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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1889
Page
8
A Brookly n Tabernacle sermon urges rapid action to evangelize by the end of the nineteenth century. Dr. Talmage calls for bold, immediate church mobilization, reducing numbers in Gideon’s army and rallying 500 million Christians to seize the last decade with faith and decisive action.
A preacher argues that with mathematical logic and vast Christian wealth the entire world can be saved within ten years. He claims 2,754,375 workers are enough if each converts one soul annually and each converts another in subsequent years, dividing labor among denominations and leveraging existing printing and mission infrastructure. He urges urgent mobilization, appeals to wealthy believers, and envisions heavenward support from past evangelists as the century closes.
A 19th century miscellany notes a prophetic decade as the “morning stars sang” era nears, cites W M Howard of Lexington Georgia possessing a slave branding iron, and retells a grim cautions on social talk versus business time. It includes a Georgia physician warning about improvised grenades made from common salt and ammonium compounds.
An extremely damaged testimonial letter from Ashland Ohio describes a long illness with severe skin sores and poisonings. After ten weeks of Cuticura Remedies the writer reports near elimination of sores and urges others in similar distress to try the products. A second letter from Jamesburg New Jersey claims a seventeen year scalp condition cured after two months of use.
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