Word of God as Life and Light in John’s Gospel
A devotional study of John 1 1 18 detailing Jesus as Creator Life and Light and the Word made flesh. The author links divine revelation in Jesus to Old Testament foreshadowing and calls readers to faith in the Son to gain life and knowledge of God.
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Christ
Matthew
Fark
Luke
God
John
Jesus
Col. i
Father
Abraham
Jacob
Moses
Joshua
Gideon
Manoah
Job
Isaiah
Daniel
Philip
Jesus Christ
John the Baptist
St. Israel
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Mark
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Fragmentary Gyély glass cleanup method described
A fragment of Gyély broken glass is easily picked up using wet absorbent cotton. The material is then destroyed by burning to prevent reuse or injury.
Perry and Japan Loyally Taught by Lofty Naval Dignity
The narrative describes Commodore Perry's 1853 approach to Japan, using a lofty bearing to compel negotiations. He withdrew boats, met officials only, kept aboard his ship, and pressed a high rank commission to deliver a letter to the emperor. The Japanese, impressed by authority, agreed to receive and consider the letter.
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Verty
Japan
Willis J. Abbot
Uraga
Bay of Yedie
Caypitain Perry
Perry
Etching Steel With Diluted Nitric Acid Process
A historical note describes etching steel by diluted nitric acid and a ground wax coating of asphaltum burgundy pitch and beeswax. After warming and applying the coating, the name is scratched through, brushed with acid, then rinsed with hot water and wax removed with benzine.
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Smith
Vested Choir
Jones
Clothes in Sardinia Like a Medieval Pageant
National Geographic Magazine describes Sardinian dress and customs on feast days. Men wear bright skirts and white trousers with high boots, while some in remote districts don Phrygian caps and long head coverings used as pillows at night. Hairstyles vary, with men growing hair into a long puff. The island’s people reflect Phoenician Carthaginian Roman Saracen Ital Ians and Spaniards in faces and language, with Italian taught in schools and a mandatory military service.
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Sardinia
Island
National Geographic Magazinge
Remembered Fighter of the Scots Greys
London Answers recounts Mother Stuss a famed 17th century woman soldier who joined the army as a man in 1693 served thirteen years in the Scots Greys and fought at Ramillies before her sex was revealed. She later married a soldier, served as a regimental cook, and earned a pension. She died in 1739 and received full military honors at Chelsea Hospital.
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Mother Stuss
Scots Greys
Chelsea Hospital
London
Mesmerism and the Magnetism of Franz Mesmer
Franz Anton Mesmer, a German physician of Merseberg, founded mesmerism and published a 1760 thesis on the science. He claimed heavenly bodies diffused a subtle field affecting the nervous system of all beings. A committee of physicians and philosophers investigated him, exposing his pretensions in 1784, yet he retained many followers and fans of his personal magnetism.
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Franz Anton Mesmer
Merseberg
Mesmer
Whistler Portrait Price Raised by Millionaire
A early Whistler tale recalls a millionaire visiting his studio seeking a tie sized portrait of his wife. Whistler quotes a price of 2500 dollars prompting a sharp rebuke about earning glory after death.
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Whistler
Milliionaire
Impenetrable East Africa Forest Described in The Rediscovered Country
Stewart Edward White portrays a dense East African tropical forest with giant spaced trees and a thick undergrowth of varied smaller trees. Ferns mosses and orchids cling to trunks while rain keeps everything dripping and the forest appears varnished with every leaf and surface shining.
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East Africa
Stewart Edward White
Biggest and Smallest Postage Stamps Highlight Size Variations
The article notes the largest stamp ever made a four by two inch five cent stamp used for newspapers only, and compares it with Mecklenburg Schwerin’s 1856 quarter shilling stamp the smallest. It would take about fifty of those to cover the largest US stamp. It ends with a reflection urging focus on light beyond cloudy skies.
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Pat
Stubener
Old Pat
Stuberer
Sam
Ben
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
United States
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Denton Journal
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D. M. Stearns
San Francisco
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Jim Hanford
Stabener
Jim
Hanford
Chub Collins
Roughhouse Kelly
Flying Dutchmap
Tat
Contra Costa
Bay
Spider Walsh
Spider
Mission Club
Punt Glendon
Rough House
Kelly
Mun
Samson
Roach House
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Keily
Stufe Mason
Sierra Club
Dremmliand Rink
Rufe Maven
Rafe Mason
Agulu Pot
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Leess
Io Attow
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Rass
Cole
Qven
J. J. Garris
Preston
Maryland
Niss
Harvey L. Cooper
Otto D. Zacharias
M. Eugenia Zacharias
Caroline County
Arvey L. Cooper
Lawrence B. Towers
Wrence B. Towers
Propiss National Bank
Denton
Wm. Pepper Constable See
Baltimore, Maryland
Hiktor, Maryland
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Will
Aladdin Security
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Baltimore
Washington
D.C
Charlotte
N.C
Norfolk
Charleston
Richmond
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Eady
Jacob Cohe
Merchant Taitlur
Denton, MD
F. J. Wright
Optometrist
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