The Sower Parables Teach the Kingdom’s Mystery
In this May 20 lesson from the International Series, D M Stearns analyzes Jesus teaching from the boat and several parables on the sower. It explains four soil types representing hearers, the necessity of understanding the word, and the call to fruitfulness as evidence of true discipleship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Stearns
Jesus
House of Israel
Simon Peter
Israel
Isaly
God
Christ
Jesus Christ
Johnny
Power of temperance in Daniel and modern life
The weekly Christian Endeavor topic urges temperance as strength. Daniel’s abstinence from royal luxuries is cited to argue that sobriety builds physical health mental clarity and moral power. Alcohol is described as destructive, impairing memory and will. temperance equals discipline and spiritual vigor. A special temperance prayer meeting and Bible readings reinforce the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Doyle
Daniel
Babylon
Jehoiakim
Temperance
Sir Henry Thompson
Slank ins and the last accounts out west
Quote from a Chicago Tribune note recalling Slank ins who left for the west and became a county treasurer or similar official. The last accounts supposedly did not balance, reflecting a fading memory of his fortunes and the phrase didn’t balance.
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Slankins
Chicago Tribune
Sunday Sermons Across Lowell Churches
A list of sermons and speakers across Lowell area churches. Topics cover theology, morality, and social issues with pastors from local and external colleges preaching morning and evening services. Notable exchanges include pastors from First Presbyterian and Newton Theological Institution and special events at Tyngsboro and Ayer City Union Mission.
Secret of Christ's Power at First Universalist Church
The First Universalist Church on Hard Street presents a sermon by Rev. C. E. Fisher on The Secret of Christ's Power. A musical program under Mr. H. F. Felton features organ preludes and postludes, a cantata, and an anthem The Prodigal Son. Sunday school at 12 10 and a Young People's meeting at 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Felton
Silas
Morrison
Mori
Batiste
Parker
Enle Sc Vlna Tie Kaidae Ceaye Sanaa
Hurd Street
C. E. Fisher
Grace
R. A. Greene
Ayer
Lincoln Street
Tanner Street
Church of Christ, Scientist
Pollard Building
Palmer Street
Oda Fellows
Middlesex Street
Advent Christian
Grand Street
Old Odd Fellows’ Hall
Merrimack Street
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Meadowcroft Street
J. W. Soderman
Eliot Congregational Vespers Music Program
The Eliot Congregational Church invites at 10 30 a m for morning preaching by Assoc Pastor Rev G R Hewitt on A Great Question and a Divine Answer. A vesper service at 5 p m features special music and brief address by Rev Dr Greene. Music includes Rock of Ages, Fear Not Ye O Israel sung by Buck and Osmond Long, and Send Out Thy Light by a quartet.
Religious Music and Services At Two Churches
A historical notice outlines morning and evening services at First Baptist Church and Tabernacle with sermons hymns and special music. It notes a stereopticon lecture by Miss Margaret Leitch and a Young Women's Christian Association gathering replacing the usual Sunday afternoon gospel service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Leitch
Young Women’s Christian Association
Branch Street Church
Association Rooms
Ethel Livingston
Mildred Favor
Susan Meredith
Foreign Population in Lowell Program at First Tri n Cong Church
Rev George F Kenn gett leads the morning service at 10 30 focusing on the foreign population in Lowell with emphasis on French Swedes Norwegians Portuguese Greeks Armenians and Chinese and a plea for Home Missions An illustrated lecture at 6 45 p m on Lowell's charitable organizations previews views of the Ayer Home Day Nursery Old Ladies Home Faith Home Theodore Edson orphanage Lowell General hospital St Johns hospital and other institutions Next Sunday evening an illustrated lecture on Lowell Educational Institutions will follow All are invited The Ladies Benevolent Society strawberry festival is set for Tuesday and Wednesday in the vestries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Primitive Methodist
Jesus
Hillside
Dracut
Mr. Craig
First Presbyterian Church of
Lowell
Hirst
First Congregational
Central Methodist
Geo. H. Clarke
Ezekiel
Fifth Street Baptist
First Unitarian
First Church of Christ
Evangelical
Tyngsboro
H. G. Mitchell
Boston University Theological School
Pawtucket
Middlesex Free Baptist
Branch Street Baptist
Grace Universalist
Nineveh
Christadelphian
Iilesia
Church of Christ
Scientist
North Chelmsford
Geo. H. Johnson
First Presbyterian
John P. Richardson
Chelmsford Street
Free Church
John Magoon
Second Advent
Charles R. McNally
Newton Theological Institution
Worthen Street Baptist Church
Ayer
Day
Old Ladies’ Home
Faith Home
Theodore Edson
Lowell General Hospital
St. John’s Hospital
Lowell Hospital
The
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Do Your Part Invite Nonchurchgoers to Church
A Christian Instructor urges church members to invite nonchurchgoers to services and tell the pastor about those who would welcome a call. The note stresses regular attendance and outreach as a path to church prosperity. A school anecdote about the highest form of animal life ends with a giraffe answer from a student.
