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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1876
Page
3
A South Seas preacher cites an ancient tale of two fishermen. One hoards his catch while the other shares, a hidden hole drains the winner’s basket. The moral: pity the heathen, share grace, and beware small sins that erode faith and prayer. The tale warns that riches perish when generosity is neglected.
The text argues that petitioning God is only part of prayer and true success comes from pressing the matter in earnest. It compares prayer to a legal suit and urges perseverance, citing Payson that God’s promise rests on the habit of prayer, not mere act. It notes many quit after brief repulsion, unlike Jacob who pressed on.
Norman MacLeod asks why simple pleasures like poetry art smiles laughter and family summer evenings in the open air are not linked in memory with sainthood and holiness even as they shape happiness and tender sadness.
The passage declares that upon recognizing Jesus through the Isis Spirit, believers abandon self righteousness and submit to Christ's imputed righteousness. It frames salvation as grace through faith, with the soul praising the Redeemer and desiring an interest in Him as the sole merit and hope.
The quote asserts that love precedes existence and that creation accounted for the speaker, a humble child. It frames divine care as guiding the individual through countless paths to reach a sacred goal, attributed to Tholuck.
A devotional fragment in archaic diction prays for cleansing from daily dust and sin. The speaker asks forgiveness from the Father to walk pure and unsullied toward thy holy city, expressing penitence and longing for spiritual renewal.
A reflective extract urging restraint and self-scrutiny. It argues to seek the good in anything rather than the evil, labeling love as circumspect and upright. The passage emphasizes sobriety, chastity, steadiness, quiet conduct, and guarding all senses.
A pun frames September 1 as Adam’s transgression and the start of the fall season. The humorous line treats the date as the yearly rite of autumn’s arrival with a playful biblical twist.
An Irish lady who drove into the country claimed she emitted a long, keen smell that caused flowers to rise from their roots. Her remark adds a curious, whimsical note to rural observation in the era.
A writer recalls the old Encharldon village choir of thirty years ago with vivid scenes of brass and strings, a skeptical new vicar, and the trials of forming a fresh choir using harmonium and lessons. The piece blends memory, church life, and a poignant dying moment in a family setting.
A reminiscence traces a woman once a beauty and belle through eras from General Jackson to Zachary Taylor and Franklin Pierce. She endured through Ulysses S Grant era politics and finally, on the dawn of a third term or impeachment, was bedridden as her daughter watches with affection.
In the absence of their mother, two Western New York girls sawed off the tops of their bedposts to make croquet balls, a small home misstep reflecting inventive play.
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