Old Mill Mystery Deepens as Tom Boylance Is Arrested
Tom Boylance is arrested for the murder of Mr. Coode following a night of suspicion at Walkden Bridge. Mary fears a setup, while Reuben Gorringe advises legal counsel as Mary and Tom confront pressure, questions, and potential betrayal in their effort to prove his innocence.
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Tom
Reuben Gorringe
Mary
Ced
Ota
Liverpool
Tom Boylance
Coode
Walkden Bridge
Old Roylance
Savannah
Lass
Gideon Prowle
Gideon
Gorringe
Mr. Coode
Parnassus
Spiritual Conflicts and the Day Breaketh at Jabok
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, at Brooklyn Tabernacle, preaches that God tests faithful believers with midnight wrestles at the brook Jabbok. He cites Jacob and others, from Joseph to John Wesley, to show hardship purifies, blesses, and leads to dawn when the day breaketh.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Jacob
Joseph
Daniel
David
John the Baptist
Peter
Paul
John
Vashti
Josephine
Mrs. Sigourney
John Wesley
Catherine
Mr. Burns
Montreal
John Brown
Edinburgh
Lord Claverhouse
Hugh McKall
Latimer
Christ
Wall Street
Broad Street
Fulton Street
Chestnut Street
State Street
Lombard Street
Jabbok
Hell
Somber Reflections on Drinking Habits by Mr Powderly
The Boston Traveler notes Mr Powderly's stern view on alcohol and temptation. He argues that initial drinks lead to moral decline, with even well meaning hosts enabling addiction and urging readers to avoid offering first liquors to youths. He condemns social drinking as a gateway to ruin.
Israeli in the Lord Excerpted Biblical Chronology Lesson
The May 13 1894 Sunday School lesson discusses Exodus birthplace and departure, Moses’ era, and Egypt’s Goshen. It weighs Bible chronology against Egyptian dates and examines bondage duration from 430 to 480 years with reference to Genesis and Galatians.
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Moses
Egypt
Land of Goshen
Solomon
B.C
Abraham
Chaldea
Isaac
Jacob
St Paul
Israel
B. C
The Wisdom of Faith and Work in Daily Life
A Boston Watchman reflection notes that life’s choicest blessings come as gifts, not mere wages, and that many factors lie beyond human control. It contrasts human effort with divine domains, urging faith alongside effort to ease worry and acknowledge God’s hands in outcomes.
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Luther
Melancthon
Philip
David
Jacob
Church of Christ
Jesus
Goethe
Tennyson
Boston Watchman
The Value and Limits of Sincere Speech
A United Presbyterian reflection notes that saying what one truly thinks can be right or selfish depending on context. It cites a rough boy who justified striking another as self gratification, warning that strict honesty can reveal selfish motives.
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United Presbyterian
We Fear Your Doctors and Women More Than Schools
An educated Hindu notes in modern missionary effort the greater threat comes from doctors and women rather than schools or books. He fears doctors winning hearts and women gaining homes, undermining religious stability as hearts and homes are captured.
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Hindoo
Rauw
Church Notes on Converts and Missionary Efforts
The article cites Moody revivals converting about four thousand and twelve new churches founded daily nationwide. It notes a London Presbyterian union, Madagascar labor rates, and substantial gifts to the London Missionary Society. Also mentions a New York Christian Endeavor in a prison, large African settlement talks, Birmingham colored convention, and Hindu Christian converts rising to one million adherents. A recipe for Poor Man's Pudding appears.
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Joseph
B. C
Hebron
Egypt
Canaan
Shechem
Mounts Ebal
Gerizim
Jacob
Joshua
Ephraim
Spain
Rungary
Austria
Ireland
India
Christian Endeavor Societies
Reformed Church In
Christian Endeavor Missionary League
John Newton
Oregon
Julius Nelson
M. E. Church of New York
Brooklyn
University of Berlin
Germany
Berlin
New York Penitentiary
Turver
Africa
Birmingham
Ala
Wit and Wisdom Jokes and Quotations Mix in Victorian Puns
A collage of humorous quips and readings from various papers. Jokes about Brutus and Caesar, sun dogs, bicycle clubs, morgue diagnoses, and mistaken trust mix with literary quotes from Washington and Cowper. The tone is breezy and anecdotal with brief dialogues, puns, and parlor reflections.
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Ames Intelligencer
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T Far Blue Hills
Biuve Hills
Ence Dro
Arthur v. Marchmont
B. A
Au‘thor
Hils Sonnet
Dr. Talmage
God
Old
Angel
House of God
Jesus Christ
Hannibal
Alps
Thermopalae
Balaklava
Job
Rossini
William Teil
Paris
Isaac Watts
Hill of
Zion
Heavenly Fields
Immanuel
Lazarus
Mr. Powderly
Boston
Earth
Todd
Religious and Educational
Columbia College
E B. Wilson
Bryn Mawr College
Mexico
Miss Rankin
United States
Newton Sprague
Marriott Clarke
Middlebury College
Vermont
Church Notes
WIT and Wisdom
Cesar
Brutus
Mangle
Inter Ocean
N. Y
Tommy
Texas
Philadelphia
Washington Star
Washington
Cowper
Bruyere
Riddlehouse Riddleblood
the Revolution
The
Daughters of the Revolution
Brazil
Hicks
Wick
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