Straining for a Gnat and Swallowing a Camel Sermon
The preacher explores the Christ parable about straining out a gnat yet swallowing a camel. He lampoons zeal about minor religious scruples while ignoring large moral faults in society and within the church. He calls for balance, wit, and vigilance against hypocrisy, urging focus on eternal priorities over petty refinements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lous Klopsch
Washington
Christ
Plen
Uood
Orn
Heigor
Elijah
Jouder
Job
Herod
Matthew Henry
John Bunyan
Chrysostom
George Herbert
Robert South
George Whitefield
Jeremy Taylor
Rowland Hill
Ashael Nettletoon
Charles G. Finney
Sahara
Apostle Paul
Judas
Maryland
Church of God
John Milton
Satan
United States
Liverpool
New York
Saratoga
Paris
Geneva
Switzerland
Fourth Ward
Cartion
Not All Reliable Trade Talks and Prohibition Fears
Analyzed trade balances show China running a large but misleading surplus due to uncounted barter with Corea Mongolia and Thibet. Reports say $12,000,000 leaves China yearly via remittances. Suez and Hong Kong credit shifts skew data. US and Japan gain in the orient at Britain, France and Germany's expense. Plus notes warn of French anxieties over drink and Belgium Germany cross border temperance moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
State Department
Corea
Mongolia
Thibet
Great Britain
Suez Canal
Hong Kong
United States
Japan
Orient
France
Germany
la Petite Republique
England
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Port wine abstainers dominate church leadership influence
The text lists archbishops and bishops in Britain and Ireland identified as abstainers from alcohol. It notes that among Anglican hierarchs and Irish clergy, several dioceses feature leaders who champion temperance, while some Irish bishops are also abstainers. The fragment hints at broader temperance discourse and religious authority shaping attitudes toward drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of Temperance
Canterbury
Carndle
Chiiceter
Durham
Gloucester
Lichfield
Newcastle
Peterborough
St. Asaph’s
St. David's
Thetford
Stepeny
Southamton
Crediton
Derby
Judge declares drunkenness disgraceless in Kansas divorce case
The Concordia Kansan recounts Judge Sturgis denying divorce on grounds of habitual drunkenness, saying the drunkard brings disgrace on himself and his family. A later courtroom scene shows an old California miner seeking his son, raising funds and finding closure as the son is revealed in the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Concordia Kansan
Sturgis
O'Flanigan
Californy
O’flanigan’s
New York
Judge
California
Temperance Bits Scattered Facts Across Nations And Cities
Compilation notes temperance trends from Red Jacket Michigan to Paris and France to Boston, with figures on saloons per city, wine and spirit policies, and high school attendance at lectures. It cites UK temperance protest, a list of British Medical Council membership, and Birmingham crime pamphlet questioning responsibility amid rising arrests and jails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Jacket
Mich
Boston
California Senate
France
Paris
New York
Aspatria Agricultural Society
Wilfrid Lawson
Howat
H. A
London Temperance Hospital
Hampstead Read
Benjamin W. Richardson
British Medical Temperance Association
British Medical Council
Sir B. W. Richardson
Association
Prisoner Interrogation Echoes From Contested Barracks
In a terse exchange an officer commands, Sergeant, bring in your prisoners, while the room echoes with terse taunts and uncertain claims. A guarded dispute over identities and loyalties unfolds in the dim hall.
Faith and Confidence in Divine Care
A devotional line quotes Rev. T. Jefferson Danner praising steadfast faith and trust in God who holds us in his hands and sustains all things by his power, highlighting spiritual assurance and blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
T. Jefferson Danner
Grocery prices and assorted preserved foods in error
A cluttered OCR listing shows canned vegetables like tomatoes and corn, peaches, apricots, prunes, raisins, and peaches, plus white fish, maple syrup, oils, teas, spices, and candies with scrambled spellings and prices. It resembles a shopping catalog or ad page with numerous misread items and inconsistent formatting.
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Sis Sring
Dr. Talmage
Lebanon
Stephen Matthews
Palestine
William Smith
O'flanigan’s
Graybeard
Californ
Helena Laughton
Union Signal
Temperance
Birmingham
The
United Kingdom Alliance
Winson Green
Hia Predi
Ai Sen
White Fruit House
Seth
Java
Sheen
Jebbee
Young Hyson
Hyson
Baltimore
NBL
Domestic and
Geogia
New Orleans
Otis
Rhenia Angelica
Allen
Cater
Esate
Wwe
Gea
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