Simplicity and taste honor home over wealth in Europe and America
The excerpt argues that simple home adornment with oak, books, and art outshines lavish decay. It praises French tact, European learning, and American republican spirit, urging preservation of simplicity in institutions. It contrasts New York’s commerce with national destiny and ends with a Moses-like reverence for a storm scene.
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Abbotsford
Sir Waler Scott
Genoa
Lake Country
England
Hamilton
Duke of Gordon
Greece
Rome
Pompeii
France
Europe
New York
Rock of
Plymouth
Palatine Hill
Remus
Romulus
The Tobacco Vice Debate Among Ministers
A religious periodical denounces tobacco use among Christians and ministers as a degrading habit. It cites Brother Sutton’s American remarks and Dr. Reed’s Narrative, including a satirical scene of continuous spitting at a meeting as evidence of the vice.
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Brother Sutton
America
Star
Reed
England
Morning Star
Provident questions on benevolence during hard times
A reader asks religious editors about Providence's designs in recent calamities and how Christians should respond. He urges retrenchment and sustained giving despite business losses, emphasizing not letting nearness of “the times” destroy charitable ability. Bemvolent adds that retrenchment should target the urge to get rich.
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England
France
Cuba
Free States
Nashville
Boston
New York
Ninth Annual Meeting of American Seamen's Friend Society
The ninth annual meeting was held at Broadway Tabernacle with James Boorman in the chair. Rev Adams led prayer as treasurer John Wheelright read reports and Rev Greenleaf summarized the manager’s notes. Resolutions urged expanded church support for seamen and temperance boarding houses, reducing force in governance and increasing moral guidance, citing eight foreign port chaplains and numerous home church programs. The year’s funds totaled 10,561.66 with expenditures of 14,997.24, warning that cuts may limit aid to needy ports.
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American Seamen’s Friend Society
Broadway Tabernacle
James Boorman
Adams
Centre Ghurch
John Wheelright
Greenleaf
Lad
Oura. of Com
Canton
China
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Havre
Marseilles
France
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Rio Janeiro
S. America
Cronstradt
Russia
New Orleans
U. S
Portland
Salem
Boston
New Bedford
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Charleston
Savannah
Mobile
Revival Amid New York Churches Prompts Gratitude
In the Third Presbyterian of New York's narrative on state of religion, the last year saw twelve to fifteen churches enjoy refreshing scenes and many added to congregations. The revival arose from Christian efforts in union, tract distribution, and pastors work, fostering unity and heightened spirituality.
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Presbytery
New York
Destructive Storm Near Jamestown North Carolina
An account of a night storm near Jamestown Guilford County North Carolina describes a narrow wind path several miles long that destroyed fences chimneys and houses. A letter recounts a miraculous rescue of a mother and her infant as the cradle remained in the street amid ruins.
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Jamestown
Guilford County
North Carolina
Elijah
Burke
Responsibility and the Christian burden in prayer meetings
A New Haven Intelligencer discussion questions harsh Christian weighing of souls. The author contrasts overbearing talk of heavy responsibility with Christ's words that his yoke is easy and burden light, citing Smyrna missionaries to caution against crushing weight ideals.
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New Haven Intelligencer
Smyrna
Revival work and moral power in the church appeal
The New York Evangelist asks if the church has enough numerical strength for global conversion and moral power, linking current revivals to efforts toward personal holiness and confidence in God as the great conflict leading to millennial glory. The piece notes the work has begun and seeks divine guidance.
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New York
Pastor Hortaut to Tour Counties for Subscriptions and Support
Rev. T. B. Hortaut, recently named associate editor and general agent, will tour Madison Macoupin Greene Morgan and Sangamon counties to gather clues from old subscribers win new ones and boost Observer circulation through village trust support He urges timely dues payment and broad Christian cooperation. A second issue discusses church discipline and moral reform urging repentance and national righteousness.
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Norier
T. B. Hortaut
Madison
Macoupin, Greene, Morgan and
Sangamon
Observer
Anti Slavery Meeting at Mount Pleasant Marks Second Anniversary
The Ohio era of the Antislavery Society held its second anniversary at Mount Pleasant in Jefferson county with 243 delegates, about fifty women, and pledges between six and seven thousand dollars. Resolutions denounce slaveholder fund drives and Texas expansion, while the ladies pledge five hundred fifty dollars to educate Black residents. John Q Adams is praised for defending petition rights.
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Ouro State Anti
Dyer Burgess
Texas
Union
Free States
John Q. Adams
Congress
Reverend Sartre Named to Presbyterian General Assembly
The Rev. James Sartre, famed for a book arguing the Bible sanctions American slavery, is chosen as a member of the next General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Critics vow non fellowship with him on principle.
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James Sartre
Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Decline in Kentucky Sunday Schools Warned by Rev Joseph Huber
Rev Joseph Huber spoke at Louisville reli ries urging revival of the Sunday School cause in Kentucky. He lamented shrinking interest and patronage for the American Sunday School Union and warned ministers that gospel institutions cannot thrive beside slavery. He compared the situation to flowers failing under the shadow of a deadly poison.
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Joseph Huber
Louisville
Kentuck
American Sunday School Union
Masters and slaves plight amid southern bankruptcy claim
A New Orleans paper denounces southern ruin as planters sell slaves to buy basic provisions. It contrasts white masters with enslaved people kept without wages, calling readers to judge who deserves the epithet wretches. The page also notes Mr. Hourex’s Missouri to Alton bookshop ad and Albany Whigs winning a charter election by 343.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
South
Missouri
Africa
England
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Old England
Society
Countess of Huntingdon’s College
Wales
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
London
Richard Varick
City of
American Bible Society
Henry Hill
Amerine Board of Foreign Missions
Society For
London Society
Richard Smith
American Colonization Society
Liberia
James Blythe
Hanover College
Tract Society
Mr. Birch
Highgate
Cheshire
Liverpool
Ith
C. A. Farrer
Hourex
St. Louis
Illinois
Albany
David Newland
N. C
Wisconsin Territory
J. Bowles
Campbellite Baptists
Quincy
Cincinnati Gazette
Ministry
Cariaco
van Buren
Wr. Ocors
Kinzie
Board of Public Works
Hampshire Reroushican
Norfolk Appentisen
Theological Seminary
College and Theological Seminary
Alton Observer
Br. Lovejov
Ger
Lutheran
Friends of Foreign Missions
Gettysburg
Foreign Missions
Foreign Missionary Society
Rhenius
Gutzlaff
American Board of Comms
Spain
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