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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
8
A brief highway and byway style meditation on Elisha aiding a widow with oil as told in Second Kings. The piece centers on faith, providence, and timely help in hardship through biblical example.
A widow, facing debt and loss, seeks Elisha's help and gathers every empty vessel in sight. Her sons fetch vessels as neighbors doubt her plan. The jars fill with oil, enabling her to settle the creditor and spare her boys, demonstrating faith and divine provision.
In Elisha era Israel a widow, already crushed by poverty after her husband’s death, fears a creditor who plans to seize her two sons for unpaid debt. The tale depicts a desperate mother clinging to a fragile hope that she can repay by tomorrow.
A reflective passage argues that a good life requires desire beyond judging others. It cautions against relying on regular prayer alone for righteousness. True prayer arises from a loving soul seeking to please God rather than regulate neighbors.
Gen Thomas Ross who has recently died gained fame for a Libby prison escape through a tunnel. Moran’s Century Magazine account highlights perils of starting from a kitchen fireplace, Ros e and Hamilton laboring nightly, a trapped rope descent, rescue by Hamilton and a frantic return to free Rose. The article notes guard miscounts and the general’s later capture and exchange for further service.
The article explains Lent as the forty day fast before Easter, noting its biblical examples and preparation purpose. It lists Greek Tessarakoste and Quadragesima, Italian Quar esima, French Careme, German Fasten zeit, Dutch Vasten, and the English Lent from Anglo Saxon Lendttn meaning spring fast.
Sergeant A. Van Dusen, artillery veteran, served nearly five decades in the U S Army. He guarded Jefferson Davis at Fort Monroe near New Glatz, Maryland, recounting strict early discipline then relaxed talk, Davis politeness, and exchanges over tobacco and cigars.
Rogers W. Cox of Scranton recalls enlisting at fifteen in Company E of the One Hundred Forty third Pennsylvania. He served as a private and foot orderly for Gen Doubleday’s headquarters, fought at Laurel Hill and later carried a worn flag through Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and بیشتر battles before mustering out after nearly three years. He was wounded twice and carried a frog feature on his right hand.
A discussion on whether one must suffer for another, exploring Damon and Pythias, selfless sacrifice, and the impact of Christ’s atonement. It argues that self sacrificing love could end war and conflict, citing Bronson Alcott and a teacher’s act of taking punishment in place of a student. It links suffering to moral harmony and personal transformation.
The lesson notes Jesus arrival in Bethany, the anointing at Simon the leper's house, and Mary’s act with rare perfume. It explains the meaning of anointing, links to scripture, and highlights virtues of love, gratitude, courage, and service in faith, urging balanced devotion and practical care.
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