The Cross of Jesus Christ A Center of Christianity
Rev A C Dixon argues that the cross is the greatest fact and act in history. God loves sinners and Christ died for us making mercy possible with justice, providing life at its best and true liberty and peace through self sacrifice.
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Moody Church
Chicago
The
Christian Herald
Paul
Corinthians
Jesus Christ
Edinburgh
Castle Rock
God
Robert Anderson
Christ
Lfe
The Hidden Music Beyond Everyday Labor
A visitor in Amsterdam hears no music from St Nicholas chimes inside the tower yet hears clanging from wooden gloves. Across the world the gentle music of lives well lived blesses others, though unseen at home. The piece compares noisy toil with distant heavenly harmony.
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Amsterdam
St. Nicholas
Heaven
Earth
Michigan Christian Advocate
Cheerful Conversations Avoiding Personal Detailing
A quotation attributed to John Hall urges keeping conversations free of personal attack and gossip. It emphasizes focusing on ideas and objects, avoiding character dissections, and maintaining gentleness and charity in discourse to preserve a pure, humane atmosphere.
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John Hall
Courage and Gratitude Amid Life's Trials
A contemplative poem by Celia Laighton Thaxter speaks of choosing hope over despair. The speaker describes bearing daily sorrows with faith, finding strength in divine gifts, and trusting that dark skies yield a bright, redeeming day. The voice urges to accept sorrow with gratitude until joy returns.
Two Golden Days by Robert J Burdette
The essay exhorts living one day at a time, noting yesterday and tomorrow as God's days. The speaker Evelynly resolves not to worry about yesterday's mistakes or tomorrow's uncertainties, trusting divine love to carry both past and future, and focusing on today.
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God
God the Almienty
The Boy Who Delivers Fish Becomes a Rising Hope
Ben a coast fisher boy with a singing voice and bright mind earns trust and admiration. He selflessly works days and studies by night with support from minister Mr Davis, proving a future beyond sea and shore.
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Margaret
Davis
Isaiah Vineyard Lesson and Temperance Call to Action
The article analyzes Isaiah's vineyard imagery as a metaphor for Israel's faithfulness and failure, noting the watchtower in heaven and the perils of idolatry and drunkenness. It contrasts biblical lessons with modern temperance pushes, urging total abstinence and public health efforts against liquor. It cites Beecher, Sing as walks, and Chapman's Particeps Criminis to highlight societal dangers and corrective zeal.
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Tipind
Bee
Siemens
United States
Isaiah
Confidence as a Spur to Achievement
An Oxford tutor predicts Lord Lansdowne will become foreign secretary, noting belief can drive success. The tale extends to a Sunday school story about a boy inspired by confidence, rushing home to report he has sawn enough wood, illustrating how belief fuels effort and progress.
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Jowett
BaHdl College
Oxford
Lord Lansdowne
Betted on the Boy's Daily Labor
A father bets a quarter the boy will finish the pile before supper. The boy accepts, vows to prove himself, and returns to work. The moral praises putting youth to the test to build character, citing belief and steady effort as keys to becoming a man.
Goodbye to Mother on Streetcar in Washington Scene
A Nebraska representative and his farm family rode a crowded streetcar last Sunday. A white haired woman, the young man, and his sister prepared to depart while a church transfer sparked the mother to bid farewell. The conductor urged movement as a silk hat passenger mused on timing.
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Norris
Nebraska
Washington
Union Station
Allyl
Church Kneeling Prayer Tradition Echoed in Cleveland Leader
The Cleveland Leader hints at a practice where congregants might kneel and pray on the spot. The note underscores piety and communal worship as a recognizable feature of local faith life.
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Cleveland
Bible Influence Shapes English Literature Across Ages
Dr T H Pattison notes biblical roots in major works from Job inspiring Thanatopsis to Bryant, Jeremiah fueling Byron's Darkness, and Paul's resurrection in Milton and Tennyson's In Memoriam. He argues Bible text shaped Wordsworth, Spencer, Cowper, Browning, Emerson, Longfellow, Lowell, and Whittier, linking poets to the manse or meeting house.
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T. H. Pattison
Job
Bryant
Jeremiah
Byron
Wordsworth
Paul
Spencer
Red Cross
Milton
Tennyson
Moore
Willis
Cowper
Robert Browning
Emerson
Longfellow
Lowell
Whittier
What One Bible Did
A Welsh minister left his church to serve as missionary to Assam. When villagers learned there was no preacher, they sent for the gospel. A copy of John's Gospel was sent and three months later a note on a blank leaf urged the missionary to teach the children. The helper and schoolboys drew crowds as an old man declared that God has revealed himself to men.
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Margaret
Ben
Jane
The
Christian Herald
Isaiah
Italy
God
New York
New Jersey
China
India
Africa
Brother Man
Geronimo
Miles
Christian Endeavor
Israel
Ewald
Wales
Assam
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