Thorn in the Flesh and Strength Through Weakness Sermon
A Highway and Byway preacher in Chicago on June 15 1902 expounds Paul’s thorn in the flesh from 2 Corinthians 12 9 and shows how God’s grace makes strength perfect in weakness transforming trials into opportunities for service through persistent prayer and humble submission.
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Chicago
Paul
Paradise
Satan
God
Christ
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Christian
David
Jacob
Noah
Abraham
Peter
Gethsemane
Temple
Lake of Galilee
F. B. Meyer
Christchurch
London
St. Paul
Scarce Facsimiles of Declaration Draw Collector Interest
Philadelphia readers inquire about the original declaration of independence and possible duplicates. Facsimiles have become rare. a collector offered ten dollars for one with a western railroad ad. The original sits in the state department in Washington, faded and illegible, making photographic copies useless.
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Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia
Western
Department of State
Washington
James D. McBride
I Shall Never Forget My First Visit to Madrid
A New York Sun reporter recounts a tourist’s misadventure in Madrid. A Spanish speaking guest struggles for milk at breakfast and, after forgetting the lone Spanish word she knew, sketches a cow to signal for help, prompting the maid to return with tickets to a bull fight.
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Madrid
New York Sun
Emigration Fever in Ireland Draws Youth to America
Donahoe's Magazine notes that for years emigration has gripped Ireland as a fever. From childhood, Irish youths and girls fix on distant lands beyond the seas where many kin have gone before. "He's going to America" becomes a hopeful phrase amid sorrow.
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Ireland
Donahoe
America
The Lesson on Roman Law and Love in August 58
Paul urges loyal citizenship and the duty of love from Romans 13 8 14. The text blends moral commands with the call to cast off darkness and clothe the day with the armor of light. It stresses honesty self control and brotherly love as the valid fulfillment of the law.
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Jesus Christ
Corinth
Paul
Christ
Rome
A Cinder in the Eye Advice for Eye Foreign Bodies
The article explains how foreign bodies in the eye are usually not under lids and offers removal method. It recommends rolling cotton on a match stick to lift the particle, using warm water, then applying ice cold compresses to reduce inflammation. The patient can perform the treatment at home.
Notable 19th Century Figures and Global Missions Update
The article notes Oberlin’s first woman alumna from class of 1838 and a 1839 survivor Mrs. Sarah Capen Putnam of Wichita. It profiles John J. Anderson of Brooklyn, author of Anderson's school histories. It reports Bible translations by missionaries, missionary activity in the Philippines, Japan, and Yokohama printing in multiple languages. It highlights England's Girls' Letter Guild reform effort and Johns Hopkins receiving gifts for labor history research.
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Oberlin College
Sarah Capen Putnam
Wichita
Kaw
John J. Anderson
Brooklyn
Lafayette
Burr
John Quincy Adams
Mission Fields
Philippines
Yokohama
Philippine Islands
Japan
England
Johns Hopkins
United States
Economic Seminary
Twain tale of an emperor and envy in private audience
Mark Twain recalls an emperor granting him private audience and the jealous man who could not endure the sight of Twain's distinction. The episode ends with the emperor feigning distraction to help Twain exit unseen, a moment that provokes the observer to remark on vanity and malice. The jealous man guesses cigars and is left unable to respond with relevance.
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Mark Twain
North American Review
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