Beauty and consecrated beauty in worship in New Jersey
The article relays a sermon by Bishop Doane on beauty in worship, arguing beauty and consecrated beauty guide moral life. It cites biblical and classical examples, notes how churches and cathedrals embody consecrated beauty, and recounts a cautionary sketch of Felix McConnell’s downfall and a redemption moment tied to home and faith.
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Doane
Grace Church
Newark
WN. J
Rome
Earth
Plato
John
Patmos
David
Moses
God
McConnell
Congress
Washington
Chance
Cain
Remarkable Georgia Whig Leader A H Stevens
The article profiles Hon A H Stevens of Georgia as a remarkable self made figure. Born poor he rose through field schools to Franklin College and a law career. He built a political path as a Whig, winning over Cherokee voters in a famed 1843 congressional bid. He later shaped Whig unity and national politics with strong integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Stevens
Georgia
Stephens
Franklin College
Cherokee Country
Congress
Fragments of Gold Rush Tales and Moral Warnings From San Francisco
A mixed compendium traces gossip on gossip and a dramatic rescue in Dayton. It then shifts to diary-like musings from the gold diggings describing barter, camp life, and a rescue of a child from a fire. A later note reports Indians returning with a Near Sacramento treasure hunter found near death with a bag containing £18,000 in dust.
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Dayton Journal
moruEn
Eli Bate
Diggins
Punch
San Francisco
Broadway
Niles Flint
Salem
Mass
Hiram K. Doughboy
Bay Statesman
Ohio
Hosses
Cape Cod
St. Francisco
Diggs
Parson
Silas T. Forks
Orangeburgh
N.C
Cane
Havana
Zerubbabel W. Peabody
Staten Island
Hiram K
Hiram
Panama
Zerubbabel
Sacramento
The Wages of Sin in Cincinnati Murder Tale
A Victorian op-ed cites the Cincinnati murder case where a wife kills her husband’s mistress. It links ruin to infidelity and coercive abuse, condemning the betraying husband and the social penalties faced by the victim. It warns sin leads to ruin and calls for repentance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinatti
Howard
Potatoes from Seed and An Odd Arrest
The article explains raising potatoes from seed, tips on sowing in damp sand or loam, and timing for best germination. It shares a light-hearted anecdote about a constable mistaking a scarecrow for a prisoner in a cornfield.
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Holy Jerusalem
Church of Christ
Parthenon
Coliseum
Pantheon
Jupiter
Juno
Laocoon
Raphael
Michael Angelo
Reubens
Milton
Keats
Felix McConnell
Alabama
MacDonnell
Upper
Georgian
Mr. Stephens
Betsy Joose
Jack Robinson
Crawford
National Whig Party
America
Tare Beantno
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