29 Oct 1859
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1859
Page
1
A tract extols self government as mastery over passion through reason and conscience. It contrasts worldly power with inner discipline, linking self control to divine grace and a peaceful, exemplary life. It emphasizes temperance, meekness, and living honestly amid provocation.
A theological reflection by Bishop Attlebury arguing that love or charity is the core Christian duty and the source of mercy. Where charity flourishes all virtues thrive, and without it other graces appear only in imperfect form, as the savior would have us judge by this single point.
An old piece meditates on the word Higher as a call to growth and virtue from childhood to adulthood. It personifies nature, a butterfly, a lark, and a youth hearing the phrase as incentive to action and spiritual guidance toward eternal bliss.
A preacher tells of a tyrant who sets a blacksmith to forge a chain with never ending length. The blacksmith labors months for no wages, then is ever commanded to make it longer. The sermon warns that the devil tempts people to add links of sin each day until judgment, urging vigilance against daily wrongs.
The speaker warns that sin leads to death and judgment and urges firm discipline and repentance. He emphasizes the need for strong medicine for a spiritual disease and invites readers to reflect deeply, trusting God to render its profit despite harshness.
Edward Clark’s gift buys a velvet cloak for his wife though she sacrifices to aid Janet Hill’s dying brother George. Mary’s generosity saves a life, earns a watch from George and Janet, and seals their blessing as a virtuous act. The tale closes with a Parisian morality note on virtue and its rewards.
A reflective piece on how words and actions cast shadows on others in daily life. It contrasts harm and kindness, warns against harsh rebukes, and muses on how parental, spousal, and poverty-related sorrows affect happiness and hope. It also notes experiment-like observations about plants and nourished growth.
A humorous editorial fragment recounts a wife eloping from her husband within a church setting and the ensuing social quips. It reflects on gender roles, domestic duties, and intellectual cultivation, ending with a rural preacher seeking rye and audience approval for his sermons.
Rev Mr Barnes uses a vivid image to show life’s scale as age grows. He compares earthly pursuits to the sun and earth, noting eternity looms large as the world fades from view. The sermon urges focus on heavenly end over human aims.
Amherst resident Porter Cowles describes the ideal house keeper with a brunetta complexion and dark flowing hair. He requests a mild, gentle woman with pleasant eyes and dimples, avoiding cross personalities and talkative types.
The Marton Journal reports a prisoner in Grant county jail who sawed off a door hinge using a common case knife and wandered to nearby trees to eat fruit before returning to jail. He later incidents include a wheelbarrow with the jail door and an anecdote about a Philadelphia hotel table confrontation. A Knoxville correspondent describes Gideon Henderson and a top table scene with two young ladies, ending in disruption. The note ends with a historic quip about “This too shall pass away” and a claim of Yankee bakers inventing a yeast making bread weigh eight ounces per pound.
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