Be Content with Such Things as Ye Have
Dr Talmage exhorts happiness from a right heart toward God and man urging contentment with one’s lot. He contrasts restless travel with home joy, warns against status-seeking, and cites scripture and examples to show health, providence, and Christ’s teaching as the path to peace. He notes life’s transience and God’s provision, urging faith over envy.
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Comfort in Faith and Eternal Rest
A sermon links earthly need to Christian hope as it speaks of contentment and the coming glorified vacation after life. It uses biblical imagery of Jordan, rest, and the resurrection to comfort believers facing death. The speaker envisions heaven as a serene resting place where God declares life through faith in Jesus.
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The Unsatisfying Rank of Ancestral Glory
The Boston Courier argues that posthumous honors for ancestors bring little real satisfaction. Ancestors become mere names, often fictitious creations of later generations, with descendants unlikely to know or truly honor the original person.
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Two Mental Sins Against the Stomach Haste and Worry
Demorest's Monthly notes that haste and worry are major causes of nervous dyspepsia in American women. It cites scrambled meals, constant attention demands on mothers, and rushed dinners as common, urging calmer, slower eating and peaceful meal times for all.
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A Rural Portugal Echoes Ancient Life and Bible Study
In Portugal rustic life appears unchanged with plowmen and carters guiding oxen as in Roman times. The piece contrasts pastoral scenes with modern decline and urges readers to study the Bible, noting long lasting personal and moral effects.
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Horse flesh in Paris markets stirs warnings on cheap eateries
The London Globe reports inspector Leecuyer’s findings on horseflesh sold in Paris. Some 150 horse Butchers operate, with 15,000 animals killed in the year, 8 million pounds for public consumption, often disguised in cheap restaurants and sausages.
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Odd Paper Weights Spark Rivalry Among Makers
Jewelers' Weekly reviews the competitive craft of paper weights showing elaborate solid silver figurines such as miniature elephants with ivory tusks and animal groups. It notes silversmiths use agate onyx marble and petrified wood and mentions commissions including a gilded silver death mask tribute for a widow.
Healthful activity vs idle arithmetical puzzles
The Toledo Blade argues that restricting children and forcing hours of seat work harms health. Real mental activity on worthy objects benefits body and mind, while mechanical grinding on unrelated questions weakens health and vigor.
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Alcock’s Porous Plasters Restore Health After Malaria
A Maryland note dated March 17 1884 claims Alcock’s Porous Plasters cured sickness from malaria including enlarged spleen dyspepsia and kidney issues after thirty days of use with weekly changes. The testimonial says relief persisted thereafter and contrasts with a harsh Baltimore American remark about temper.
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Burlington Route’s vast traffic at 1888 convention time
The Burlington Route and connections handle large passenger and freight volumes. Chicago Herald notes the line carried more visitors than others during June 16 to 19 excur sion period, with over 12 000 strangers arriving in Chicago. Livestock receipts at Union Stock Yards show the road leading in cars, averaging 26 140 per six months in 1886–1888, and 24 425 in the first half of 1888, about 24 percent of total cars.
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