Requesting Divine Power Through Persistent Quest
The sermonette urges believers to seek divine blessing through the steps of ask seek knock and persevere through hardship. It highlights Elisha’s calling by Elijah as a model where vision and call require years of training, discipline, and patience before fulfillment. The path from desire to realization is marked by effort, suffering, and steadfast duty.
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Elisha
Elijah
Abel-meholah
Israel
God
Elisha Receives Elijahs Mantle and Crossing the Jordan
The narrative follows Elisha as he seizes Elijahs mantle, prays for strength to continue Elijahs work, and crosses the Jordan on dry ground. Witnesses on the opposite bluff proclaim that the spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha, confirming his divine calling and mission.
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Elijah
Elisha
Jordan
The
Gilyval
Bethel
Jericho
Sefer
Eirsha
Tordan
Eljah
Resignation of Maine Congressman Charles D. B. Littlefield
Congressman Charles D. B. Littlefield of Maine resigns from the Second District to resume his law practice, likely in New York with his son, effective September 20. Known for independence, he twice clashed with party leaders, notably over the Brigham Roberts and Porto Rico issues, surviving House discipline and earning a reputation as a maverick.
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Charles DB. Littlefield
Maine
Cobb
New York
Littlefield
Nelson
Dingley
House
Congress
House Steam Roller
Brigham Roberts
Utah
Porto Rico
United States
Taft
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Senator Gallinger Pushes 70 Age Pension for Long-Serving Letter Carriers
United States Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of New Hampshire advocates an old age pension for letter carriers aged 70 with at least 40 years of continuous service. He favors mail ship subsidies, opposes vivisection, and is noted for his impressive presence and plain manner.
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Jacob H. Gallinger
United States
New Hampshire
San Francisco
Senator Gallinger
Senate
Mr. Gallinger
Emerson
Witte and
Komura
Fortsmouth
Nord Alexis Haiti Leader with War Threats Described
Nord Alexis, president of Haiti, is depicted as a pure-blooded Negro nationalist who has threatened France over exiles in his consul ate. Born August 2, 1820 in Cape Haitien, he rose to commander in chief of Haiti’s army, with a history tied to Dessalines and colonial rulers. The piece paints Haiti as economically decayed, noting graft and revolutions as the nation’s defining pattern.
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Nord Alexis
Mary Louise
Dessalines
Haiti
Cape Haitien
Leutenant
Boyer
Alexis
Republic
England's William Robson Named England's Attorney General
The article profiles Sir William S. Robson, England's new attorney general, noting his $35,000 salary, higher than any cabinet member except the lord chancellor at $50,000. A top lawyer in private practice, he once refused a $50,000 retaining fee on principle, and he is praised as a brilliant Liberal speaker with a dandy dress style. He is 56, unique in entering Parliament later than typical and was elected at age 43.
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Wiliam S. Robson
England
William
Liberal Party
Mary Ann
House of Commons
Hellish Vision of Sin and Eternal Fire in Scripture
The author argues for a moral universe where sin demands punishment in an eternal hell. Using Gehenna as a symbol tied to urban waste and disease, he asserts cities must remove the morally dead to avoid contagion, and cites biblical cases of memory, conscience, and imagination as immortal. Degrees of punishment are tied to the severity of sin, with everlasting judgment for the wicked.
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Hinnom
Jerusalem
Jesus
Hell
Chicago
Gehenna
Cook County
Isaiah
Lazarus
Abraham
Pollock
Heaven
Jesus Christ
Ain-Bearer
Jesus Resurrection and Life at Bethany Sermon
The lesson centers on John 11 with the theme I am the resurrection and the life. It presents Martha’s request for her dead brother Lazarus and Christ’s powerful promise. It also outlines five ways Jesus’ resurrection life sustains believers through peril, death, judgment, awakening, and freedom from sin.
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Bethanara
R. V
Bethany
Perea
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Christ
Bethabara
Jordan
Galilee
Martha
Geikie
God
Jesus
Phillips Brooks
Theodore T. Munger
D. D
Paris
Bishop Huntington
Lazarus
Thomas Arnold
Rugby School
Massillon
Paul
Isidore
Pelusium
Bishop Patrick
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