Ezra’s prudent faith as he prepares to return home
The sermon reflects on Ezra who, with kingly authorization and wealth, plans a Jerusalem return. He fasts and seeks God to confirm the right course, avoiding reliance on soldiers and human means. It extols a blend of steadfast faith and practical judgment guiding the expedition.
Ezra the scribe leads return to Jerusalem with people and treasure
Ezra, empowered by the king's decree, prepares to return to Jerusalem with treasure and a gathered company of Hebrews. He recalls past delays and exclaims that God knew best. By the River Ahava the eager crowd assembles, ready to begin the journey without delay.
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Ezra Leads Jews With God’s Guidance To Jerusalem
Ezra selects Levitic priests and seeks God through fasting to start the journey back to Jerusalem. The caravan, carrying temple treasure, departs under God’s guidance, despite fears of attack from Babylonian bandits who pursue with plans to trap them.
Philip and the Ethiopian Sunday School Lesson
A March 7, 1909 lesson adapts Acts eight for the paper, discussing the Ethiopian official, Philip’s preaching from Isaiah, reading aloud, and the Spirit guiding belief. It likens the journey to Bunyan’s Pilgrim and stresses baptism as a public confession of faith.
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Sunrise Sermon on Christ as celestial dawn
A sermon likens Jesus birth to a sunrise that stirs all creation and reshapes power, learning, and wealth. It portrays Herod’s threat, the wise men bringing gold frankincense and myrrh, and argues true knowledge leads to God, not superstition. The piece links creation’s awakening to Bethlehem’s manger and calls readers to homage and repentance.
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John the Baptist
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Christ
Jerusalem
God
Bethlehem
Real White Slave Remark Sparks Evanston Address
Judge McKenzie Cleland told the Evanston Men's club that the true tragedy in America is the treatment of the alcoholic husband, a noncriminal misfit, whom incarceration makes into a criminal, calling criminal courts antiquated in their approach.
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