a nationally k:hown ยท- -:i:Tg-ure---i~ fundamental circles and President of the North- west Bible School in Minneapolis, of_which Dr. Talbot later became a member of the faulty. Another first for Dr. Talbot in Minneapolis was the beginning of his radio ministry, which was to continue for thirty-five years. On May 5, 192/ he broa:lcast his first radio program over station WHRM in .Minneapolis. Un- like most radio preachers, he envisioned a live audience before him and pre- ached to that invisible audience. Consequently, he gave the radio engineers some trouble when his gesturing vigorously to drive home a point caused som~ strange sounds and static interference with the microphone system. Some engineers spoke of his "chewing the microphone." The Minneapolis church grew from 600 to 1,000 in three years. All was going well; the Talbot family was happy; the daughters had their close fri- ends, both in the church and in their school. Then Dr. Talbot accepted a call from the f&~ous Philpot Tabernacle in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and was installed in his fifth pastorate in early June, 1929. There were several reasons Dr. Talbot was happier and more relaxed in the Hamilton church than he had been in any previous pastorate: he was more seasoned by this time; the church was undenominational and not highly organ- ized as were some of his earlier pastorates; and the membership was pre- dominately British, which made him feel more at home because of his Austral- ian background. The church grew under his ministry; some of the services were literally packed out, both morning and evening. Later, Dr. Talbot received another enticing call to a new field. This time from the Church of the Open Door in Los Angeles. Interestingly, Dr. Philpot, who had just resigned as pastor of the Church of the Open Door, had been the founder of the Philpot Tabernacle in Hamilton, Ontario, where
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