The Alton Observer Subscription Notice
The Alton Observer announces subscription rates at $3.00 yearly with six month options and advance payment. It notes publication alongside the Cincinnati Journal, with Rev. T. B. Hurlbut as agent and Cincinnati address for communications and payments.
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Alton Osberver
Main ST
Cincinnati
Arages
Alton Observer
Incinnati
Gare Omiiee
Observer
T. B. Hurlbut
Illinois
Stop My Paper Guarding Converts and Aunt Charity Attacks
A 1838 letter column debates stopping the paper for Aunt Charity jibes and urges parents to guard converted children against backsliding. A reader denies authorship and warns editors not to publish her name, claiming intolerance and a desire to unsubscribe.
Conversion of Children The Pledges and Perils of Early Faith
The piece argues that many parents doubt child conversion despite hope in revival signs, noting that most children who show belief soon lose credible proof of conversion. It contends the issue is not lack of divine power but insufficient parental care to guard against backsliding after conversion.
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J.C
United States
Christ
Can All Men Learn to Sing A Plan for Music in Schools
A report from the Western College of Teachers argues that musical study is a natural and trainable part of education. It claims three conditions for singing ability exist in all people and cites German and American classrooms showing widespread success, urging vocal music as a regular element of common schools.
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Western College of Teachers
T. B. Mason
Eclectic Academy of Music
Cincinnati College
Smandter
Mozart
Haydn
Toccsini
Germany
Boston
E. A. Andrews
Mount Vernon
Masonic Temple
Mount Vernon School
Boston Academy of Music
McGuaffey
Predestination and Free Agency in Beechers Cincinnati Discourse
Dr Beechers defense of a universe ruled by law argues God foreordains a universe of free agents. He contends decrees align with benevolence and omniscience, rejects fatalism, and asserts human freedom persists under a moral government. The lecture rebuts common objections and urges accountable living.
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Congress
United States
God
Abolition Debate Read in Baltimore Magazine and Telegraph
A Northern press column argues abolitionism and slavery era debates, noting contradictions in Breckenridge and Cross on mob violence and the Bible doctrine of slavery. The piece frames slavery as contrary to natural rights and Christian principles, while questioning the timing of its alignment with gospel principles.
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Baltimore Magazine
Southern Religious Telegraph
S. R. Telegraph
Balti
Baltimore
Messrs. Breckenridge & Cross
Alton
Mr. B
Garrison
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Sir Ottn
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Charity
Mr. Chester
Beecher
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