Holy Compulsion in Christian Invitation Sermon
Rev Dr Talmage urges Christians to compel sinners to come to Christ through holy living, kindly admonition, earnest prayer, and simple gospel invitation. He contrasts worldly ease with spiritual duty, warns against metaphysical jargon, and shares examples of personal influence and prayer moving others toward salvation.
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Angels of God
London
God
Christ
Amon
Father
Tim
Vienna
Bucher
Jesus Christ
Earth
Heaven
Keep Young and Guard Old Home Ties
A collection of essays urges maintaining youthfulness in mind and spirit, citing Galileo and Gladstone as examples. It stresses loving the old home, staying connected with family, and letting work nourish character. Also warns that attempts to be a moderate drinker resemble handling dynamite without consequence.
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Galileo
Cato
Ogilby
Gladstone
Kate Field
Washington
Commit Thy Way A Prayer Poem From Sunday Reading
This short devotional piece seeks divine guidance in life’s journey. The speaker asks the Lord to lead, protect, and illuminate the path through darkness and uncertainty, trusting steadiness until reaching a promised homeland of safety and truth.
Quiet Hours for Meditation and Prayer Necessary
This piece urges Christians to balance outward religious activity with inner meditation and prayer. It cites biblical figures and literary examples, stressing that solitary study and contemplation deepen faith. It warns against constant organization and sermon listening, advocating restful periods to renew spiritual power.
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Fenelon
Taylor
Pascal
David
Walter Scott
Brunel
Bunyan
Tower of London
Releigh
Mirabeau
Vincennes
Milton
Moses
Christ
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Castle of
Wartburg
Luther
The Father Careth Illustration of a Child and Engine
A child stands before a vast factory engine under a protective eye of a father. The boy, eager and pale, repeats go go go as the loom weaves his garment while the father notes the child’s exhaustion and urges a pause as day ends.
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Go—go—go
The Demands of Life and Duty Across The Self
A 1900s era meditation on duty, self development, and moral responsibility. It argues life is a continuous call to action to God, others, and self, warning idleness as disobedience and urging steady development of personal faculties for the glory of God and welfare of fellow men. It also references patience in distress and the strength of elasticity over rigidity.
True Sayings Nuggets for the Soul from the Ram's Horn
A collection of pious maxims on virtue, faith, wealth, honesty, and devotion. It blends warnings about worldly pleasure with calls to sincere religious living and trust in God. Notable themes include unselfish love, integrity, the dangers of materialism, and the impact of genuine faith on daily conduct.
Temperance Coffee Wins Over Beer in Harvest Field
John Drake vexed by a beer strike as harvesters expect grog. Mary Drake, secretly temperance minded, sets up a coffee booth with daisies and a stove for the mowers. The men praise the coffee and cream, the drink replaces beer, and Drake vows to abandon beer at harvest and favors temperance politics.
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John
Mary Drake
Illinois
Mary Mandell
Mary
Florence Higginon
Union Signal
Drinking in Public Increases Saloon Patronage Changes
A neighboring city interview with a saloon proprietor argues the best days of the saloon as an institution have passed though larger cities may show different trends. The piece notes stable saloon numbers and unclear profits while observing shifts in patron classes across old and new cities over time.
Chicago saloon trends show shift from crowd drinking to discreet use
Chicago Herald notes a revolution in saloon patronage. Businessmen avoid crowds at bars, preferring solitary drinks near hotels or away from work, with fewer after-theaters sessions and hotel guests drinking little. The era of universal daytime drinking has ended, though liquor remains widely consumed and abstinence reform not universal. A separate item cites Paris consuming more beer, while southern French towns lead wine intake per head. A tale from Lewiston recounts Neal Dow era reform curbing alcohol abuse.
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France
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Toulon
Grenoble
Bordeaux
Lewiston
Portland
Neal Dow
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Temperance Notes and Medical Insight From 19th Century Press
A government grant funds the British Army Temperance Association’s 1900s work, while a Providence ice-water fountain prompts quips about drink. J E K Studd urges minimal intake and hot tea for thirst. Global patterns show London gin Edinburgh whisky and beer in Germany, wine in France. a medical correspondent notes one U S college teaches non alcoholic medicine and warns about stimulants.
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Ancient History Enigma and Double Acrostic Puzzles
A 47 letter enigma from Virgil hints at Achilles Palladium Diomedes and a statue fallen from heaven while No 239 presents a Double Acrostic about modern authors. No 240 details a Noamerical puzzle with a 1-2-3-4-3 dice misprint and a shaken dice game.
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Helen
Menelaus
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Baal
Proverb Riddle and Word Puzzle Remnants
The fragment cites a 18th century cipher and riddle style, naming presidents and a general associated with Dorchester Heights. It lists a six-letter fill-in puzzle with six missing words built from the same letters and presents Shakespearean anagrams, puns, and scattered game lines in a damaged OCR page segment.
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Prentice
Resigning minister preaches farewell to Ayr ladies
The Rev H Paul resigned from his Ayr church and delivered a farewell sermon to the ladies of his congregation. The quirky text and playful dialogue reveal a humorous tone as the speaker references a hearse and various colorful asides.
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Ayr
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