This Year Thou Shalt Die Sermon by Rev Talmage
Rev Talmage in Brooklyn Tabernacle on the first Sabbath of the year warns that the old year dies and the new is born with risk and possibility. He argues life spans shrink from nine hundred years to around a century and urges urgent Christian action this year. He praises Christ’s sacrifice, calls for preparedness, and envisions Heaven’s open arms and eternal joy.
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T.eWitt Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Jeremiah
Hananiah
Jane Seymour
Edward VII
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Vespasian
John Brown
Edinburgh
Charles Dickens
Arctic
Tropic
Daniel Baker
Evangelist
Doddridge
Paul
Christ
Jonah
Melchisedee
God
Alps
Heaven
Hell
Jesus
Calvary
Marseilles
Guyon
Earth
Tle
King's Conservatory
Job
Lord Chesterfield
Adam
Tenterden
Chesterfield
Father
Mother
Abraham
Father Linton
Free silver fight shapes Senate and House stakes
The piece argues for rapid passage of a free coinage bill, led by Bland, with five Democrats and one Republican on the coinage committee in its favor. It notes Eppes, McKeighan, and Johnson as likely supporters, cites President Harrison backing sound money, and previews party strategy to use the issue to influence southern and western voters while warning the public to act quickly to limit business disruption.
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Bland
Crisp
Eppes
Virginia
McKeighan
Farmers’ Alliance
Nebraska
Johnson
North Dakota
House
Senate
Iarrison
Friends of Honest Money
South
West
Judas
Congress
Republican Party
N. Y. Tribune
Texas
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Hill
John CC. Calhoun
North
Tin
Abraham Lincoln
Tammany
Cleveland
Political Machine Vision in Democratic Bid
The piece condemns ex Grover Hill's view that Democrats should run Congress as a partisan machine costed to defeat Republicans. It argues that every act would be judged by political effect, with bills passed or blocked to blame or bench the opposing party, unleashing plots and betrayals in pursuit of power. It warns this doctrine corrupts duty and statesmanship.
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Grov. Hill
Congress
House
Senate
Republican Party
South
Senate of
New York
Watterson and the tariff debate in the St. Louis Globe Democrat
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat weighs Watterson’s claim that tariff reform should advance, argues Mills’ defeat reflected a shift toward free trade, and defends 1888 Democratic tariff platform as constructive statesmanship. It asserts Crisp’s election signals conflict over tariff goals and party loyalty.
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Watterson
Democratic Party
Mr. Watterson
Mills
Crisp
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Political Epithets and Nepotism Spar in Press Snippets
A collage of remarks from Chicago Inter Ocean Minneapolis Tribune Chicago Journal Cleveland Leader and Minneapolis Tribune quotes highlight party feuds nepotism and reform talk. Mentions include Mills Texas congressman and Springer appointing his son to a clerkship, plus blunt labels like jiboose and mugwump to describe factions.
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Dave Hill
Bons Tweed
Dave
Chicago Inter Ocean
Roger
Millix
Minneapolis Tribune
Mills
Texas
Chicago Journal
Springer
Cleveland
Minneapolis Tryune
Temperance Note on the Ribbon White Movement
Esther T. Housh writes in Union Signal urging a world tied by the Ribbon White to shield homes from alcohol. She portrays mothers’ prayers and a global unity against drink, celebrating home and country freedom through temperance symbolism.
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Esther T. Housh
Union Fignal
A Little Reformer and the Pledge Promise
A pair of children aid a drunk neighbor, Mr Bartlett, by delivering a pledge to abstain from liquor. Susie persuades him to sign, with his wife and family joining, highlighting patience, forgiveness, and repeated self-help as steps toward reform. The piece also critiques reform by substituting stimulants like tea and quinine for alcohol, urging nutritious food, rest, fresh air, and self-discipline.
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Sadie
Susie
Mr. Bartlett
Mr Bartlett
Mamma
Mrs. Lee
Arthur
Matama
Christ
Mrs. Bartlett
Kansas
Nature
Temperance Tales Highlight Slavery of Alcohol and Slums
A Union Signal report condemns alcohol as a poison and links saloons to London and Chicago slums. It cites naval temperance work by Miss Agnes Weston, vows by US Senator Spooner’s wife, and a Chicago letter denouncing tobacco. It describes currant wine as alcohol free but mocks the idea.
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Agnes Weston
United States
Spooner
Wisconsin
Chicago
King Tobacco
London
England
John
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Spirit OF the Press
Temperance Notes
Waterman
Agin Palace
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