Alton Observer Subscription Terms and Addresses
The Alton Observer announces subscription rates of 3.00 yearly paid in six months or 3.50 for six months or 2.50 prepaid. Communications and payments to Rev. T. B. Hurlbut in Alton Illinois or the Cincinnati office are noted. The paper is published as an affiliate of the Cincinnati Journal with the same editor.
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Conversion of Children Emphasized For Early Salvation
A preacher warns that without early conversion many children will die impenitent and lost. shifting social and religious forces threaten youth with disbelief as infidelity and secular temptations rise. parental neglect risks lost offspring.
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Jeancy
Gwult
Waitence
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God
Mission Institutes Grow Across Illinois Farm Areas
A fragment notes efforts to establish Mission Institutes in Illinois and nearby areas. It suggests many farms could host Institutes, with thousands willing to contribute if the movement gains belief and support.
A Few Words More for Friends on Abolition and Resistance
Dean Friend writes debates on abolition and non resistance. He defends peace through love and argues Christians are sheep, not pacifists, citing history and ministers duties while urging active faith and study. He notes battles over just war, urges ministers to focus on scripture and labor.
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What Makes a Great Man in Ministry
A speaker or preacher is not the sole measure of greatness. The test is the results of preaching and labors, such as souls renewed and sins forgiven, not the ability to deliver grand sermons. The Corinthian church doubted Paul’s nature yet his works proved his apostleship.
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Yung
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Kingston
Zion
Corinthian Church
Paul
President M Guffey Lectures on Dancing and Virtue at Cincinnati College
The article discusses President M Guffey's lecture on amusements, arguing dancing is not inherently wrong but can become improper when excessive or misused. He cites music guiding motion, dances in religious worship, and historic biblical portrayals, cautioning restraint in expression and praising disciplined, meaningful festivity.
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Dancine
Collins
Methodist Church
Jerusalem
David
Israel
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Indians Beyond the Rocky Mountains Mission Reinforcements
The American Board sends Rev Elkanah Walker and peers with wives from Maine Massachusetts Vermont and Utica to the Indians beyond the mountains. The Prudential Committee’s instructions are read outlining the field and routes to reach Independence Missouri and thence the western mountains.
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Elkanah Walker
Maine
Cushing Bells
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Vermont
William H. Gray
Utica
Ithaca
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Spring
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Eells
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Pacis Senate
David Greene
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