Sisters of Charity Sermon Exalts Women as Heroes
Rev. Dr. Talmage’s June sermon in Eaton, Nebraska advocates women as vital helpers in care for the sick and the poor. He recalls Miss Dix and Joan of Arc, praising women who comfort, fundraise, and serve at home and in missions, urging Christian girls to take up charitable work.
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Eatrice
Neb
Talmage
Sisters of Charity
Miss Dix
Virginia
Saragossa
Walter Scott
Hunema
Ministries of Homes
Bualio
Husbard
Jesus
Héivén
Jess
Shelton
Dorcas Society
Banks
Bethlehem
Helen Chalmers
Dr. Chalmers
Edinburgh
Shea
Ram's Horn: Faith Without Works and Gospel Lapses
A Ram's Horn reflection notes that faith without works is empty and sermon content matters for church vitality. It argues deeds reveal love for God, warns against sourpuss preachers, and laments distorted sin, measuring piety by actions rather than head knowledge.
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God
Not In the Bible and Other Misattributed Proverbs
The article notes common sayings wrongly thought to be biblical such as God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb from Laurence Sterne and lists others like Cleanliness is next to godliness from John Wesley and Pour oil on the troubled waters from Pliny. It also mentions that Edison’s great grandfather lived to 102.
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Lawrence Stern
John Wesley
Pliny
Mr. Durham
Durham
York State
West Creek
N. J
Leigh
Alman
Revolutionary Widows Remain Pension Drawers Across Time
Eight widows of Revolutionary soldiers still draw government pensions, reflecting on the war as living memory. The article recounts Nancy Cloud of Virginia and Asenath Turner of Ontario County, sharing tales of Washington and Long Island battles, with families altered by war and poverty.
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New York World
Washington
Mr. Cloud
Nancy *Cloud
William Clouds
Asenath Turner
Samuel Durham
Connecticut
Long Island
Hudson River
Turner
Manchester
Ontario County
Longa ago widows recount Revolutionary memories in Windsor County
The piece profiles several widows and their veteran husbands. Patty Richardson of East Bethel is famed for beauty and storied battles. Mary Snead of Parksley recalls Bowdoin Snead. Nancy Cloud’s husband William Cloud served Yorktown days. Esther Damon of Plymouth Union, Noah Damon’s widow, is also featured.
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Patty Richardson
Godfrey Richardson
New York
East Bethel
Windsor County
Schuyler
Herkimer
Arnold
Burgoyne
Sunday World
William Cloud
Yorktown
Wastroward
Mary Grown
Joseph Brown
Pennsylvania
Knoxville
Tenn
Wiwksor
Esther S. Damon
Noah Damon
Massachusetts
Mrs. Damon
Plymouth Union
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Sisters “of Charity
Ilea Grace Darling
Merrie Antoinette
Joan of Arc
The
Deborah
Grace Darling
Maorie Antoinette
Kingdom of Heaven
Christendom
Christ
Mary
Elizabeth Fry
Charlotte Elizabeth
Augustine
Countess of
Huntingdon
Geeven
Heaven
Er Deage
Lord of Righteousness
Angel
Tree of Life
Edison
Mary Bean
Mro Asenath Turner
Hood
Sal
John Carle & Sons
Hartford Bicycles
Pope Mfg. CO
Hartford
Conn
Ofands
P Nellas
Pegrer
Atur
Pieter Merdeiest
Ftyo
Aisin
aTara
Raphael
Angelo
Rubens
Franklin St
Kilby St
Bostot
Parkeche
Druzgula
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