This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Our Social Recreations and the Christian Life
Dr Talmage argues that worldly amusements are not fit as a foundation for the soul and urges selective recreation. He champions music gymnasiums parlor games and outdoor sports as wholesome aids, and promotes doing good as the noblest recreation, urging practical charity and self discipline over dissipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Talmage
WashIncTon
Samson
Gaza
Abba
Heaven and Earth
Wellington
Philharmonic
Handel and Haydn Societies
Gymnasium
Richard Baxter
Robert Hall
Atlantic
Martin Luther
God
Historical Society
Agassiz
Doremus
Boynton
Mitchell
John B. Gough
Church of God
Kingdom of Darkness
Finess
Colonel Gardiner
Lazaretto
Barbados
Virginius
Macbeth
Meg Merrilies
Shylock