Repentance in Judas and Peter Explored from Bible Texts
A sermon contrasts Judas and Peter to distinguish godly sorrow from worldly remorse. It argues Judas lamented failure and consequence, while Peter mourned inner impurity, and cites Scriptural lessons on true repentance as turning from sin to God with faith and renewed obedience. The message emphasizes God’s mercy and Christ’s intercession for believers.
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Peter
Christ
Sanhedrim
Hinnom
Gethsemane
Judea
Heaven
Hell
Pater
Wild Man of Borneo Legend Recounted by Meade in Venice
Larkin G Meade the Vermont sculptor told Joaquin Miller in Venice that Barnum’s Wild Man of Borneo began as a begged cage act to sober a sailor named Yanko. The iron cage and gnawing skull drew crowds, though the wild man faded after Barnum’s death, leaving behind a pot of money.
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Barnum
Borneo
Larkin G. Meade
Vermont
Venice
Joaquin Miller
Leslie’s
TWO OLD TIMERS DIE IN MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
The Clarion Ledger reports Aunt Polly Edwards of Aberdeen who died at 112, a South Carolina native and mother of fifteen, with ten surviving. her husband died over twenty years ago at 116. Also Uncle Sam Hanslow of Hazlehurst died at 98, a Copiah County Confederate veteran and longtime Democrat respected for his honesty and faith.
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Polly’’ Edwards
Mississippi
Aberdeen Sunday
South Carolina
Clark
Howard
Polly
Sam’’ Hanslow
Copiah County
Hazlehurst
Clarion Ledger
Shrewd English Dean Finds Many Umbrellas
In Wicks Family Magazine a famed English dean is mocked for losing his umbrella and jokingly warns the holder to drop it over the deanery wall. The next day he discovers not only his umbrella but forty five more, suggesting a theft spree as if the forty thieves roamed the cathedral.
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Wicks’ Family Magazine
Hired Man Sees Nature's Lively Tricks in South
A tourist and an old man on a stump share dry quips about natural disasters. The man jokes that a cyclone leveled his trees, lightning burned his brush pile, and he now waits for an earthquake to shake potatoes from the ground in the far South.
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Chicago News
Norwegian Customer Demands 10 Cents Worth of Iodform
A Norwegian man in Frankfort Kansas visited a drug store while Mr Taylor was away. He asked for 10 cents worth of iodiform but spoke no clear English. Mrs Taylor offered a receipt and the man left, returning with a better English speaker to explain the request.
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Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
Norway
Good Old Times Shows Fewer Comforts Then and Now
Read this Popular Mechanics compilation of historic facts about the United States. It notes there was no public library, most furniture from England, a lone hat factory for cocked hats, and Virginia holding a fifth of the population. It mentions stagecoaches between New York and Boston, two shillings daily wages, and lingering punishment devices in New York and Boston.
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United States
England
Virginia
New York
Bosfin
Boston
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