Tobit as Didactic Narrative and Historical Fiction
A concise study notes that Tobit is not a strict history but a didactic narrative. It, like Judith, is among early historical fiction with moral aims. The work is praised for its complete portrayal of Jewish domestic life after the return from captivity and comprises 14 chapters.
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Tobit and Tobias Warn Nineveh of Its Doom
A devout Tobit counsels his son Tobias on the prophecy of Nineveh's fall as Jonah forewarns, while Tobias pleads with fellow Jews to heed the warning. Despite skepticism, Tobit dies content, and Tobias departs with family to Media, learning of Niniveh's destruction.
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Duty and Devotion to God and Humanity
Duty-Doing. The great duty of life is to serve God and men, to render personal service, to give personal sympathy, to be kind and generous and unselfish, to control ourselves and to help others to control themselves, to be faithful with duty-doing wherever we are and at any cost, to set God first in our lives and to get for him the first place in other lives. Our material task is the shell. The motives and purposes and spirit of the goal within are thefe. En folded in the material tasks to which we are called is a higher, more endur ing work-the love and service of the truth of God
Silent Admiral Wilson Honored for Naval Inventions
Amiral Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, 67, famed as a tactician and inventor, known as the silent admiral for his gun practice, heads the Victoria order and Victoria Cross recipient. He pioneered double barreled torpedo tubes and auto cutting nets, served since 1855, winning distinction at El Teb and later promoted to admiral of the fleet by King Edward.
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Ninety Years of Julia Ward Howe Honored
Four score and ten women across the nation marked the ninetieth birthday of Julia Ward Howe on May 27. Born in Bowling Green in 1819, she rose from a literary circle with Washington Irving and William Cullen Bryant to become a prolific author and organizer for anti slavery, prison reform, suffrage, and world peace. Her Battle Hymn of the Republic is widely known, and even at 90 she remains mentally active, occasionally playing her guitar and recalling a remarkable life.
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Jameson Raid Leader Dr Leander Starr Jameson
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Wanamaker proposes Indian statue in upper New York bay
Rodman Wanamaker son of John Wanamaker initiates a movement to erect a bronze Indian statue larger than the Goddess of Liberty at the Hudson mouth in New York bay. He is linked to his father’s firm, established Paris branch, and earned chevalier honors in France for art patronage and trade efforts.
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Microbes in Kisses Spark Quiet Romance in Conservatory
In a conservatory the young couple converses softly as the girl torn an orchid. The youth whispers that his microbes are lonely, blending the fountain’s splashes with a hushed, intimate exchange.
Fragmented vintage ad and unrelated quotes
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