The Rue Luxembourg Mystery of Don Jose De Pena Veja
Dr Rebaud recalls a Paris tragedy linked to the famous swindler Don Jose de Pena Veja. A deaf mute daughter loves him, the Comtesse plots a costly marriage, police intervene at the Luxembourg garden, and the girl dies as her father and mother quarrel over arrest and culpability. The swindler is to be tried at the Cour d Assises.
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Rue du Luxembourg
Rebaud
Paris
Rue du Luxembours
Don Jose
Comte de Poena-Veja
Comtese M
Comtesse
la Touraine
Germany
Jose, Comte de Pena-Veja
Pre
Myaughter
Luxembourg
Beggar Model a Rothschild Dinner Guest Tale
A painter Delacroix once sought Baron James de Rothschild as a beggar model for a prominent painting. Rothschild agreed, posing with tunic and staff, while a pupil misread the scene and tried to slip money to the beggar. The baron kept the money, later learning a ten thousand franc endowment awaited the talentless student. Admiral Meade seafaring remark and a comical newspaper correction follow.
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Baron James de Rothschild
Eugene Delacroix
Baron James
Rothschild
Delacroix
Baron Rothscild
Tears of Bereavement and the Christian Response
A pastor contends tears are the measure of trouble and dependence on God. Trouble tempers worldly joy, refines faith, and deepens sympathy, as elders and mothers comfort others, culminating in the hope that God will wipe away all tears in heaven.
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David
Mary
Paul
Christ
God
Alexander
Louvre
Paris
Venice
Florence
Christopher Wren
St. Paul’s
Michael Angelo
Handel
Israel
Egypt
Job
Heaven
Prometheus
Abernethy
Rush
Hosack
Harvey
John
Sharon
Valley
Marah
Bethany
Golgotha
Martha
Sarah
Father
Mother
Grandfather
Grandmother
Heavenly Street
Jesus
Is God Doing His Best For Us
A devotional question form discusses God’s wisdom and love guiding sickness, bereavement, disappointment, sorrow, health, happiness, and joy. It asks why a Christian should doubt God’s ordering and why the soul remains cast down or disquieted when God knows what is best.
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God
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