The Surgeon Jesus Christ Preaches Mercy and Healing
In a Brooklyn sermon Dr. Talmage extols Jesus as the supreme healer. He traces surgery from ancient priests to modern anesthetics, praising Christ for curing chronic cases like the woman bent eighteen years and the man lame thirty-eight years. He notes Christ's eye and ear care and calls for faith that sees spiritual healing as well as bodily restoration.
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Talmage
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Archagathus
Ahaziah
Ekron
Esculapius
Pergamos
Epidaurus
Podelirius
Damacedes
Darius
Hippocrates
Prayagoras
Herophilus
Erasistratus
Jov
Hezekiah
Shunem
Asa
Nebuch
Dnezzar
Jericho
Parre
Hickman
Simpson
Warner
Jackson
Hasheesh
Mandrake
Jesus Christ
Christ
Jerusalem
Muneral Baths
Thenrisa
Jesus of Nazareth
Felios
Onr House
Bethsaida
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Christ the Surgeon Healing Blind Deaf and Dumb Souls
The speaker likens Christ to a surgeon who heals spiritual senses. He touches closed eyelids to turn night into noon, restores hearing with His breath, frees the tongue, and offers cures freely without charge. He contrasts worldly payment with Christ's gift of salvation and comfort through divine promises.
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Christ
Peter
Malchus
Lake Galilee
Galilee
Jerusalem
Lake Tiverias
Great Affliction Lesson in Jairus Case and Resurrection
Sunday school lesson recounts Jesus aiding Jairus and healing with faith. The daughter is raised to life after a brief delay and a healing touch to a woman with a twelve year ailment. Practical thoughts urge belief, perseverance, and joy in trials.
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Jesus
God
Jairus
Christ
Paul
Deception and Salvation in Christian Thought
A compact sermon excerpt contrasts worldly deception with the shield of truth. It cites Locke and Paul to warn that love of truth averts Satanic deceit, while the untruthful cling to imagined bénéfits. The author urges steadfast truth against intoxicating self-deception and urges awakening from the devil’s snare.
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Locke
Paul
Warren
Satan
The Bible O Book of books and friends of friends
A poetic tribute extols the Bible as a cure for human ills with enduring appeal across ages. The verse praises its fragrance and messages, describing God as Father and all people as children, united in light despite life’s clouds.
Leo XIII Sets Plan for His Own Monument
Leo XIII is said to supervise the creation of his monument to be finished in three years at a cost of £6000. The design features a large sepulchral urn with a life size statue of the pope, flanked by two Carrara marble statues of religion and justice, and a bas relief between them, with the urn in porphyry.
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Capernaum
Matthew the Apostle
Jairus
Jesus
Sea of Galilee
Gadaia
Matthew
Peter
James
John
Leo XIII
No Place for Him
A young Rev. Dr. Robertson preaches at home to a crowded church. An old woman blocks the pulpit stairs, not recognizing the famed preacher. She finally yields after warning him that he is in the place for the minister.
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Dr. Robertson
Irvine
International European Temperance Union proposed at congress
A proposal to form an International European Temperance Union to promote consolidation of the temperance movement across countries. The plan places headquarters in London and aims to present the measure at the international Anti Alcoholic congress to be held next year in Christiana Norway.
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Christiana
Norway
European Temperance Union
London
General Howard Recalls Grant Asking for Prayer
In a lecture General Howard recalls the last time he parted with General Grant when Grant asked him to pray for him. The anecdote is used to argue that General Grant was a religious man.
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General Howard
General Grant
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