The Perpetual Promise Poem by Polly Pry
A poetic Easter lament asks if earthly gratitude suffices as pardoning bells ring. It quotes Christ crucified and declares the Savior died to give peace the world cannot supply, urging contrition and faith.
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
6
A poetic Easter lament asks if earthly gratitude suffices as pardoning bells ring. It quotes Christ crucified and declares the Savior died to give peace the world cannot supply, urging contrition and faith.
In an Easter tale, Margaret slips away from a grieving house to a dawn field and discovers a radiant garden in church, where angel children greet her and the Gardener offers a new life. She learns she may work in God’s garden of hearts, promising perpetual companionship as her family reconciles with gratitude.
A condensed festive verse extols penitence finished and Jehovah’s joy rings as Easter bells ring in hymnal rhyme. It proclaims Christ’s resurrection, the perfection of creation, and the redemption from pain through a grand miracle.
Easter morning fills the church with perfume and floral splendor as violets roses and lilies adorn the altar. The organ rings clear and the congregation hears the joyous message Christ Has Risen. Let all fear and sorrow melt before the beauty and peace carried by springtime worship.
On Easter Sunday after prayer and praise a man offered a dainty jewel to a maiden. He spoke to the blushes of onlookers and asked for permission to ring the Easter belle, as her bosom rose and fell in the moment of astonished wonder.
A fragment from a family scene shows Mabel asking about Johnny during an Easter breakfast. The reply hints at Johnny dying eggs, mixing childlike curiosity with a quirky mishearing. The text blends homely dialogue with a sense of gentle amusement across the table.
A feature on light summer wardrobes for women describes white waists with back fastening, tucking fronts, and simple backs, favoring washable fabrics like Madras and voile. It notes absence of heavy yokes, new cuff styles, and detachable collars, plus fresh bedroom and home care advice emphasizing simplicity, cleanliness, and ample daylight for rest and well being.
An elderly man devised a satisfactory woolen outfit for the infirm, consisting of a soft light-weight flannel waistcoat reaching to the hips and securing with large buttons, plus matching drawers. The design omits a one-piece combination suit due to heavy perspiration and frequent wash needs.
Instructions describe selecting evenly sized apples, coring with a tong and slim knife, making a filling of bread crumbs butter sugar and cinnamon or nutmeg, packing the filling into each hollow, and baking in a bot oven.
Dissolve gelatine in water and scald milk with sugar, strain and stir into the mix. Simmer ten minutes. Break bananas into small pieces and fold into the jelly before it sets. Serve with whipped vanilla cream.
A recipe describes creaming butter with powdered sugar then beating in the yolks of twelve eggs and grated pineapple. Salt and baking powder are sifted with a pound of flour and folded into the batter. The mixture is baked in molds and served as a very good cake.
A Washington Star quip notes a young woman showing strong interest in higher education. Miss Cayenne quips that a mortar board flatters her style, while the student agrees, highlighting academic fashion and ambition.
A mother asks if the baby is crying while a boy explains he presses his hand over her mouth to quiet her. The text then shifts to a moral adage about fame and money, ending with a clipped, incomplete thought.
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