The Mission of Art by Dr Talmage on Pictures in Character
Dr Talmage argues art is a powerful divine instrument shaping character and salvation. He cites biblical engravings, classical paintings, and modern masters to show pictures educate, uplift, and admonish, urging patrons to fund galleries and institutions that buttress moral life and spiritual growth.
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Louis Klopsch
Washington
Talmage
Kingdom of the Bad
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Satan
Powers of
Darkness
Pliny the Elder
Vesuvius
Sin
David
Handel
Gottschalk
Ole Bull
Samson
Gaza
Elisha
Christ
Holman Hunt
Temple
Paul Veroupte
Raphael
Michael the Archangel
Albert Durer
Michael Angelo
Tintoretto
Egypt
Rubens
Leonardo da Vinci
Claude
Sheba
Bellini
Milan
Orcagns
Visions of Heaven and Civil War Imagery Stir Deep Reflections
A historical excerpt contrasts poverty with art and faith. It recalls cycloramas, Gettysburg, and celestial vision while noting artists like D C French and Mark Twain responding to culture. The passage blends moral exhortation with reflections on art, memory, and national character.
The Great Physician Heals Sin Within Us
The piece contrasts medical diagnosis with spiritual healing. It argues Christ addresses sin as the root disease, not mere symptoms, transforming the whole character rather than individual traits. Pray for Jesus to apply healing to the inner disease, and the painful symptoms will fade.
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Christ
Baptist Union
Palm Tree Uses and Descriptions Across Its Parts
The palm is praised as a blessed tree with medicinal roots and a trunk ideal for boards and canes. Leaves sprout from a central spire, forming large plumes that renew as old ones fall away. The center bud yields a palatable food, illustrating the plant’s versatile value and symbolism of enduring vigor.
Homeward bound child and drunken father in Chicago crowd
A seven or eight year old boy clings to a drunken man on a Lake Street corner in Chicago begging to go home. Bystanders intervene as the man resists and the child pleads, revealing a family misdirection toward Whiting Indiana. The scene prompts reflection on many similar cases in the city.
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Lake and
Fifty-second Streets
Fred Street
Whiting
Indiana
Chicago
Gleanings on Abstinence and Cigarette Profits
A compendium of brief quotes on temperance from various sources, noting abstinence in leaders and a German journal Die Enthalteamkeit. It cites the Crown Point post office move away from a saloon, a failed saloon petition at Oelwein, and a Lam beth county case illustrating cigarette profit margins, including cost of tobacco and production per 100 cigarettes.
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Italy
Lever
Lutzenburg Holstein
Die Enthalteamkeit
Crown Point
Ind
Post Office Department
Washington
Oelwein
Austin
Tex
Lambeth County Circuit
London Through French Eyes Excerpt Retold Lies and Destitute Streets
A fragment discusses historic cigarette branding and a London street scene. It notes the shift from Russian to Egyptian naming of cigarettes and contrasts foreign tobacco sourcing with the Turkish origin. It describes night crowds in London bars, their blank stares, and the cheap gin blend blamed for their misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
London
England
Paris Petit Journal Illustre
Dietetic causes of inebriety in a complex neurosis
The article outlines how heredity nutrition and other factors predate alcohol use and influence its effects. It cites T. D. Crothers and the Journal of Thebriety noting starvation of nerve centers and narcosis from alcohol masks pain. It stresses dietetic delusions, irregular meals, and nutrition as active causes needing correction and toxin removal.
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T. D. Crothers
M. D
Journal of Thebriety
Love Before Knowledge in Human Understanding
The passage reflects on how knowing a person often grows from love and how genuine affection can reveal facets of someone not seen before. It contrasts earthly knowledge leading to affection with the idea that heavenly truths must be saved and known first, attributed to Archbishop Trench and cited by the S. S. Times.
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Archbishop Trench
S. S. Times
Agitation Spreads Against Liquor in Western Europe
The movement against excessive liquor use extends across western Europe, with Alsace-Lorraine active under the Tue Cross league. It focuses on relieving misery from alcohol and, chiefly, preventive work among workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Belgium
Europe
Alsace-Lorraine
Tue Cross League
A Happy Soubrette in Harper's Bazaar Note
A soubrette in the piece is unusually upbeat after learning via telegram that her grandson has scored a hit in Chicago as Rip Van Winkle. The mood shift ties into theatrical wit and a family triumph highlighted by Harper’s Bazaar.
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Chicago
Rip van Winkle
Harper’s Bazar
California Raisins and Fancy Wish Grocery Lineup
A fragmented list shows items including California Raisins, Apricots, Prunes, Peaches, White Fish, and Maple Syrup with various prices. The text references brands like Fancy Wish and Golden Drips and notes packaging like bottles and per gallon pricing. The OCR yields a grocery items snapshot with multiple product names and obscure prices.
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Burg
Germany
Paul Gustave Dore
Abraham
Sarah
Joseph
Boaz
Ruth
Goliath
Cana
Babylon
London Art Gallery
Dore
Praetorium
God
Hogarth
Thomas Cole
Turner
West
Gen. Howe
Poussin
Richard Wilson
Charles I
Shaucer
Quentin Matsys
Mexico
Oliver Goldsmith
Asbury
America
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Allston
Inman
Greenough
Kennett
W. W. Corcoran
Philadelphia
Boston
Greenwood
Aberdeen
Tower of David
Cardinal Mazarin
Volapuk
Fine Arts
Dresden
Vienna
Naples
Royal Gallery
Universe
Church of God
Gettysburg
Jenny
Heaven
D. C
Sim Te m
White Fruit House
C. Dsc Coffee A. de
Tess Tike
Hyson
Japan
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Baltimore
California
Java
Togur
Sr Roods
Ixto
Gurpowiler
Pack
Mestic
Fish
Holland Dering
Georgia Bank
Brick
New Orleans
Harn
Joe Peter
Elley
Muscatel
Iman
Eer
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