Ministry of John the Baptist Lesson Outline
A Sunday School lesson by Rev. P. B. Pitzwater outlines John the Baptist ministry in Luke. It covers the degeneracy of the times, John's mission to prepare for the Messiah, his message condemning sin and calling for repentance, instructions to inquirers, publicans, and soldiers, testimony to Jesus, and John’s imprisonment for rebuking Herod.
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Luke
Caesar
Home
Pontius Pilate
Jesus
Herod
Herod the Great
Annogs
Caiaphas
John
God
Jesus Christ
Paul
Felix
Christ
Faith and the rudder of faith in divine omnipotence
A. A. Simpson uses nautical imagery to convey steadfast faith. The passage likens a boatman’s firm grip on the rudder to humans relying on divine power, stating that God steers the sails and sustains peace while one remains anchored in Him.
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B. Simpson
Bear Flag and California Republic Origins
California rose from isolation under Mexican rule to autonomy as tensions grew over annexation. Fremont seized Sonoma and proclaimed a Bear Flag Republic on July 4, 1846, aided by Stockton and Kearny, before California joined the United States on August 15, 1816.
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Republic of California
California
America
Mexico
United States
Texas
Col
John
Fremont
Sonoma
Stockton
Kearney
Republic of
Blissful Damage Reported at Publishers Dinner
Mark Train spoke at a New York publishers’ dinner recounting a Virginia City reporting flag incident. He joked how a horse thief’s booted strike missed the judge and instead hit a reporter, sparing serious harm.
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Mark Train
New York
Virginia City
Bu Counderel
Blackguardly
Pathfinder Magazine
Heart and blood ideas in ancient Egypt
The article notes that ancient Egyptians believed the heart was the seat of life and consciousness, linking blood to life and emotions. It contrasts this with neglect of the brain by Egyptian dissectors and writers who express devotion by touching the chest rather than the head.
Origin of the word chauffeur in linguistic history
The term chauffeur traces to brigand activity during the 1798 Vendée war in France. Brigands burnt the feet of captives to force disclosures, and their leader Schinderhannes influenced the naming. The word derives from chauf feur from Latin calefacere meaning to make hot, with calor meaning heat.
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France
Schinderhannes
Jean l'Heurocheur
Popular Psychoanalysis and a Muddy War Lesson
The late Bishop John Gardner Murray cited psycho analysis as appealing because it suggests we should do what we want. A war training tale describes gunners ignoring a live shell to avoid mud, and a girl named Roberta claims her mother is always twenty five on her birthday.
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John Gardner Murray
Baltimore
Roberta
Farm Calendar and Tips From the Agricultural Extension
Spring sowing can thicken thin hay stands with harrowed or drilled seed. Spring sowing of clover or alfalfa should yield a hay cutting by late summer. Wire netting between chicken roosts keeps birds off boards and catches eggs. Motor trucks increasingly transport produce up to 600 miles total. 1981 flower garden prep includes seeds plants fertilizers tools and insect disease materials. Market Meats offers circular with cuts recipes and meat curing tips. Nest shavings keep eggs cleaner than straw. A 1700 year old Confucius tablet is placed in Peiping’s national library. A law is like a doctor. the better it works the less it has to do.
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Thas Hean
Agricultural Extension Service
State College
Helpul
Lexington Socials Sketch Busy Weekend Visits
Local families in Lexington hosted and visited each other from Friday to Sunday. Dinners and calls connected the Doster Kline Stoner Carpenter Fahnestock King Koch Hoffer Singer Wentling Mull Flow ers Flory Hilton Stark Greider Elam Stark Beck Beck er and other residents in a flurry of home gatherings. Religious and community figures like Rev Harry Tobias and Rev Harvey Markley also shared guests at their homes in Masonic style neighborhood exchanges.
