The World Without God A Sermon On Infidelity
In a May 14 sermon, Dr. Talmage warns that defeating Christianity would plunge humanity into universal cold and moral collapse. He contrasts Christian uplift of women with barbaric pagan cultures, denounces infidelity, and imagines an army of atheists attacking churches, schools, missions, and graves, predicting social ruin without divine guidance.
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Louis Kiopsch
Washington
Talmage
Tropics
Arctic
Antarctic
Cotopaxi
Vesuvius
Etna
Stromboli
California
Globe
Hemisphere
Universal Nova Zembia
Christ
Hell
Eider
St. Peters and St. Pauls
Temples
Tabernacles
Philanthropies
Bethlehem
Greenwood’s
Laurel Hill
Jesus
Heaven
Pelion
Ossa
Pearl
Wim
Sandwich Islands
India
Dr. Duff
David Abeel
China
Dr. King
Greece
Judson
Burma
David Stainerd
The
Cross
London Missionary Society
American Board of Foreign Missions
Earth
Parliament
London
Josephus
Jerusalem
God’s light to warm nations gospel spectrum vision
The speaker proclaims Christianity as a global light uniting nations. He describes the Gospel as a sun bringing colors of earth and heaven, predicts Great Britain United States and their alliances will dominate Europe Asia Africa for God, with biblical echo.
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Earth
Heaven
Great Britain
Europe
United States
America
Asia
Africa
Zerubbabel
Praise of American Bench Noted at London Banquet
Ambassador Joseph H. Choate and Baron Russell of Kilclownen headlined a Hardwicke Society banquet in London. Lord Russell lauded the American bench commenting on the U S system's merits and demerits and praised the U S Supreme Court while noting Choate as a leading American legal figure. Choate praised U S justice as satisfactory and litigation as cheaper, urging remedies in courts. both sides of the Atlantic showed similar lawyerly sentiments.
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Joseph H. Choate
United States
Baron Russell
Killowen
England
Hardwicke Society
London
Lord Russell
United States Supreme Court
Choate
Tady and Sammy Clash Over Moving Plans in Harlem Life
In Harlem Life a dialogue shows Tady planning to move to a neighbor’s home while his little boy questions who will stay. Sammy vows to break the windows when Tady leaves, signaling tension and potential mischief as the house changes hands.
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Tady
Sammy
Harlem
Alcoholic Somnambulism and Medico Legal Implications
Dr. Francotte of Liege reports a study on alcoholic somnambulism, a state where actions occur without recollection. A cited case shows a man arrested for disorderly conduct later confessing to drinking far away, with 48 hours of amnesia. The paper argues this condition, seen in degenerate or psychically weak individuals, may negate responsibility and bears medico legal significance.
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Francotte
Liege
Neutrologisches Centralblatt
The Advocate's Epigrams Tale of Drink and Duty
A caustic collection of epigrams warns against drinking and sin. The verses rail at saloons and drunkenness while urging sobriety and moral reform. It also hints at biblical and religious themes and critiques religious creeds and standard revisions.
Adam's Ale and the Lesson of Moderation in Drinking
In a rural scene Father Welden drinks from a jug of Adam's ale on a hot day while a thirsty young man watches. The older man extols temperance, claiming the simple drink refreshes without harm, and offers guidance to avoid stronger beverages. The tale ends noting Adam's ale as the drink God supplied for Adam in Eden.
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America
Perdition
Father Welden
Palmer Welden
Ray Adam
Bill
Adam
Garden of Eden
Old Pledge Against Drinks Tests Self Control on Board
A traveler from America recalls a steamer scene where a passenger repeatedly urged a man to drink. The man declined, explaining that even a quarter of a glass would trap him in drinking. The tale, from The Quiver, underscores the danger of temptation and self discipline. A National Magazine correspondent shares an old pledge advocating total abstinence to improve health virtue and national welfare.
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America
National Magazine
United States
Saloonkeepers Barred by New Rule Upheld
Wisconsin saloonkeeper linked to Modern Woodmen challenged a rule barring liquor sellers from membership. The supreme court upheld the rule as constitutional. In Liverpool, Drisk deaths cited by William Carter show 1896 annual temperance fatalities at 91 per million men and 52 per million women, rising especially among women.
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Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Liverpool
William Carter
Dangers of Alcohol At Paris Medical Society Meeting
At a Paris Hospitals Medical Society session, M Legendre urged public education against drinking. He proposed lantern shows with anatomical demonstrations and distributed a patient leaflet warning that most hospital diseases stem from alcohol. The leaflet cautions that all alcoholic drinks are dangerous and highlights risks from absinthe and aromatics.
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Paris Hospitals
Medical Society
London Lancet
M. Legendre
An Old Man's Testimony on Abstinence and Health
An 86 year old Friends member, George Dixon, testifies that abstinence from alcohol and tobacco preserved his health through travels from Newfoundland to the Isthmus of Panama. He urges youth to avoid pipes and cheap cigarettes seen in ragged streets. The piece then notes Germany's 1900 law requiring treatment for habitual drunkards under curatorship, aimed at protecting the individual and family.
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George Dixon
Society of Friends
Newfoundland
Panama
Equator
Germany
Hanover
Sentinel
Alcohol and health dangers warned in medical notice
The text warns that alcohol harms the stomach liver kidneys and brain, excites without strengthening, and removes appetite for food. It claims heavy drinkers risk illness and fatal delirium, weakens lungs causing consumption, and that parental drinking leads to deformed or mentally disabled children or deaths from fits.
Variety of groceries and wines on sale with bulk items
Advertises diverse goods including coffee beans, sugars, oils, syrups, and wines with prices per pound or gallon. Mentions Labrador herring, Maple products, domestic wines like Catawba and Sherry, Kuemmel liqueurs, and whiskies. Notes a sale line and store layout details, urging savings of at least 2 percent.
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Barbary
Borneo
Tartary
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Hindustan
Chine
Bar
Boy
the Advocate
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Adam's Ale
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adame
White Fruit House
A. dc
Java
Young Hyson
Youngs Hyson
Hyson
Japan
Baltimore
Fish
Georgia Bank
New Orleans
Wallon
Villa
France
Hattle Ax
J.T. Best
Kelley Isl
Kelley Island
California Moscatel
Pest
Jinoleum
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