Goodly Cedar Refuge for All Fowls in Talmage Sermon
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage at Brooklyn Tabernacle portrays Christ as a cedar of Lebanon under which every bird of every wing may nest. He urges the young and old to seek refuge in mercy, recalls personal testimonies, and emphasizes universal salvation and the ease of final departure for the faithful.
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Robert Raikes
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Power of Mind Over Brute Force in Man
An essay contrasts human reason with animal strength, noting mankind surpasses beasts through invention and science. It highlights lifting, sailing, and signaling progress as humans outdo oxen and hawks, then cites a providential flood-stone tale from Wenghsiang and a London Graphic remark on a breakwater stone inscribed with work and stone.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Wenghstiang
Yellow River
London Graphic
Drunken Provocation Ends In Tragic Death
The poem notes a young man boldly drinking in defiance of fear asking for a stronger draught and faces visions of horror as death approaches. Joy Allison, in Christian at Work, frames the fatal realization and final words.
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Joy Allison
Christian
Bride Declines Wine After Vision of Death and Despair
In a princely parlor the bride Marion resists wine as she describes a haunting scene of fever and death. She vows never to touch poison again, prompting the judge to plead restraint and the crowd to witness a dramatic pledge.
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Marion
Harry
Sol
Death
Glimpse of a Wedding Drama in a Prince’s Rooms
Mrs. M. A. Denison describes a wedding scene where a judge retreats quietly, returns subdued, and signals decisive action to end past tensions. Guests sense a transformation as the bridal celebration becomes solemn and many vow to abandon jovial drinking.
Do not marry a drunkard says Rev Jonathan Edwards
A sermon urges young women to refuse drunken suitors and promise abstinence to avoid misery. It recalls a English heiress who left a fiancé after he confessed drinking, arguing dissolution is wiser than union with a drunkard and that total abstinence will curb temperance failure.
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New York
England
Jonathan Edwards
The Drunken Husband and the Silent Suffering Wife
A devoted wife shields her dissipated husband despite abuse. He returns drunk, forces his way into the house, and locks her out. Found near death in the morning, she dies and tells her father the truth. John B Gough reflects on hidden misery.
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John B, Gough
Mountain boys battle to save themselves from a bear
Two Adirondack youths Tom and Cliff along with their dog Grit pursue wild cats and encounter a wounded black bear. After a fierce assault the boys, aided by Grit, kill the bear and survive. Neighbors later prize the scene, and the boys receive forty dollars each for the bear cubs and a bear skin.
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Tom
Cliff
Brindle
Pop
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Adirondack
Crit
Grit
Tam
Cli
Jom
Cif
Chit
Sydney Duyre
Examiner
Willie in the Woods Teaches Tree Ring Ages
Willie and his papa explore a birthday trip to grandma's house and then walk in the woods where they examine a tree stump. Papa explains how yearly tree rings reveal age and how rain and seasons affect growth, teaching Willie about plants.
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Willie
Papa
Grandma
Mary
Moon tale and doughnut mischief from Harper’s publications
A humorous exchange from Harper’s Bazar and Harper’s Young People imagines the man in the moon craving cheese and a child recounting a doughnut without a hole or without months. The humor hinges on wordplay about months and bites of cheese.
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Harper's Bazar
Georgie
Georgia
Harper
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