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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1887
Page
6
A comforting poem by Alfred C. Shaw speaks of longing and hope. It envisions a distant, serene place where pain ends and joy returns as storms subside and daylight breaks. The speaker urges perseverance, noting that amid life’s trials there is always a brighter time ahead.
A preacher told the Lord's Prayer in a miners' devotion with the oldest man noting it may not be original, while a London audience heard a sermon claimed not to be original. Wesley arranged for Edward Perronet to deliver a forceful, note‑free sermon from Matthew, a unique event that followed Perronet's hymn. A Norwich barber shop tale follows about a German man misunderstanding American free goods at Castle Garden.
A Washington era tale tells how a tailor promises the girl’s hand to the faster worker. The daughter secretly guides fate by giving one suitor shorter needlework, revealing true choice. Cleverness wins, and the maiden secures her own husband.
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