Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Sunday School Lesson 1908
The March 1 1908 lesson from John 6 1 21 presents Jesus feeding the five thousand on the Plain of Butatha near Bethsaida with parallel gospel accounts. It emphasizes compassion for hungry people the distribution by the disciples and the role of organized church missions including Young People Missionary Movement Women’s Boards of Missions and laymen’s outreach to extend the gospel locally and globally.
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Bethseda
Jesus
John the Baptist
Galilee
Jerusalem
Place
Bethsalda
Butatha
Sea of Galilee
Christ
Nile
Sabara
Schoel
Young People's Missionary Movement
Fifth Avenue
New York
Christian Endeavor Movement
Women's Boards of Missions
Jesuita
Young People's Missionary
Home and Foreign Missionary Boards
Protestant Churches
United States
Canada
Baby halts near edge of roof on Eggleston Ave
A 13 month old boy perched on a roof edge waved to by a frightened crowd. Detective Hogan clambered up a porch column as the child slipped toward a stone sidewalk, but the father pulled him to safety from the roof edge.
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Chicago
Robert
A. Sayers
Eggleston Avenue
Mary Conlin
Richard Hogan
Englewood
Local Oddity: Wooden Leg Leads to Hidden Cousin
In Winsted Connecticut Hon Winsted finds a deformed chicken fitted with a wooden leg by Lewis Ivés to replace a missing limb. The unusual device prompts Ivés to locate a rich cousin, Charles Histed of Joy Mercer county Lil, after reading about his cousin’s novel work. The chicken thrives and is tender as ever, though the wooden leg remains unused.
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Winsted
Conn
Lewis Ivés
Charles Histed
Joy
Mercer County
Lil
Lyon
The Melancholy Man on Knowing What One Wants
A melancholy man argues that many people cannot know their true desires. He says most actions lack appeal and people drift, rarely improving with luck. He praises those certain of their aims who pursue them with energy, noting disappointment may lead to new ambitions.
Still bears fine fruit at Windsor grape vine site
The great grape vine near Cumberland Lodge Windsor remains productive after 150 years with fruiting bunches weighing four to five pounds. A new glass house, built under kingly orders, increased space and light. About 900 bunches of black Hamburg grapes hang from the roof. Victoria era yields reached 2,000, later capped at 1,000 by King Edward.
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England
Cumberland Lodge
Windsor
London
Hamburg
Queen Victoria
Edward
Curious house inquiry ends in missing knobs and lead
A New York landlord kept a house key after hearing a neighbor say a visitor had been "looking over" the Lexington Avenue home. The intruding man allegedly removed door knobs and lead while leaving the house, prompting the witness to follow and suspect a return for the missing items.
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Lexington Avenue
New York
Paris Charity Runs Free Eating Houses For Mothers
In crowded Paris districts poor mothers with infants enter seven free eating houses run by public charity. Last year these sites served about 37 000 meals to indigent mothers and children. Mme Henry Coullet led the movement forming the network with support from merchants and a circle of friends.
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Paris
Mme
Henry Coullet
Learning to Fish at Kite Flying Contest
A middle aged man created a sensation at a kite flying contest by fishing with rod and reel attached to a kite. He handed the line to his son and claimed a twenty pound fish, while onlookers watched the boy reel in and out. The scene portrayed a imaginative, sport filled moment teaching angling on dry land.
Silence at the Seashore Ensues in Timeless Proposal
A fragmentary scene at the seashore shows a man and a woman in a tense exchange about a second engagement ring. He apologizes for presumption while hesitating to proceed with the proposal, revealing a stalled courtship moment.
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America
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Life: Equitable Assurance Society
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Hulett, Wyoming
Baby
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Wm. Hoy
Grippe
Florida
Epicurus
Live Oak
Fla
Hattie Powell
Ridge
Montana
Eirober
United States Land Office
Sundance
Wyoming
Range Law
Charles W. Roberta
Hichard L. Bueh
Chester L. Moore
Hulett
Green D. Todd
Bundance
A. E. Horr
W. A. Moore
Sioux City Daily Tribune
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