Laughs in Heaven and Hell The Bible’s Key to Joy
A sermon explores laughter as a Bible theme from sacred mirth to divine judgment. Skepticism draws condemnation while Christian joy, even in suffering, reflects spiritual exultation. Heaven promises triumphant, communal laughter among redeemed.
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Sitteth
Rome
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Virgil
Augustus
Constantine
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Thebes
Nineveh
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Babylon
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John
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Lord Teach Us How To Pray In Dark Times
A reflective poem excerpt from the New York Observer urges guidance in prayer during dim paths and perilous fogs. It seeks divine teaching to stay close to the divine, to choose worthy aims, and to find blessing in grief and inner rebirth.
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Causes of crime and the hastening to riches
The piece analyzes the New York forgery case of Erastus Wiman as a cautionary tale about greed and the danger of chasing wealth. It argues the love of money corrupts judgment, fuels municipal corruption, and erodes conscience, warning that the longing to be rich leads to ruin and punishment.
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New York
Erastus Wiman
Ingraham
Eden
Wall Street
Wiman
N. Y
A Shining Light and a Sounding Fog Bell Tale
A narrator recalls landing near a cove with a lighthouse, fog-bell, and keeper guiding them with the bell. The tale likens the preacher to a light and the fog bell as a signaling mechanism amid the fog and mist along the shore.
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Sound
Lighthouse Light And The Christian Caller Sermon
A sermon by Lyman Abbott notes the preacher as a beacon of warning instruction and cheer. He compares a silent lighthouse tower to a Christian who shines without words, urging believers to let their light shine always.
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Lyman Abbett
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Reading and character in life and play
A compendium of precepts on character formation through real life experience not church teaching, with quotes from Henry Drummond and Northwestern Christian Advocate. It urges forgetting neighbor faults to increase happiness, living a consistent daily religion, and aiming to be a shining light like the sun, spreading benevolence.
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Datiel
Solis
New England
Prof
Henry Drummond
N. Y
Things to Think About from the Ram's Horn Columns
Reflections on self love sin forgiveness and living a Christian life urging daily effort prayer giving to others and steadfast faith. The piece warns against small sins and complacency while stressing personal responsibility, enduring trials, and influencing others toward righteousness.
Temperance Notes urge physicians to cease prescribing alcohol
A medical essay argues alcohol is not a stimulant but a narcotic poison, urging doctors to stop prescribing it for patients. It compares alcohol’s early excitatory phase to narcotics and cites risks like delirium tremens, urging physicians to adopt temperance and avoid saloon-driven prescriptions while stressing their moral influence on patients.
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Sim
Hell
Han
Tamike
Pits
Tack
Memphirs Medical Monthly
Parisian Drunkards and Global Drink Policies
Reports cite Dr. Paul Garnier describing a rise in alcoholic insanity in Paris with a link to homicide and the breeding of gutter children. Separate notes discuss India’s liquor revenue growth under a Christian government and Switzerland’s cantonal laws regulating drunkenness and saloon conduct.
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Prefecture of Police
Paris
Paul Garnier
Journal of
Switzerland
Ticino
Byrne
Zurich
Notes on temperance and alcohol impact voices
The piece cites an English syndicate offering fifty million lire annually for Italy's alcohol traffic monopoly. It recalls a Paris expert linking rising nervous and mental diseases to beer and absinthe, noting more bartenders and child spine ailments amid drinking. It stresses warnings to the young about alcohol as poison.
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Italy
Mary H. Vent
National W. C. T. U
Scientific Temperance Instruction
United States
Territories
Paris
M. Charles Pere
France
Japan maples shine in gardens with varied forms
The article notes about 60 to 70 maple species, highlighting Acer palmatum and A. japonicum from Japan as prized for their variegated, deeply cut forms. It cites Gardening editor guidance on hardiness around Boston and recommends moist soil, shelter, and winter protection. It also contrasts age-related branch loss and seasonal color shifts with other Japanese shrubs.
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China
Japan
Gardening
Hydrangea varieties and winter care notes
The native hydrangeas are hardy medium shrubs with large light green leaves. Japanese introductions such as H paniculata grandiflora are especially valuable for their foliage and hardiness. Some varieties need winter protection while grown in pots or boxes, with summer placement along shaded walks.
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Japan
China
E. Otaksa
New York
Philadelphia
Quaker Women in New England and the Turkish Sultan
A 17th century account notes two early Quaker women Ann Austin and Mary Fisher arriving in New England and being imprisoned. Fisher later traveled to the Ottoman Empire meeting Sultan Mohammed IV who granted her audience and protection. The piece contrasts Muslim tolerance with Christian intolerance and cites Roger Williams.
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New England
Turkey
Ann Austin
Mary Fisher
Barbados
Orient
Mohammed IV
Marty Fisher
Old
New Zeland
Froi
Constantinople
Roger Williams
Oscar Straus
Carnations and horticultural notes from a historic bulletin
The article lists new carnations tested for size form and color including Ada Byron from Massachusetts Adelaide Kres ken from Ohio Annie Pixley from Pennsylvania and Bouton d Or a French variety with lemon yellow petals and scarlet stripes It notes J H Hale of South Glastonbury Conn was elected president of the American Nurserymen association and argues for cold storage rooms at fruit shipping centers The piece includes stray phrases and dialog about peaches fruit storage and household chatter from a newspaper page fragment.
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Ada Byron
Masechusetta
Grace Wilder
Adelaide Kresken
Ohio
Annie Pixley
Pennsylvania
J. H. Hale
South Glastonbury
Conn
American Nurserymen’s Association
Peter Eee
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