The Springtime of God by the Rev C Silvester Horne
A sermon for Easter reflection on the fig tree parable. It exhorts endurance through tribulation, the coming of Christ amid darkness, and the Church’s flourishing from winter to summer through faith, hope, and charity. The preacher cites imagery of light breaking through clouds and the Master working unseen in hardship.
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C. Silvester Horne
Matt. Aiv
Erebus
Christ
Jesus
Coed
Witnesses of Power and Ancient Athens Echo
The piece contrasts spiritual witness with action, stressing that power comes from Christ and disciples disseminate it. It then shifts to Athens’ antiquities, praising the Acropolis and Areopagus where the Apostle Paul preached, lamenting damage to Grecian monuments by invaders.
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Athens
Europe
Egypt
Jerusalem
Acropolis
Minerva
Diana
Ephesians
Theseus
Marathon
Areopagus
Mer’s Hill
Explosives require proper means to explode
A discussion rejects the belief that explosives can detonate by any simple method. It explains that without the correct exploding agent and sufficient oxygen, even powerful substances will not ignite or cause damage. An illustration with coal shows explosive energy needs rapid air supply to unleash violence.
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St. Necholas
Hair Hunt in Church Tells of Judge and Wife
Senator Nathan Scott recounted a humorous tale about a judge and his wife in a church setting. A long-haired visitor inspires the wife to yank seven feet of hair from a hymn book while the judge quietly endures and finally reveals the joke.
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Congress
Nathan 8B Scott
West Virginia
Joe Chapple
National
Sutherland
William
Mary
Brides Older Than Bridegrooms in Salem 1907
City Clerk Entwisle reports 479 marriage licenses issued and 396 solemnized in Salem in 1907, eighteen fewer than 1906. Oldest groom 68, oldest bride 50. youngest groom 16, youngest bride 15. Seventy one brides were older than their grooms.
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Entwisle
Salem
Boston Transcript
Sign of Precocity in a Young Editor
A light exchange between two editors highlights a child’s precocious urge to edit. The first editor claims the youngster is cut out for editing. the second notes the child discards everything he touches by tossing it into the waste basket. May Lippincott's.
Symptoms of Improvement Noted in Coal Ash Habits
Seaver notes neighbor Hamilton believes confidence is restored. Weaver counters by mentioning that he no longer speaks with Hamilton, yet observes Hamilton no longer sifts coal ashes. The exchange appears in Brooklyn Life.
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Seaver
Hamilton
Weaver
Brooklyn
Jews in Palestine Grow in Count and Influence
A Temps dispatch from a Constantinople correspondent reports a rising Jewish population in Palestine with projections of two million within ten years. Emigrants are skilled workers and professionals drawn by attachment to the Holy Land, while cholera prompts quarantine measures in Jerusalem.
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Temps
Paris
Constantinople
Palestine
Turkey
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Jordan
Holy City
Jaffa
America
Poale Zion
Anglo-Palestine Company
Hebron
Beirout
England
Liverpool Town Hall
Clarence L. de Sola
Montreal
Federation of Zionist Societies
Canada
Israel Zangwill
der Sed
the Devil
Warsaw
Delphia
Chestnut Street
Am Players
Rabbi Landman
Temple Emmanuel
Herbert Spencer
Senate
Zemstvo
Zemstvos
Andrew Carnegie
New York
Joseph Krauskopf
Odessa
Ito
Russia
London
Herbert Samuel
Home Office
Louis Lamm
Berlin
China
C. G. von Murr
P.knatz Koegler
Kai-Fung-Fu
Eugen Doctor
Cyrenaica
Ancient Indian Order The Wood Face Rites Of Seneca Indians
Muskogean notes describe a remnant Seneca band in the northeast of the state practicing a secret rite called The Wood Face. Members wear carved wooden masks painted red and black with silver eyes and horsehair, performing incantations to drive out spirits, while turtle shell rattles shake during dances.
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New England
Muskogee
Kansas City
Turn About in a Distant House
The dialogue shows a strained domestic exchange between a married couple as the husband confronts the wife about drinking. Maria refuses to promise lasting fidelity and obedience, recalling past vows and long-standing tensions. The scene hints at ongoing marital discord.
Not Her Choosing Dialogue at breakfast reveals child’s remark
An East Side resident recounts a breakfast table exchange between a mother and her daughter. The mother defends speaking respectfully of the father while the child retorts you chose him, not I.
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East Side
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Yonkers
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Derenburg
Moscow University
Moritz Bernfeld
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Hilfsverein
Nijni Novgorod
Smakov
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