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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1912
Page
22
A humorous old column features John Ploughman writing to readers about honesty, donkeys, and garden smarts. He ribaldly recalls Will Shepherd and Joe Scroggs, notes on who deserves blame, and explains his unpublished book plans as a rough humorist appeals.
A young man doubts God but observes his cousin’s steady life and patient charity. He reads the living Bible, seeks help from God, and prays in his chamber. God hears him, aids his struggle, and he becomes a Christian.
A preacher stresses that membership in the Lord’s circle is about doing the will not about knowledge or ecstatic emotion. The message insists perseverance and obedience define true fellowship even when the path is hard.
A devotional explanation extols the Bible as a holy, binding doctrine. It describes its role as guidance for travelers, soldiers, and believers, and emphasizes wisdom, safety, holiness, and accountability in reading and practicing its teachings.
A fragment notes that true fellowship with Jesus Christ rests on the dedication of the will. G. H. Morrison signs as the author or contributor, reflecting a religious contemplation on spiritual kinship and obedience.
A minister in Kettle, Fife, officiated when the parish minister failed to arrive. The bridegroom interrupted to note “obey,” prompting laughter as the vow's inclusion was debated. Years later the man boasted of obeying his wife, claiming to own the town’s only two story house.
A devotional reflection on parental guidance and divine patience. It contrasts human teaching with God's love, noting mothers and fathers train slowly while God uses humble humanity to redeem the world, inviting believers to mature in Christ.
A historical temperance critique cites Edward Bunnell Os good figures from 1908 showing that alcohol caused about 66 000 deaths in the United States. The piece argues alcohol kills one in twenty deaths and condemns distillers and saloonkeepers while urging Christian and philanthropic action.
Miss J. G. Johnson extols patience and forgiveness as essential for guiding others through bungling and botched efforts, emphasizing that their work remains precious to him because of love.
A series of aphoristic lines urging self restraint and moral conduct. It admonishes solitude for growth, learning with reflection, disciplined action, and caution against temptations such as drink. Emphasizes that character shapes fate and that ambitions should align with kindness and steadiness.
A moralizing note condemns gossip and tattling within households. It warns that those who reveal private matters harm family trust and social standing. The essay stresses discretion, proper breeding, and the danger of repeating things one does not fully understand.
The speaker urges universal temperance pledge participation, comparing pledges to betrothal vows and financial instruments. She recalls personal impact from a boyhood pledge, praises steadfast pledge keepers, and calls for annual reaffirmation in schools to strengthen moral resolve.
A cobbler shares a lesson: it is not elegance but thoroughness and motive in work that matters. He reflects that when he works, he feels the divine watching, making each stitch meaningful beyond earthly results.
The passage contrasts a gossiper who invents news with a hearer who restrains curiosity. It presents the hearer as a brick wall that halts the spread of rumors during a devastating conflagration, preventing trouble and promoting safety.
The text collects advice from Mark Guy Pearse Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt on worry, self mastery, daily habits and daring challenges. It emphasizes not letting fear rule life choosing nourishment rest prayer courtesy and bold pursuits over mediocrity and gloom.
The speaker notes tribulation develops patience and obedience, urging readers to view hardships as answers to prayer. Citing Mr Gladstone and a hymn, he points to the old story taught by an old book as the enduring remedy for human sorrows.
On a Logansport street Jim Burwick recalls a neighbor urging him to read the “other side” after claiming Socrates changed his life. Burwick questions the idea, noting no one has seen such influence from Socrates or his teachings. The exchange ends with Burwick urged again to read the other side.
The Bible is described as a universal book for all people across ages languages and professions. It is said to satisfy diverse tastes from navigation to theology and to comfort and guide both the sick and healthy, across savage and civilized nations, reflecting universal law and love.
A devotional program outlines daily aims to do Gods will seek the good in others avoid unnecessary worry keep mind on great universal truths enjoy gods gifts learn to value friendships and magnify one’s place in the kingdom of God while rejoicing in the Lord.
Quote by Charles H. Brent on service over salary and the priceless value of great work. It argues that strong, willing labor belongs to acts society deems beyond price, citing Shakespeare Lincoln St Paul as unfathomable to remunerate.
Excavation started on West Wayne street for the new YWie building. Workers completed the initial trenching yesterday and construction will begin in the near term as contractors move forward with the project.
The association will delay work until April 15 when it takes possession of the H. C. Moderwell property it recently purchased.
The article argues that true prayer requires purity of heart and conduct and condemns anger envy and malice as barriers to prayer. It cites Jeremy Taylor on anger as an enemy to discourse and prayer describing prayer as the peace of the spirit and the daughter of charity. The New York Christian Advocate is quoted on the necessity of a pure life for a genuine prayer life.
A father compares spirit levels used in carpentry to living by a Bible standard. He urges his son to test actions against the Bible, insisting on truth and straightness without guesswork, and notes Jesus provides a sure guide to conduct even when some readings are hard to understand.
A sermon laments unbelief and grave despair, urging believers to look up to the risen Savior for hope. It contrasts the hopelessness of those who doubt with the comfort of faith, urging faithful endurance in trouble and a steadfast trust in Christ.
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