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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1876
Page
3
A fiery sermon rails at excessive church fashion, praising modest dress while condemning ostentatious hats, jewels, and parasols. It laments the gap between piety and display, urging reform to help the poor and restore reverence in worship.
A Louisville Home and School note describes bees as skilled thieves who resist being harmed, with swarms fighting for territory and a few using predatory tactics. The piece adds a parable around church debt, claiming debt can drive savings and benefit society, as explained by a child of light.
A New York Herald report notes a blazing sign at 4 Broad Street warning of vice and urging revival. Dexter, a Wall Street character, claims ownership of the sign and vows to keep it as a moral beacon for young brokers amid a decline in liquor use and a call for brotherhood.
The passage argues believers face distractions from worldly attractions that hinder progress toward holiness. It urges a total commitment to Christ, claiming a mind filled with Him removes worry and sin, and that holiness becomes possible through Christ's strength and obedient living.
Workers digging around Medina Italy strike a chalk bed at sixty three feet. Ancient city ruins appear at fourteen feet, with walnut trees at twenty six feet and shells in a chalk layer at twenty eight feet. A Wisconsin detective tale follows about a beggar in Oconto and a three year manhunt. The Kansas claim of the first white birth is noted.
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