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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1892
Page
3
A pulpit address discusses a “clean road” to heaven, warning that worldly paths lead to ruin. The speaker urges inner cleansing and a steadfast faith, citing scripture about a way that seems right but ends in death.
A sermon proclaims a plain road to heaven through Christ not philosophy. It extols childlike faith, eternal security, and divine care, with visions of heaven’s inhabitants, harpers, trumpeters, and the final triumph of Jesus. The speaker emphasizes Zion as the terminus and praises heavenly rest.
A St Louis Republic citation argues Christianity stresses inner motives over outward acts. It contrasts true spiritual righteousness with Phariseeism, urging humility and divine aid as essential to living with a pure heart and honest purpose.
Dr Arthur Pierson cites Zacchous as a prime model convert for restoring wrongfully possessed fourfold and giving half to the poor. The Salvation Army reports Gen Booth leading 11118 officers and vast outreach while inviting impartial scrutiny of finances. Cardinal Manning and Frances Willard quotes address theocracy and spiritual distance. Some churches compare to medieval Durham cathedral torn between worship and contention.
Florence Kelley argues in Union Signal that poverty and unemployment drive men to drink and ruin families. She urges citywide reform, including civil service street cleaning, school attendance, and winter work to reduce reliance on saloons. The piece links temperance to economic conditions and worker sympathy.
A historic notice argues that cigarette harm extends beyond burning paper to tainted tobacco and added narcotics. It claims tobacco content is inflated, papers from France and Spain are used, and glycerine and drugs in many brands to soothe the nerves cause dangerous effects.
The Portland Oregonian discusses 1875 to 1891 liquor statistics showing total spirits consumption rose and per capita use fell, wine increased, malt liquor surged mainly due to immigration, and the data offer mixed implications for prohibitionists. It concludes that figures don’t settle whether drunkenness rises, as per capita usage and drinker counts matter.
A New York Advertiser report notes Park Row rum shop thrives jammed with patrons, selling oversized glass globes of beer for a nickel, while a Pearl Street rival failed after overreaching with a buy one drink and drink with the buyer gimmick. The Park Row venue draws a ragged crowd and drives jealousy among neighbors.
Montreal Daily News refuses liquor and tobacco ads. Nova Scotia Baptists avoid wine in communion. Homestead mills ban on duty liquor with discharge. Max O'Rell notes beer and old clothes as thriving London trades. abstinence society Tene runs tea houses in St Petersburg. China's foreign trade last year reached 250 million dollars.
A devotional poem by Mrs. L. J. H. Frost published in Watchman laments life’s troubled sea and asks the Lord to tarry, guide, and keep the speaker safe as darkness deepens and hope fades. The verses plead for divine presence during sorrow and peril.
The piece extols Sunday as a divine rest with peace and enterprise paused, cites Sinai laws, Declarations from Disraeli and Humboldt, and urges faithful observance. It includes a long anecdote about Spurgeon and a late 19th century hospital scene focusing on looking to Christ.
A reflective note cites Youth's Companion lines urging to raise curtains between us and meaning, and to look to a single teacher who embodies wisdom and the Saviour who assures immortality. The quotation frames a faith-centered outlook.
A devotional piece argues faith in God prevents heart trouble, urging prayer and trust as cures for worry. It cites biblical promises, notes God’s care despite darkness, and urges daily faith to neutralize sorrow and fear. It includes moral exhortations from Christian at Work and various quotations on faithfulness.
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