Everlasting Rest sermon by Rev. Talmage on not resting here
The sermon proclaims that worldly life offers no true rest and urges joining a “regiment of redeemed souls” to reach heavenly rest. It contrasts fame and power with ultimate peace in heaven, recounting biblical and historical figures to illustrate life’s restless pursuit and the solace of eternal rest.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Maine
Tion
Quist
Cape Hat
Sven
Sen
Pip
Marshfield
Jeffrey
Alexander
Burns
Napoleon
Europe
Versailles
St. Mielena
Tsabylon
Thebes
Ninevah
California
Holy Sepulcher
Christ
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
Scovill McCallum
Jordan
David Trimmphant
Absadon
Abraian
Sarah
Paul Excultant
Payson
Patience and Preparation Shape Lifelong Masters of Craft
A Boston Watchman inspired piece argues patience as a disciplined temper, urging thorough study and long-term effort over shortcuts in ministry, law, medicine, and other professions. It stresses rest and steady growth, warning against rushing careers for quick results. It also coats a moral note on avoiding overattention to reputation and honoring God’s view above public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Watchman
Wesley
Rock of Ages in a distant hymn on a lonely estate
Poet Frank L Stanton presents a religious fragment themed around the hymn Rock of Ages. A contemplative woman, weary from a tedious day, longs for mercy as night settles on a mansion and city street. Her whispered prayer and the clarion hymn trigger a healing, transformative moment.
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Sina
Mercy
Unhappy Pessimists Undermine Progress In Churches And Society
The column argues that pessimists and grumblers harm church life and social progress. It contrasts true character with reputation, noting hypocritical piety and deceptive benevolence. It urges readers to seek the best in others, practice charity, and avoid constant complaint and cynicism.
Beautiful Death and Christian Living Reflections
A reflective piece on death as beautiful when God’s purposes are fulfilled, quoting Phillips Brooks. It contrasts beauty of death with life’s struggles and argues true Christianity shows itself by helping others through love, service, and neighborly acts.
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Brooks
Lam
God
Nev
GW Wetherbe
Epigrammatic Sayings Reflect Faith and Temptation
A collection of moral maxims on faith, virtue, trials, and sin. Observations warn that even good deeds must be sincere, pride and unbelief uncover weak foundations, and steadfast trust in God marks the righteous. The sayings urge restraint, charity, and living by Christlike principles.
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Christ
Cid
Biel
Trad
The Sad Story of a Wayward Son Temperance Tale
An Irish American family saga tracks a mother’s enduring hope for her son who leaves home amid temperance debates and romance. After Civil War years apart, letters fade, fortunes rise and fall, and a hospital revelation ends with a sorrowful return and prayerful resignation.
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Tina Taeane
Ghortii Goseeha
Asa
Christ
Jie
California
Peter
Herald
Sacramento
Ond
Gail
Ani
Emily Me
Aden
Union
A Warning Word Against the Deadly Cup
A tense dinner scene unfolds as a man offers wine while a woman weighs the danger, noting home drinking habits and a hidden warning about trust, temptation, and potential peril in a fragile relationship. The dialogue hints at fear and cautious restraint before a tragic influence fully unfolds.
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eNo
Dia
Artul Liquee
LD Tiuk
A Springfield Restaurateur Inspires a Family Turnaround
A man who ran a saloon explains how his son’s complaint about their father’s trade sparked him to quit and open a reputable restaurant. He sold the liquor business, found gentler customers, and now enjoys a peaceful home with his wife and son keeping their word.
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Alan
Springfield
Julia Billings
Notes on temperance and world events from diverse sources
A compilation of remarks on temperance, health, and social issues. Notable items include a Reichstag estimate of delirium tremens hospitalizations, calls to curb the liquor trade, historical drinking data from Switzerland, Fort Worth arrests for drunkenness, a Toronto temperance award for students, Massachusetts funding for liquor-related research, and reflections from officials on abstinence pledges. Also noted are a Turin centenarian countess, a Sierra Leonean consul, and a Doddridge Christmas hymn context.
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Reichstag
Germany
Africa
James Johnson
Switzerland
Fort Worth
Tex
Ohe
Canadian Temperance League
Toronto
Massachusetts
State Bureau of Statistics
Erie
Cean LB. Gough
Sigs
Hon. B. Bowrer
United States
Sierra Leone
Fragmented Bible Puzzle Clues on Ezra and Related Figures
The item presents a scrambled puzzle listing biblical references including Ezra, Abraham’s nephew, an apostle, an Ishmaelite city on a route, a high priest servant, a prophet, a city of divine appearance to a patriarch, a Suzan nah letter, a central coin, and a diagonal reading. It appears as a cryptic newspaper puzzle fragment with mixed punctuation and OCR errors.
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Ezra
Abraham
Suzannah
Vital
Behold a Puzzle of Beheadings and Central Acrostics
A collection of word games and ciphers from St Nicholas issues, featuring charades where the diagonal reveals a famous German writer, acrostics that spell ancient names, word squares and beheadings with playful definitions and concealed clues.
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St Nicholas
Numerical Enigma and Miscellaneous Puzzles Listed
A listing of several puzzle items numbered 191 through 900 includes word play and riddle types such as transpositions charades pictorial acrostics and a poultry problem. It mentions examples like Evil communications corrupt good manners a fishpond with fish names and a hidden creatures section with various animals.
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Air-da- Chapelie
Traveling Bag Marketing Prank Ends in Grocery Surprise
A New York Herald tale recounts a marketing idea by a young wife using a traveling bag to carry goods to market. A brother visiting unexpectedly opens the bag at the sister’s table to find groceries and samples instead of a nightshirt, revealing the bag’s misused voyage and a humorous twist. The piece mixes anecdotes from Herald and World.strip
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Lou
Buffalo
New York Herald
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Egypt
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Isis
Christian Inquirer
William of Orange
Alaluia Lincoln
Eva
Phillips Brooks
Ram's Horn Wisdom
Temperance
N. Y
Alesio
Turin
Moscow
Hark
Philip Doddridge
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Italy
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Mount
Jura
Laconia
Pelopomnesus
Bobby
New York
Ie Ot Dan Toro
Lincoln
Congress
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Reed
Neal
Brasil
Dean Are
Best
Java
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Vermont
Calrys Muncatela
London
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Fort Wayne
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