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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1911
Page
8
A temperance discussion contrasts prohibition figures with per capita liquor use and outlines moral lessons from Ezra Nehemiah emphasizing law as mirror, repentance, restitution, and the Christian life. It includes a cautionary Australia hotel anecdote on drink, and stresses joyful faith over solemnity.
A man who drank heavily for days killed his ex wife and then shot himself, dying beside her body. The divorce had been granted due to his drunkenness and cruelty. The piece accuses liquor drinking of fostering crime, tying it to the liquor business and church-backed interests in a Word and Way critique.
An editorial discusses Ezra’s Sabbath school as a historical model and links it to the modern Sunday school's growth. It cites Robert Raikes’ 1780 origins, the spread of children’s missions, and the need to retain boys with male teachers, in contrast to weak attendance and the value of group Bible study led by elders.
A critique of the repeated habit of leaving duties to "Somebody Else" at meetings and charity drives. The piece urges readers to stop outsourcing tasks and to take personal responsibility rather than rely on the silent internal scapegoat.
A reader recalls favorite hymns and memories of church song in childhood. The piece contrasts simple singing with modern, showy instruments and laments time passing. It ends with a hopeful wish to hear those hymns again in the afterlife aboard Canaan's land.
A sermon-like note highlights personal repentance over judging others. It emphasizes turning from sin, obeying God from the heart, and pursuing spiritual growth as essential to true Christian character, warning against Pharisaic attitudes.
Rev J Wilbur Chapman preaches that the Gospel divides hearts. He cites Jesus the stone and the two texts about stoning, urging fair treatment of Christ, and condemning indifference, rejection, and hypocrisy among church members. He ends urging audiences to seek Jesus and avoid stone casting.
An old physician retreats from duties for a day of fishing with a younger skeptic. The doctor smiles at questions about the stream’s source, saying he simply fishes in it. The tale notes life’s blessings lie in use, not analysis, as love faith and mystery resist full explanation.
Dr. Clifford of London recalls an English college where a minister sought volunteers for an India mission. He pitched an easy life with good homes and servants, but no one volunteered. Later a Congo mission recruiter warned of likely death, and six students immediately volunteered.
A temperance lecturer in a New England town slips on ice and breaks his legs. Passersby largely ignored him, with some calling him a drunken beast, illustrating life’s ironies between the rich and poor. The piece urges calling a policeman for drunkenness or moving the injured to safety and praises true Good Samaritans.
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