Bold Challenge and the Saviour Interceding at God's Throne
The sermon argues Paul’s bold challenge, “Who is he that condemneth?” is answered by Christ died, risen, and interceding. It contrasts Calvary’s sacrifice with worldly tyranny, recalls the Resurrection’s power, and urges hearing the gospel to enter the kingdom. The preacher extols Christ’s wounds, intercession, and triumph over sin, death, and hell.
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Dr. Talmage
Paul
Christ
God
Earth
Hell
Diocletian
Alice
Jesus
Calgary
Calvary
Midnoon
Versailles
Joseph
Charlotte Corday
John Brown
Christ Inn
Death
Heaven
Satan
Christendom
France
Robespierre
Jacobin Club
Monchotte
Robesplete
Eurlotine
Robespierres
Jesus Christ
Getting Even With Phipps and a Royal Carriage Trick
A theater manager E T Smith enlists a Duke and Fox Cooper to borrow a royal carriage and visit Col Phipps at Buckingham Palace. Smith seeks Queen Victoria's patronage for a planned operatic season at the National Theater and faces a cold reception urging a memorial approach.
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Queen Victoria
E. T. Smith
Ivory Tane Theater
Duke
Smith
Fox Cooper
Jeames
Buckingham Palace
Fox
Cooper
Col. Phipps
Her
England
Bell
Charles Mathews
Windsor
Mathews
Living in Costa Rican Swamp Twenty Four Hours
A narrator endures a night in a Costa Rican swamp adobe hut facing tropical perils. The scene recounts venomous creatures, alligators, giant insects, mosquitoes, and a wall damaged by an alligator's tail, amid suffocating heat and torrents of rain.
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Arctic Circle
Grandson of Uncle Sam in Russian Royal School Tale
A New York Recorder writer recalls a tale from a naval officer about a 66 year old grandson of a U S admiral whose mother married a Russian general. While ill in a St Petersburg military school hospital the Czar asked his escort about the boy and learned he is the admiral’s grandson. The Czar moved him to the royal military school where he now studies at the sovereign's expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
New York Recorder
St. Petersburg
Royal Military School
Lincoln Advice to Commodore Nutt Featured in Barnum Memoir
In 1862 at the White House President Lincoln entertained P T Barnum and his short ally Commodore Nutt. Lincoln joked with Nutt about escaping danger by wading ashore if captured, and Nutt quipped that Lincoln could do it better due to his long legs.
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P. T. Barnum
Washington
Commodore Nutt
Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
President
Ice Breaking with Dynamite Tested at Hango Harbor
Experiments in Finland show dynamite could break thick ice more effectively than a traditional ice-breaker. A 1,200 foot belt of 18 foot thick ice resisted the port craft, suggesting space to remove shattered ice is essential. The Hango test cost about £50. London Engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hango
Finland
London Engineering
Invention Records Sunshine With Dual Bulb Thermometer
Prof Marvin describes a sun recording device using Leslie's differential air thermometer with air separated in two bulbs. The instrument resembles a straight tube with a bulb at each end and is presented as a recording of sunshine. Talks then shift to social commentary about women and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Marvin
Leslie
Parrot Boosts Wilkes-Barre Dentist Business
A Wilkes-Barre dentist uses a trained parrot named Cesar to coax patients into dental work. The bird and dentist recount a farmer and a nervous patient who ultimately undergo tooth extractions, praising the parrot’s persuasive charm as a business aid.
Pluto's Safety Valve near Las Hummettas Arizona
In Western Arizona near Las Hummettas a circular three foot hole, called Pluto's Safety Valve, vents smoke and steam from a fathomless shaft. Ground around stays damp, and water from nearby holes briefly dispels sleep and tints skin, while evening sand eruptions shoot from the pit skyward.
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Pluto
Las Hummettas
Arizona
Electric stump-puller clears fort site on hill near London
An electric root-grubber files stump removal for a hill fort near London. A dynamo two miles away powers overhead lines to a motor on a grubber carriage. The motor winds a wire rope on a capstan to pull roots up by the heavy chain as each root releases.
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London
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Talmage
Mid-Atlantic
Liverpool
New York
The
Heros of the Universe
Ball’s Bluff
South Mountain
Antioch
Damascus
Melita
Phipps
Henry Beals
British Royal Society
United States
New England
Noank
Conn
Caleb Haley
Lanesboro
Mass
Boston
Wilkesbarre
Albany Dental Rooms
Cesar
Weller
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