Natural and Spiritual Light in the Human Heart
The article contrasts the natural man, unregenerate and limited to fleshly sight, with the spiritual man born of the Spirit. It argues true knowledge of God comes only through the Holy Spirit, not human intellect, and urges yielding to regeneration to see God’s things. It uses analogies of monkey spirit and telescope to illustrate spiritual perception.
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God
Christ
England
Prof
Garner
Fie
Darwin
Mr. Monk
Paul
Jesus Christ
Bob Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Jesus
Apostle
A. NP
Three Happy Travelers Sail Abroad for Pleasure
Miss Eliza, Miss Adeline, and Miss Medora, longtime pillars of their village church and charities, announce they will sail next week. The trio, aged spinsters with broad community ties, embraces a rare travel plan funded by a legacy and enjoys widespread local support and heartfelt farewells.
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Miss Eliza
Miss Adeline
Miss Medora
Adeline
Ite
Cable
Fra Angelico Angels
Hentley
Deacon Smith
Man's Summer Expenses Hit City Dwellers Hard
A New York Sun excerpt notes that single men face higher summer costs in town than winter. Dining out shifts to roof gardens theaters and billiards, with more outlays for week end country visits and increased drinking. Overall, summer living costs rise about a third.
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Sandy Hook
New York Sun
Glass Flowers From Harvard Draw Admiring Visitors
A feature on a unique glass flower collection at Harvard University’s museum on Oxford Street Cambridge. Rudolph Blaschka, a Bohemian artisan, created the lifelike specimens praised for natural fidelity and color variety. The piece notes the collection’s rarity and the founder’s exceptional skill likely to fade with his passing. It also includes excerpts about Amazon River conditions from Louis H Ayme the American consul, describing harsh living prospects for settlers and limited grazing land near the Amazon with rich forests and resources but difficult exploitation.
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Blaschhka
Rudolph
T Blaschicka
Harrevard University
University Museum
Oxford Street
Cambridge
Aladdin
State Department
Louis H Ayme
Brazil
Amazon
Mr. Ayme
Ayme
Manaos
Habits of the Trout Described in Curious Detail
A fragment describes trout feeding behavior and instincts. It notes cannibalistic tendencies among young and eggs and their attraction to motion, presenting a colorful but unverified portrait of fish behavior.
Wealthy Americans Take Up British Sport
Americans who traveled to Great Britain for the shooting season report above average conditions. The dry spring and early summer have favored the hatching and raising of grouse on alien moors, promising a bountiful season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
British Isles
American fishing lore and a global cabinet tale
The article threads observations of trout predation and angling lore with a slice of international notes. It cites trout behavior, mentions an Australian cabinet with workers from varied trades, and notes a Greenland merchant with a fleet worth about £2,500. It also touches on grouse shooting seasons in Britain and a quip about Americans abroad.
Artesian Water a Fertilizer From Coastal Plain Wells
Investigations by S W McCallie and the U S Geological Survey show artesian water in Georgia’s Coastal Plain contains phosphoric acid. A deep Bax tey well sample measured 5.5 parts per million and could fertilize land as well as irrigate. A 12 inch layer over an acre might equal 200 pounds of commercial fertilizer. Also notes on professional wedlock humor and a Jersey potato crop totaling 58 849 tons worth £233 289.
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S. W. McCallie
Georgia
United States Zoological Survey
Baxtey
Jersey
Eng
Fastest of Quadrupeds Whippets Shine at Beach Shows
Research traces the whip to a modern dog bred from greyhound and terrier. Whippets are raced in England and the United States in handicaps of 200 yards, with heats and finals. A good whippet covers 200 yards in about 12 seconds, weighing around 20 pounds with a typical stride near 1 foot.
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Webster's
Dalziel
Halliwell
John Taylor
England
Missionary Plight in Fiji Ends With Unlikely Escape
An adventurous missionary sent to a Fiji island faces extreme danger as cannibals debate eating him. After a risky journey to another island, he is captured and nearly killed but spared when the chief discovers the missionary’s cork leg makes him inedible to eatable meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiji
Sacred Isle of Pootoo Forbidden to Women for a Thousand Years
The sacred isle of Pootoo in the Chu san archipelago houses 80 temples and has remained closed to women for a millennium. Descriptions note imperial yellow tile temples, ancient camphor trees, and neglected shrines, with pilgrim activity waning as revenues declined. foreign visits by women have occurred only on rare excursions from Shanghai.
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Pootoo
Chusan
Kienlung
Sland
Salis
Buria
Shanghai
The Widow and Her Oil Lesson from Elisha
A preacher outlines the widow of the prophets in distress, debt, and two sons. Elisha asks what she has and instructs her to borrow empty vessels then pour from her little oil until all vessels are full. Faithful obedience leads to payment of debts and provision for her family.
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J. M. Edson
Elisha
Gilgal
Bethel
Jericho
God
Christ Jesus
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