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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1894
Page
5
A wartime sermon defends keeping the Christian Sabbath against secular entertainments on Sundays. It contrasts American and Parisian Sunday practices, denounces theaters and other venues, and argues Sabbath observance safeguards religion, politics, and social welfare. The speaker urges civic unity, invokes moral duty, and warns against betraying religious liberty.
Poem by Mrs. Clarence E. Blake printed in Chicago Advance. It asks what life moments endure beyond earthly years and answers that selfless service to God and others yields lasting joy. The verse contrasts worldly pride with faithful duty and prayer, envisioning eternal reward for deeds of kindness and service.
The author argues God designed Earth's beauty to inspire the soul and align daily life with the divine. Scripture is praised as an attractive guide, not a dull duty, filled with imagery, history, and practical wisdom to captivate readers and elevate conduct in both sacred and secular realms.
A reflective religious piece argues life loses meaning without God in daily affairs. It contrasts mortal toil with eternal purposes, citing Jesus teaching about divine immanence, care for temporal needs, and not leaving believers as orphans. It urges living with Thy will be done.
A devotional urges unconditional submission to God as the path to true peace. It argues that clinging to personal wishes blocks harmony with the divine will, and that trust brings peace and better outcomes even when desires go unmet. It cites biblical figures and quotes from sources like the New York Witness and United Presbyterian.
A long excerpt lists moral maxims from various authors and denominations, followed by Wilbur F. Crafts at a Pittsburgh Life Underwriters banquet. It discusses virtue, temperance, and life worth living, interwoven with insurance ethics and mortality statistics.
A fragmentary poem presents a speaker railing at drink and intoxication. It invokes bourbon like Mountain Dew and Champagne as poisons that numb pain and shame while promising transcendence, ending with a grim taunt about humanity and poisoners’ power.
A cautionary piece on drink and degradation showing how intoxication shatters self restraint. It portrays a man waking to wounds and remorse, with moral reflection on the dangers of alcohol and the loss of dignity.
The piece portrays a recovering drinker waking, craving another debauch, and fearing the ruthless grip of alcohol. It argues habit grows like a disease, urges strength against the vice, and cites sober examples, warning the young to avoid wine’s seductive lure.
In a defiant stance against extremism, the author rejects villainizing either abstention or moderate drinking. The piece cites Sir Wilfred Lawson and historic figures to argue abstinence is not a virtue, while warning against superiority among drinkers. It also notes millionaire brewers in New York and wealth implications for workers.
A London temperance hospital reports treating over forty thousand patients without using alcohol. An English syndicate reportedly agreed to pay fifty million annually to Italy for monopoly over alcohol traffic. Belgium Denmark Great Britain Germany and the Netherlands reportedly join an accord against selling spirituous liquors in the North Sea. Ireland’s temperance league sees rising sentiment and argues liquor drains productivity. A Glasgow style quip about a whisky flask highlights drink’s ruinous effects on work and families. Mesien promotes an association to limit beer with clergy officers and professors among promoters. Absinth consumption has surged, overtaking wine as spirits grow more pervasive since 1883 leaving wine behind in alcoholics.
London artist James McNeill Whistler and Paris expatriate Du Maurier clash in a long running feud sparked by caricatures and a jibe in the novel Trilby. Whistler, born Lowell Mass and trained in Paris, became known for eccentric charm and fierce wit. He later lived in London and Paris, clashing with Du Maurier who mocked him in print, prompting sharp retorts about satire and friendship.
In Rochester several churches have introduced individual communion cups to replace shared chalices during the Lord's supper. North Baptist Church led by Rev. George F. Love Jr. first adopted the innovation, with other congregations following.
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