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Elam Stark
Roy
Bessie
Ruth Stark
Landis Greider
Jean
Paul Stark
Harry Tobias
Phares Keller
June Keith
Brannerville
Morris Irvin
Paul
John Hilton
Community Notices From Owl Hill Social Roundup
Local households around Manheim Lititz and Lancaster share visits and calls. Neighbors Mr and Mrs Melvin Heisey and son hosted relatives from Manheim while Florence Groff and Miss Groff connected with Ritter and Lititz friends. Weekend social calls spread among Wimer Shaub Long Hostetter Sinnhoeller and Gable families with several dinners, visits, and hospital checks noted.
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Melvin Heisey
Manheim
Florence Groff
Joseph Ritter
Lititz
Warren Wimer
Strasburg
Aaron Shaub
Jennie Shreiner
Mary Shreiner
Amos Shreiner
Emma Witters
Mary
Lester Shreiner
Wm. Long
Henry Long
Samuel Hostetter
Parkesburg
Emma Sinnhoeller
Monroe Gable
Frank Giordano
Wayne Young
Felix Otto
Lancaster
Minerva Gebhart
York
St. Joseph's Hospital
Paul Fleming
Samuel Reitzel
Bob McCompsey
Harry Ressler
Isaac
Loomis Houck
John Habecker
Chester Habecker
Romaine
Teroon
Social Visits Round Stevens Area Residents
On Saturday Mrs. Jacob Treffiey and daughter Emma of Stevens visited Mrs. Stephen Steeley in the Samuel S. Wiest home. On Sunday guests included Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Steeley in the Wiest home and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sweigert of New Holland, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Parker and daughter Carrie Sweigert of Denver, Mrs. Caroline Wolf of Schoeneck, Mrs. Charles Reddig of Reamstown, Mrs. Edwin Wingenroth son Vernon and Mr. Clarence Kramer of Ephrata.
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Jacob Treffiey
Emma
Stevens
Stephen Steeley
Samuel
Wiest
Aomic
Coe
Samuel 8
Harry Sweigert
New Holland
Howard Parker
Carrie Sweigert
Denver
Caroline Wolf
Schoeneck
Charles Reddig
Reamstown
Edwin Wingenroth
Vernon
Clarence Kramer
Ephrata
Ephrata Area Social Roundup Highlights Community Visits
Mr and Mrs Samuel S Wiest and two sons Lemon and Ralph visited Ephrata friends on Sunday. Lloyd Ober and his sons spent time with the H K Zartman family while J W Gerhart and family were guests at dinner with Elser Gerhart in Lititz. R Fus Heisey and son Elwood of Elm joined the same home. Lily Gerhart accompanied Emma Wolf of Akron to Henry Risser's near Hammer Creek Church. John K Beard plans a public sale of farm stock and household goods on Thursday January 22. Sunday School at Samuel K Keller’s Lexington home drew many locals Thursday evening.
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Samuel S. Wiest
Lemon
Ralph
Ephrata
Lloyd Ober
Ober
H. K. Zartman
J. W. Gerhart
Emma Irwin
Lincoln
Meir
Elser Gerhart
Lititz
Rufus Heisey
Elwood
Elm
Lily Gerhart
Emma Wolf
Akron
Henry Risser
Alma
Hammer Creek
John K. Beard
Samuel K. Keller
Lexington
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P. B. Pitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newswar Union
John the Baptist
Abraham
Confucius
Peiping
Grand Rapids Press
Roy Doster
Brumnerville
Norman Kline
Isaac Stoner
Marion
Shirley
Menno Stoner
Mildred Carpenter
R. N
Paul Meiskey
Eleanor Keith
Pine Hill
Morris Carpenter
S. M. Fahnestock
Henry King
Reistville
Harold Koch
Littz
Samuel Hoffer
Kermit Singer
Mrs
John Singer
John Wentling
Betty
Rothsville
Rolandus Mull
Wayne Elser
Brickerville
J. F. Shultz
David Hilton
Diamond Station
John Flory
Harry Buechter
OWL
Fies
Mantle
J. H. Troup Music House
Troup Building
West King St
Lancaster, Pa
Long & Co
TEA Week
Tee Reg
ASCO
India
Ceylon
Pride OF Kilarney
Wien
Eagle Brand
Calif
Smithfield
Victor Bread
S$co
Victor Blend Coffee
Acme
Florida
Santa Clara
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