Isaac the Peacemaker in Genesis Gen 26 lesson
This sermon on Isaac portrays him as a calm peacemaker who endures dispute without force while deepening wells in Gerar. It compares Isaac’s patient firmness to modern analogues of strong groups overpowering the weak, and links his example to Christ who makes peace through the cross.
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John Lindsay Withrow
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Park Street Church
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Isaac the Peacemaker
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Rebekah
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GerAr
Thiseighbors
South Africa
Berar
Abimelech
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Britain
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New York City
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Boy Drowns While Sailing on Center Lake
In Warsaw Yad, Aug 24 1924 Claude Bradway 17 and two companions capsize while boating on Center Lake. While others reached shore Bradway swam toward the lake center and disappeared. His body has not been recovered.
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Warsaw
Yad
Claude Bradway
Center Lake
Bradway
Thes Lake
Mushroom Town Blown Away In Oklahoma Storm
A severe wind and rain storm hit Anadarko Oklahoma on August 22 killing three people and injuring several others. Dozens of tents housing homesteaders were destroyed and twenty unfinished buildings collapsed. The town had sprouted after Kiowa Comanche land lottery and saw a rapid rise to about six thousand residents before the storm. Flying debris caused fatalities and extensive merchandise loss. exact financial figures were not available.
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Anadarko, Okla
Anadarko
Samuel P. Nelson
Kansas City
Daniel Warren
Hundreds at work to clear ruins after explosion in Ana darko
Fearful search continues as hundreds of workers in El Reno Oklahoma remove debris from exploded buildings in Ana darko. Officials fear additional fatalities and injuries may be found among the wreckage.
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el Reno
O. T
Anadarko
Cloudburst Hits Hobart Prompts Heavy Damage
Hobart Oklahoma reports a storm and cloudburst with two and a quarter inches of rain in one hour. Town tents soaked and property destroyed. Country districts warn of greater severity with reports of several deaths.
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Hobart
Okla
French Fleet Sails Toward Turkey Amid Diplomatic Tension
Paris dispatch reports the cruiser Cassard heads for Turkish waters with a naval division ready to follow. Officials deny changes in the Turkish imbroglio as battleships and a cruiser refuel at Toulon. Amid czar visit anticipation, diplomats remain cautious and silent.
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Matin
Cassard
Foreign Office
Toulon
M. Deschanel
Chamber of Deputies
Chartres
Rambouillet
Loubet
M. Delcasse
Ariege
Munir Bey
Associated Press
Diplomatic Corps
France
Constantinople
Venetian Night Program Planned for Rome City Celebration
Arrangements completed for a grand Venetian night celebration next Thursday in Rome City. Five fleets will participate headed by a mandolin orchestra, with a fireworks display at 8 45 pm. The Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad offers expo trips with an expected 5000 spectators. trains depart from Fort Wayne around 3 pm.
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Narrows
Mainland
Spring Beach
Sylvan Point
Mohr
Barber Points
Channel
Ysland Park
Barber Point
Louis Fox
Servation Tower
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania
Grand Rapids
Mich
German American Conflict Heightens Venezuela Colombia Tensions
The Novoe Vremya reports German press urging dispatch of warships to Caribbean coasts amid the Venezuela Colombia dispute. It warns a German American clash could arise if Berlin backs Caracas, while the United States affirms support for the Monroe Doctrine and American-led regional policy.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Venezuela
Colombia
United States
America
Train No 2 to stop at Vermillion for lake visitors
Notice to passengers reads that express train No 2 eastbound via the Mickel Plate road will stop at Vermillion to discharge travelers from Elyville and distant points, allowing patron access to Linwood Park on the lake.
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Linwood Park
Vermillion
Ohio
Peter Notice
Veramilion
Ellevue
Hardy Ann’s secret birthday party in the countryside
Hardy Ann hides a party for herself with neighbors Hattie Larkin Fannie Foster and the Foster sisters. Joel drives them to a hayfield picnic then blackberry picking ends with rain and a late return to Aunt Jane’s kitchen for a quiet birthday cake and a moral lesson.
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Huldy Ann
Jane
June
Hardy Ann
Aunt Jane
Hattie Larkin
Fannie
Hattie
Fan
Truldy Ann
Neate
Lizzie
Heldy Ann
Lizzie Foster
Ann
Aunt Dane
Joel
Jon
Kate Foster
Chapman Lane
Basides
Hatstie
Tim
Anind
Jang
Larkin
Vester
Waldy Ann
Louise Liddell
Philadelphia Ledger
She Hadn't Been Taught. Mamma and Doll in Quiet Kitchen Scene
In a domestic moment, a mother questions her daughter about preserves as Rachel tenders to a doll. The exchange hints at memory of lessons from grandma and a shared domestic routine between mother and child.
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Mamma
Rachel
A Wild Apple Tree Beside an Orchard Pasture
A short, vivid passage contrasts a crooked wild apple tree with the orderly orchard trees nearby. The wild tree, moss-clad and untamed, bears no fruit yet its spring blossoms are sweet, while a blackbird nests among its branches, despite its visible irregularity.
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