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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1899

Page

11

Brilliant Bitterness and the Wormwood Star

Dr Talmage contrasts selfless living with the Attila the Hun legend to warn that power can corrupt. He describes Attila as the Scourge of God, his sieges and mass slaughter, and uses the tale to urge readers to become benevolent stars rather than wormwood, spreading grace through faith and deeds.

The Rise of Babylon and the Dawn of a Free Nation

A vivid ode contrasts Babylon's downfall with a newly freed shore. It recounts pilgrims, Huguenots, aborigines, and a nation built by diverse peoples. It celebrates industry, railways, ships, and commerce uniting 70 million souls in faith, learning, and mercy.

Babylon Maine South Carolina Ohio Alaska

Pictures Through Insect Lenses

A late marvel is taking pictures through an insect eye. Mr. YF W Saxby notes a dragon fly head yields 25 900 lenses so tiny that a million could not cover a square inch yet each can produce a recognizable photograph.

YF. W. Saxby

Glove maker unveils washable glazed leather process

A German glove producer near Carlsbad claims a chrome tanning supplemented method creates glazed leather for gloves that can be washed without color loss and remains pliant while resisting heat and cold.

Carlsbad Germany

Points For Christians and the Christian Way

A fragment from religious periodicals discusses Christian duties and attitudes. It quotes Standard, Congregationalist, Watchman, United Presbyterian and others on faith, kindness, suffering, and devotion. It recalls Justin Martyr, Sir J William Dawson, Thomas More, and a moral note on mortality and eternity.

United Presbyterian Heaven Jesus Justin Martyr N. S J. William Dawson Christ

Choose Thou for Me Poem by Robert Whitaker

A lyric meditation on surrendering life’s choices to divine will. The speaker asks God to select paths, burdens, and rewards, trusting the will to be the best. The poem emphasizes rest in divine guidance rather than earthly longevity or riches.

Robert Whitaker Chicago Standard

Praying and Expecting in a Prayer Meeting

Spurgeon recounts a Edinburgh schoolboy urging prayer for his sister to read the Bible. The boy leaves to see her reading Bible for the first time, illustrating faithful expectation for answers to prayer and urging believers to keep candles lit for divine light.

Spurgeon Edinburgh Johnny Johnny 2 John

Those That Fail and the Value of Silent Work

A speaker argues success is not measured by material achievement but by discipline and enduring effort. Lifelong learning, skilled craft, and unseen studies shape value more than visible outcomes, with the bridge builder and the scholar gaining worth through persistent work regardless of worldly recognition.

Words on failure glory and Heaven by James M. Ludlow sketch

The article reflects on William Black and other great figures, arguing that true reward lay in the doing, not in fame or wealth. It critiques fame, recounts ethical stances, and presents a tale about Whitefield reproving revelers at a public house, illustrating steadfast piety.

William Black Heaven Michael Angela St. Peter's Sistine Chapel Leonardo St. Francis Brotherhood of Help Luther Livingston Africa Beth- Schem Mohson Christ Ife Job James M. Ludlow The Independent Whitefield

Faithfulness, Duty, and Comfort in Christian Life

A Michigan Advocate excerpt recalls turning to sleep after effort and contrasts human duty with the law of right. It argues fidelity brings comfort and that results are not the measure of duty but faithfulness to God and moral action.

Earth Whitefield Michigan Advocate

He Shall Not See Death Funeral Sermon at United Presbyterian

A pastor cited Jesus saying he who keeps my sayings shall never see death at the funeral of a good man. The deceased passed suddenly and did not fear death, entering peacefully into the presence of the Saviour. United Presbyterian.

Jesus United Presbyterian

Marriage Statistics Show Age Gap Trends Among Grooms

Study of 1000 marriages reveals 322 men wed younger women, 570 marry women of the same age, and remaining marry older women.

Local Grocery Ad Offers Priced Canned Goods and Fish

A historical grocery ad lists various items with prices including good brown sugar four cents extra yellow wax and coffee at forty two cents. California Raisins peaches and apricots feature prices and offers for white fish and mackerel kits.

California

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