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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1863
Page
1
A church choir from Attleborough Massachusetts refused to sing amid war anxieties and an epidemic. Hannah Gay adapts verses praising divine justice and peace, urging the choir to sing again as a testament to faith, liberty, and consolation.
A verse urging mercy over harsh judgment, contrasting calls to kick a struggling man down with appeals for sympathy and support. The speaker warns against scorn when misfortune or past errors touch a person, stressing hope, patience, and the value of lifting rather than harming.
A compact lament on winter’s chill and its effect on youth. The verse personifies winter and notes how cold winds and frosty breath dampen joy and cause tears, contrasting the season’s harshness with the lack of happiness it brings.
A dialogue with Dr. Chalmers explains two part sermons where exposition draws the sword and application uses it. Hearers must grasp God s mind in the text to transform lives, making accurate exposition the indispensable first step for preaching.
A reflective piece on flowers used in funerals describing how they comfort mourners and honor the deceased. It links blossoms to hope in resurrection, suggesting flowers on the coffin and grave symbolize remembrance and heavenly beauty beyond death. New Beprurp Truss
A historical meditation on the enduring appeal of the mother and child motif. The text cites masters like Raphael and the elusive perfection of conveying maternal beauty, noting that even great painters cannot fully capture the simple bond that resonates in everyday life.
A meditation on time noting that God withholds moments until needed and that preparation for the final moment requires wise use of all others. It urges living well now while fearing the uncertainty of future moments.
The excerpt urges staying on rural work, favoring farm life over commercial city living. It praises hard labor as noble, healthy, and key to developing the whole person, warning against the troubles of urban residence and debt.
Fashion notes warn of stuffed lids and foliage on bonnets. A cat, mistaking the bird ornament for real, attacked the bonnet and destroyed the trimming, teaching women to beware of birds on hats and curious cats.
A reflective line on perception and truth. The speaker suggests eyes reveal truth more than other senses and that opposing the heart is easy, but reading that opposition objectively is harder than algebra. The passage emphasizes gaze as a reliable guide to meaning and intent.
An imaginative Irishman recalls returning to his ancestral hall at night and finding it ruined. He calls out for his fathers and an echo answers identifying him as Patrick Mc Clathery.
A Connecticut historian Dr. Benj Trumbull died at eighty leaving 4000 sermons neatly written on ruled paper. He preached two weekly, rose at four, tended his parish, and avoided gossip. A mowing contest with a helper ended with the doctor passing the other man, continuing to work with a sharp scythe.
An inscription on a tomb at Fort Halifax recalls Richard Thomas an English immigrant and 1776 Whig who died September 28 1823 aged 76. The verse notes his copper trade and urges Americans to protect liberties highlighting early frontier tensions and mixed heritage graves.
A farmer counsels restraint in cultivation and livestock, arguing that overworking land and overstocking reduce profits. John Johnston endorses modest four year old steers and warns against exhausting soil. Rest land with clover and grass to restore fertility before replanting crops.
The text explains that uneven wick cutting creates jagged edges that load the wick and smoke more since the flame cannot burn the fuel fully. A higher wick reduces heat. a glass shade increases oxygen and reflects heat, improving combustion and reducing smoke. Bright metallic covers reflect heat and limit radiation. Used pans boil faster due to black soot absorbing heat.
A New York Evening Post correspondent recalls a chorus of war support from officers and men of the 44th New York regiment while a pioneer woodsman chimes in with plain speaking. He argues for completing the effort, comparing farm work ethic to decisive action and endorsing decisive measures.
A compact line references Shakespeare stating drunkenness is an egg from which all vices hatch, signaling a concise moral about intoxication as the seed of broader faults.
In Morley a stubborn deacon inspires a revival through a selfless wager. Deacon Osgood enlists Esquire Turnpenny to fund a minister. Five years later the town boasts new property, sober former drinkers, and a thriving community. Turns on the bet reveal a prosperous moral awakening.
A town tale recounts a fund raising scene where a deacon and a minister influence an Esquire to grant a reward. Their persuasion brings in about four thousand six hundred dollars in gains to the town while names and loyalties surface. The Beholden cows end up in the deacon and minister yards as tokens of regard.
A Waterford New York incident recounts Rev. Mr Lee fending off a burglar at one in the morning before Thanksgiving. The thief, moved by Lee's plea, prayed with him, pledged remorse, and avoided murder. Lee later learned the man remained alive, while the parson kept silent on details.
A tiny clergyman filled a village pulpit eight years ago to a high platform causing an audience to glimpse only his nose and eyes. His squeaking voice drew laughter as he began with Be of good cheer and later delivered another text while riding a rotating pulpit table and finally vanished from view, leaving a vivid impact on the crowd.
Governor Cozzens orders the Rhode Island militia reorganized into five brigades with counties and towns assigned. Enrollment by April 21 and May organization deadlines require locals to join chartered companies or form new units of cavalry artillery infantry or riflemen. Major Gen. Robbins to supervise recruiting. first company officer elections set for May.
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