07 Dec 1861
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1861
Page
1
A fragmentary poem by Frank G Wtleiaris depicts weary marches beneath chestnut trees and marshes. The speaker recalls listening for a countersign while guarding a camp, awaiting relief and pondering fate, peace, and danger in a misty night.
A reflective piece on how fear arises in danger, the moral duty to act, and the formation of character. It cites Beecher and Luther, argues influences shape virtues, and links education to broad worldly understanding, health, and happiness.
Mary Henderson struggles with envy of her elegant neighbor and learns a life lesson from her husband and child about happiness. The story traces calls on several Westbury households, contrasting wealth with domestic harmony as Mary reflects on contentment after a reflective afternoon.
A reverent meditation on women as the backbone of family life and social virtue. The piece extols a mother’s devotion and sisterly care as essential to home, church, and government, urging duty to household duties and to care for the needy within a moral, religious frame.
The text presents an extract resembling a Bonaparte letter about Napoleon Bonaparte’s thoughts on a future Egyptian campaign and a young American explorer. It includes exhortations on national strength, commerce, and virtue, followed by a preached set of moral business maxims for temperate, honest conduct.
The piece classifies eight Christian perspectives on the afterlife from Catholic, Orthodox, Universalist, Unitarian, Swedenborgian, Spiritualist, and Annihilationist traditions. It notes most Christians historically hold eternal joy or eternal punishment, with broader groups offering varying continuums or undefined options. It questions widespread error versus historical consensus in church standards.
A critique of profane speech across ages, detailing how youths lapse from conscience to continual swearing. It urges self-control by thinking of mothers and future happiness. The piece praises Commodore Dupont’s disciplined conduct and Christian virtues, contrasting with secular taunts and secessionist tensions in St. John’s.
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