Apologies for not entering the Christian life
A sermon by Rev. T DeWitt Talmage at the Brooklyn Tabernacle argues many give weak excuses for not embracing Christianity. He rebuts claims of religion being hollow, praises the transformative power of grace, cites skeptics, and urges readers to accept faith despite flaws in Christians. The piece ends noting three men jailed for a Crandy Center post office robbery who fled.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Renson
Saharas
Hagar
Ishmael
Summerfield
Atlantic Ocean
Kingdom of Heaven
Jehudi Ashman
Africa
John Milton
Raphael
Christopher Wren
Thorvaldsen
Handel
Dupont
Thomas Chalmers
Robert Hull
Christmas Evans
Uptown
New York
Martin Luther
Robert Newton
Richard Baxter
Peter
Grace
Heaven
Red Sea
Crandy Center
Genius and the female voice in poetry and song analysis
Maurice Thompson argues that poetry stems from masculine sensation though women possess equal intellects in science and leadership. He dismisses female inferiority, notes exceptions like Sappho, and envisions art as a collaboration of man and wife, with harmony and shared creative bloom.
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Nisa
Sappho
Maurice ‘Thompson
N. Y
Rats overrun Sable Island prompt cat and fox warfare
Disturbing account from Boston Globe notes rats on Sable Island near Nova Scotia leading islanders to import cats from Canada. Cats preyed on rabbits then foxes were imported to control them. Foxes decimated cats and eggs, prompting calls to government to exterminate foxes.
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Sable Island
Nova Scotian
Foxes
Boston Globe
Dentists Office Sighted In Local Clamor
A quirky exchange from Texas Siftings jokes about a dentist with a notoriously painful reputation. Wallie reports waiting to judge his look, while a policeman guides a reader to the office around the corner, echoing patients’ cries.
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Texas Siftings
Open Letter to a Young Man on Life and Character
The piece urges a young man at the threshold of adulthood to weigh the consequences of his choices. It contrasts harmful paths with the potential to bring happiness to family and community, stressing that character defines one’s future more than wealth or plans. It cites F. B. Pearson of Young Men's Era.
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Bose
Xeas
Bomaning
Joshua
F. B. Pearson
Going Gumming in the Spruce Woods
Polly and Toby Jones venture into the spruce woods in winter to gum their finds. The crust is slippery and bright sun glare affects Grandam and the children. Polly wears socks for protection while Toby hops off with a small basket among the trees.
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Polly
Toby Jones
Grandam
Toby
Polly and Toby Rescue an Owl in Winter Swamp
Polly and Toby crawl into a snow covered swamp to rescue a great white owl from a hollow birch. Toby wounds a wool comforter in the owl's lair but the bird is captured and taken home, where it perches on a library bracket with watchful yellow eyes.
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Evergreencehr Utter
Polly
Toby
Toby Jones
Hammer
Outh
Stolen Doughnut Revealed in Schoolyard Trick
In a rural school the lunch theft by a pupil named Peter is exposed when a red pepper doughnut set as bait causes a painful prank. Mary Owens reports the loss and the teacher orchestrates a sting. Peter is humiliated as the prank is witnessed by all the scholars.
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Peter
Mary Owens
Miss T Ward
Mary
Walter Explains Tiny Theories on Lilipats and Pigmies
A young boy Walter on a porch tries to explain the difference between Lilipats and Pigmies to his aunt. He claims all Lilipats are Pigmies but not all Pigmies are Lilipats, with playful misstatements reflecting a child’s logic and confusion. The scene captures a lighthearted exchange in a family setting.
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Walter
Auntie
Svaydieold
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No-Religionists
Jesus
Johnny “Smartt
Johnny Smartt
Wallie
Harpar's
Admut Misha
Tam
Anna AE Pratt
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