Trial Sermon Changes a Minister and a Town
A Connecticut minister Henry Eastman faces a move from his modest Woodburn parish to Colonore after war era financial strain. He preaches a neighborly gospel decrying injustice, shocks Colonore, loses the call, yet finds purpose in doing God’s work and awaiting divine reward.
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New England
Henry Eastman
Woodburn
Antao
Colonore
Aliea
Eastman
Connecticut
Jesus
Harpers
Mr. Eastman
Garfields
Alice
Garfield
Mr. Garfield
Heiself
Henry Baatman
Toa
Heaven
Henry
Woodsborn
Colonore Church
Religious charity without sectarianism movement urged
A discussion on religion as shaping character over creed, urging tolerance and humane virtue to lift social conditions. The piece argues beliefs are raw material. true religion shows in minds, deeds, and everyday industry rather than dogma. It highlights the Arctic night, Carlyle quotes, and a fundraising anecdote about a Southern refugee lecturer helped by Mr. Phillips.
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Kingdom of God
O. B. Frothingham
Jon
Carlyle
Mr. Phillips
Mr. Philips
Boston
Phillipa
Gloucester
Jefferson Davis
N. Y
Atheneum
Neiquaorty Kinpress depicts neighborly aid in harvest
A Western correspondent describes a farm family struck by scarlet fever, measles and erysipelas. Neighbors rally to weed and harvest their wheat, with the strong man felled by fever and others taking up the work. The community gathers on a harvest day to cut and attack the wheat, sharing burdens willingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neiquaorty
Pushing Through Obstacles Toward Faith and Success
Quote heavy note emphasizes courage to face stamps as ghosts and press forward. It urges not to retreat into narrow paths, but to use common sense and move into great thoroughfares with many chances of success. The longer you read the Bible, the more you will like it and feel the spirit of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Walker
Christ
Propaste Extinction of the Elephants
A People’s Magazine note warns elephants are slaughtered annually for ivory and to appease commerce. It cites 8500 in northern Ceylon over three years and Sheffield’s ivory demand as proof of impending extinction.
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Ceylon
Sheffield
People's Magazine
Quirky Notes on Names and Local Oddities
A collage of snippets links authors to odd ventures from marble quarries to sawmills and ball alleys. It also recalls songs and poems tied to new ventures and local anecdotes including a neighborly rooster, a gardener, and a line about truth and belief.
Shoes Promote Parish Patience in Easter Sermon
A minister, preparing a Sabbath address, read a church notice printed on the back of a camp slip. Instead of a sermon cue, he announced an ad for George S Brown selling boots and shoes at No 15 Pine street, praising Brown as a worthy church member, provoking astonishment among worshippers.
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the’ Association ‘Finve
Meyers
George
COOKE
South Third Street
Philadelphia
Washington Library Co. S
Riverside
Geo. A
Oooke & CO
GEO. A. Cooke,co
Nekers
Hadelphia
Retelvers
Washington Library Co
George S Brown
Pine Street
t‘Prather Bown
Brother Brown
The Lesson Ends With A Smile
A stern schoolgirl talk backfires as the incorrigible pupil mocks the lesson by noting the governess's upper jaw does not move. The moment undercuts moral suasion and ends the confrontation with an unexpected, humorous remark.
South Danvers town sketch and early rising tips
The Essex Statesman prints a schoolboy composition praising South Danvers in the United States with notes on geography and local leaders. It also reproduces health advice urging early rising and private fault finding as taught in Hall's Journal of Health.
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Essex Statesman
South Danvers
United States
Silem
Middleton
Galathwaite
Universaliste
Theta
Hall
Journal of Health
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Bristol Phenix
Prenix Building
Hope Street
Bristol
R. F. Ne
A. Greene
Pennsylvania
Riverside Institute
Gratuttousle
Roldiery
New Jersey
NY One
LLAR
Accordan
The
Orreran
Washington
Pocahontas
Lees
Shaate
Elverside
Burlington County
Williamigs Mann
Lewis B. Bradman
U. S. Mint
Philad
A. Poeig
Ear
W. W. Ware
Taney Gorman
Agent Adams
Reteset Agin
E. Enq
of Joy, Coe & Co
Phila
Teeasong Deraarucer
Wasarsarom
D.C
Internal Revenue
Washington Library Company
K. A. Rollins
Westminster St
A. Cooke
Adies
Canenaco
St Balmorals
Westminster Street
Providence
F. H. Mer
Callender
McAasland Troup's
Alope Street
R,.& Prarce
Stita and
Thames Streets
William McCaw
GANAD
H. Reynolds
Godls
C. Spooner
Gallery OF Fine Arts
L. B. Darling's
R. I. May
Charles H. Spooner
State Street
O.o
Morton
RT Cor
Henry Goff
Nehemiah Cole
Beb Foote
Lexington Ave
Cor
28Th St
N.Y
B. Munro
J.B. Munro's
Hayes
Tuey
Donna
Anea
Old Virginia
Ocean
Maggie
Susanna
Belfast Journal
Guthrie
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