May Table Talk notes Pepys style social diaries gain
The May issue highlights fashionable women in New York society keeping daily social records and Mrs. Stavesant Fish preparing a notable diary for her great granddaughter. It also covers Sir Charles Dilke in the North American Review on the open door in China and the US push for united action at Pekin with a high authority minister and naval support to curb piracy and promote reforms.
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Journal
A la Pepys
New York
Stavesant Fish
Fish
Pepys
North American Review
Sir Charles Dilke
United States
China
Sir Charles
United Action
Pekin
West River
Yang-tse
Incontrovertible praise for Beecham's Pills sales
It argues that advertised cures sell and credits Beecham's Pills with over six million boxes sold annually after half a century of trials. It claims popularity, superiority, and widespread use in Asia language markets, priced at 10 and 95 cents per box at drug stores.
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Beecham
Hood's Pills Cure Liver Complaints and Ills
A vintage medicine advert claims Hood's Pills cure liver ills biliousness and indigestion with an easy to take formula. It emphasizes simple operation and lists a price of 25a.
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HOOD
Morning Service and Home Service Schedule Promptly At 10
Morning service begins at 10 with sermon The Power of Prayer and choir pieces Still Still With Thee The Sabbath Morning by Mendelssohn Brown plus Marston response. Evening Home Service at 6 30. Pastor to preach What Sin Does in the Home. Chorister Wirt selected from famous cantatas and oratorios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foote
McKinley
Wirt
Industry reform themes and novels featured in reviews
A series of brief notices discusses Florence Con verse's The Burden of Christopher a novel on factory reform and ethics in economics, E J Hardy’s Mr Thomas Atkins a defense of soldiers and civilian civility, W W Jacobs Master of Craft a seafaring port tale of love and mistaken drownings, plus F J Stimson Pirate Gold and Adrian Anson A Bail Player's Career detailing worth for baseball fans.
Greatest inventor of the times joke
A witty quip frames a wife praising her husband as the greatest inventor while another woman jokes she never heard him invent anything. The punchline reveals the husband’s frequent 2 am returns, exposing the real invention as his excuses rather than concrete creations.
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Times
End-seat hogs and the habit of hand-seat privilege
The text critiques the idea that the end seat belongs to the person who always seeks it, arguing that possession of the end seat is a mindset rather than a fixed entitlement. It questions whether the end-seat hog is truly the rightful beneficiary or simply someone who persists in claiming it.
Sunday Church Services Listed Across Chelmsford Streets
A dense roster of Sunday services across Chelmsford area churches lists pastors, service times, and Sunday schools. Notable entries include First Baptist with Rev. Smith Thomas Ford at 10.30 and 6.30, and St. Patrick’s with triad morning masses and children’s service. Also noted are Union Free Baptist events, Central M. E. and various Unitarian and Swedish congregations.
