The Palace of Joseph and Jacob in filial love
In a Talmage sermon, the bond between Joseph and Jacob is exalted as a model of parental reconciliation and late-life visitation. The pastor urges honoring aged parents, describes Joseph's reception of Jacob in the Egyptian palace, and extols the virtue of filial fidelity amid poverty, distance, and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Anna Ross
Margaret Breckinridge
Mary Shetton
Anna Etheridge
Georgiana Willets
Fair Oaks
Lookout Mountain
Chancellorsville
John and Paul
Christ
London Tower
Golconda
Will Carletop
Micah
Absalom
Epaminondas
Aeneas
Troy
Anchises
Ruth
Naomi
John Lawrence
Colchester
Jacob
Joseph
Jesus Christ
Porphyry
Goshen
Earth
Palaes
Richard Haxter
Ayshite Bunyan
Celestial City
Young
Paraphrase from Bishop Andrewea De votions
Sunday reading paraphrase from Bishop Andrewea expresses devotion and requests forgiveness for sins. The text includes prayers for grace, purity, virtuous thoughts, and a Christian death free of sin. It asks God to grant virtuous thoughts and a blessed afterlife for the writer and spouse.
The Class That Wins and Silent Powerful Forces
Ambition over doubt shapes a Christian view of strength, love, and transformation. The piece argues that quiet, unseen forces guide history and that courage, faith, and unselfish devotion empower change beyond public acclaim.
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Rocky Mountains
Chicago
Alva
Holland
Republic
Newfoundland
Alaskan
Lough Old World
Christendom
Christ
Struggle for Attainment in Life and Hope
The text argues life centers on striving for worthy attainment in education, status, or acquisition. It notes that reaching the end may prove unsatisfying, while failure causes disappointment, yet the pursuit itself can bless a life, as the hope of a promised land motivates early career and effort.
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Dewot
Archin
Bart
Moses Wis
Musas
Moses Painel
Neendoshiuk
Cided
Ib Tn
Holy Land
Moses
Caleb
Hiss
S. Ss
Wma
Rambling Reflections on Faith and Labor Moralized
Disjointed and stylized religious musings comment on devotion, preachers, wealth, and temptation. The text contrasts faith with worldly aims, urging belief, endurance, and humility while noting flaws among ministers, merchants, and believers.
Prisoner protests innocence as ring tale reveals past
A drunken man on trial insists he is not a thief after a ring found in his pocket is identified with a late mother. He recounts a fall from wealth to poverty, pleads for mercy, and reveals the ring long tied him to memory. A bystander’s testimony sways the case when the true owner reappears.
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Joseph
Rachel
Millard Fillmore
United States
Theodosius
Jacob
Greenhorn
Padanaram
Machpelah
Goshen
Goliath
Gadabwass
Christ
Titan
Cad
Imine
Frank L. Wells
Demorest’s Magazine
England
Archdeacon Farrar
Contemporary Review
Temperance Vows and the Call for Self Restraint
A speech urging the triple pledge for self and brother from temperance rhetoric. It emphasizes bodily purity, avoidance of alcohol to protect the weak, and the moral duty to others while referencing religious figures and the example of Christ.
The Best Husband
A speaker argues strict sobriety defines a good husband and father citing Demorest's Magazine. He warns the U S faces a drunken generation with one drunkard per forty two adults and urges wives to pressure husbands to abstain from strong drink.
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United States
Roem
Anthony Comstock
Demorest
Temperance Stance Across Nations and Courts
A Waldeck ordinance bans marriage licenses to alcohol addicts while global temperance moves push for stricter liquor control. The New York board cautions confectioners on brandy drops for children. Vanderbilt kin celebrate a sober wedding feast. Turned to England, the Liberal Federation seeks criminal penalties for drinks sales to minors and shifts liquor oversight to citizens. The piece condemns alcohol as a societal cancer harming morality, economy, and commerce.
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Hum Board of Health
New York
Board of Excise
Board of Health
Vanderbilt
Subirrigation and heliotrope care for dry times
A discussion on improving tree irrigation through modified subirrigation devices using perforated tiles or boxes to deliver liquids to roots, plus the need for mobile water carts. It also covers heliotrope bloom year round, suggesting mid‑summer cuttings for winter bloom and weekly liquid manure, with temperatures not dropping below 45 degrees at night and 60–63.5 degrees day.
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Europe
Souvenir roses and plant demand across regions
Souvenir de S. A. Prince praised as a premier white rose and fragrant variety. Haste described as pale yellow and high quality. Seedling and new novelties growing, with broad off season options. Major regional demand trends include geraniums, coleus, roses, verbenas, heliotropes, carnations, palms, ferns. South favors chrysanthemums and palms. California leads in roses and carnations. Included anecdotes range from humorous quotes to brief social jests.
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S. A. Prince
California
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Talmage
Wlalt
Egypt
T. DeWitt Talmage
Abia
Genesis Azeoob
Galen
Lord Bacon
Joseph Crete
Penn‘ay
Perapa
Panenna
Ved
Anya
Thariot
Pom
Jeégle
Joseph Phow
Wen
Shep
Presbyterian Observer
Bettter
Andrewea
Weseey
Madoel
Brody Ted Pod
J. B.C. Smedes
N.Y
Lear Reader
Sea of Hife
Pold
FOOD
Thought
Rams
Ey Te Vegess Fabss Bey
Ahhh
Temperance Vows
Adam
Maud Petite
Avin
Pagneaed
Waldeck
Germany
Carlisle
Turn Woman's Liberal Federation of England
Oachard
Wil
Aimestis
Bipiee
Gamsl
Detroit Free
Mr. Glibleigh
Miss Sourleigh
New York World
Washington
Wesler
Wealer
Chicago Herald
Ington Star
Lincoln
Young Hyson
Best
Brasil
Rio
Java
Baltimore
Green Gages, Inc
Nestafoot
New Orleans
Kentucky
Vermont
Tse
Caloris
Muscatela
London
Mall Pond Sera
Cox
Kelly
Dublin
Fort Wayne
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