In Darkness I Kneel With My Master
Poem fragment from Washington Post reflecting faith, sorrow, and devotion. The speaker imagines kneeling with Jesus in the garden, wrestling with fear and longing, and seeking steadfast love despite looming darkness and pain.
The Quack and the Mesmerist Night Visit
In postwar London a frail medical man Lagarde advertises animal magnetism as a cure for invalids and mystics. A January 1817 Strand visit to Lagarde leads to a sequence of card mishaps and a tense seance as Lagarde prepares to trance a visitor while his mother protects him.
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Omar
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Lualaba Gorge Described by Congo Explorers
The Congo Free State reports the Lualaba Gorge as seen by Lieut. Francqui and Dr. Cornet. A narrow deep channel narrows between perpendicular rock walls, with water plunging and racing through a winding pass five times faster than entry speed. The gorge runs east then west, 52 to 150 feet wide and 1000 feet above the stream.
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The New Chaplain EB Bagby Whepene Prayers for Congress
Rev E B Bagby chaplain of the house of representatives at age 28, born in King and Queen County Virginia, educated at Kentucky University Yale Divinity, served in mountains of West Virginia and Newport News, led revival at Vermont Avenue church with 100+ additions, later pastor of a 400-member church. The article also notes vivid river gorge scenes and brief historical mentions of Mentschikoff lineage and other distant topics.
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