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Union Free Baptist Church
Barristers’ Hall
Central Street
W. A. Morans
Immanuel Baptist
Blossom Street
Young People’s
Worthen Street Baptist
Branch Street Tabernacle
Asa Reed Dilts
Young People
Paige Street Freewill
A. E. Wilson
Mount Vernon Freewill
F. A. Currier
Fifth Street
Doans Kidney Pills Praised by Lowell Foreman
A Lowell reader reports Doan's Kidney Pills cured his family's kidney troubles after years of affliction. John A. Kelley of Merrimack Manufacturing Co. credits the product with ending symptoms, noting occasional recurrences respond to a few doses. Sold by Carter & Sherburne at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. BUffalo sole agents in U.S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Dean
John A. Kelley
Merrimack Manufacturing Co
West Third Street
Kelley
Doan
Gas Light Co Bright Mantle Promises More Light
The notice touts a Wellback Light with the Yusea Mantle offering 50 percent more light, three times the strength, and 100 candle power per lamp. It claims longer life and lower operating cost, sold at the office with installment plans for ranges.
No Charge for Meter Use and Street Main Supply
Note states no charge for meter use or for running supply pipe for street main into consumers' cellars when orders are left at the office and promptly attended to.
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Christian Endeavor
Ps. i
Prov
Xxiii
I Cor. vi
Gal. v
Titus i
IL Pet
Son of Man
Satan
Presbyterian
LL. Pill
Parson
S. Johnson & CO
Boston
Mass
First Universalist Church
Hard Street
C. EB. Fisher
Tories
Barnby
Tye
First Baptist Church
Smith Thomas Ford
ODD Fellows’ Temple
Jerusalem
Nevin Serhiou
Law
Prophets
Buck
Pepin
Miss Reid
Walch
Reid
J. Avison Baker
the Tabernacle
Jeanie Burns Rodger
B. Hill
Y. W. Co A. Notes
First Trin
Cong. Church
Dutton Street
George F. Kenngett
Christian Milsion
General Notes
Hall Caine
Beecham’s
Kirk Street
W. A. Bartlett, D. D
Prestawt
International Monthly
Macmillan Company
Christopher
Florence Converse
Diana Victrix
Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Thomas H. Lawler
E. J. Hardy
Thomas Atkins
Tommy Atkins
W. W. Jacobs
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Mr. Jacobs
Captain Flower
Flower
Anna
Fraser
Poppy
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
F. J. Stimson
Adrian C. Anson
Chicago Baseball Club
Era Publishing Company
Chicago
Anson
Australia
Africa
Europe
Baptist
A. E. Kenyon
Methodist
Epwort League
Centralville
Berean
Moore Street
Lawrence Street
Darlington
Louis Blanchet
Mechanics Hall
Geo. F. Kenngott
London Street
C. E. Poole
W. A. Bartlett
C. E
Willis D. Leland
J. P. Richardson
Eliot
Franke A. Warfield
Sarah A. Dixon
Y. P
C. EB
Episcopal
St. Anne’s
A. St. John Chambre
D. D
A. A. V. Binnington
St. John’s
Gorham
L. C. Manchester
House of Prayer
Walker Street
Warner EB. L. Ward
Westminster
Tyler Street
D. A. McPhie
First
Appleton Street
Jas. M., Craig
Universalist
Unitarian
Charles. T. Billings
St. Patrick's
St. Peter's
Gorham Street
Michael Rowan
Sacred Heart
Oblate Fathers
St. Jean Baptiste
St. Joseph's
George C. Wright
Union Mission
Paige Street
W. C. Westcomet
Kirk
Union Mission Church
Hall
Lows
Central Mission
Read Street
Saibeth
New Church
BaRiare
West Sixth Street
Isaac B. Leclaire
Carter & Sherburne
Painkiter
Perry Davis
W. T. Griffin
Meadowcroft
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