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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1896
Page
3
The piece reflects on faith, patience, and service in daily life, urging trust in God's care. It argues peace comes from accepting Jesus Christ, not from idle ease, and stresses that true peace is confident reliance on God's sovereignty and love.
A modern Christian writer argues that prayer is a necessary element of the spiritual life and that life without prayer means spiritual life ceases. He contends that those who reach prayer before God yet live prayerless days reveal a grave hollowness contrary to Scripture and human experience.
Cyrus W. Field spoke to a reporter shortly before his death, arguing money is valued by what it purchases. He claimed ten dollars daily can be as meaningful as a thousand if it buys desired goods, noting the pride in achievement as a key factor in wealth.
A dying man, Mr Field, laments his wrecked life and ruined fortune. He regrets not compelling his sons to earn their own living, believing firmness could have taught them the value of money and spared family dishonor. The passage frames a solemn parental warning linked to a son named Edward.
Dr Theodore L Cuyler argues true Christian life requires readiness to suffer and sacrifice. He contrasts hollow Sabbath virtue with steadfast piety that endures hardship and puts self to the cross, citing Abraham and Calvary as examples of self giving over comfort.
The text argues humanity requires worship and laws, with Christ on the cross establishing worship in spirit and truth and finalizing justice and charity. It presents Christ’s life as the unfolding and fulfillment of a divine plan begun at Bethlehem and completed at Calvary, where His throne is fixed. After the crucifixion, humanity evolves by applying what He accomplished.
In hours of longing for rest we seek God and the peace that passes understanding. Hope heals sorrow and lightens burdens, guiding toward holy rest in God. Contentment makes the poorest man rich even as the rich fail to find joy.
A reflection on the drive to spread Christian love and truth. The text argues that the joy of peace with God through Jesus Christ compels believers to share it, calling missionary zeal a vital gift to the Church and noting that churches vary in how actively they pursue this urge.
A church sermon excerpt cites Rev. W. W. Taylor urging believers to come to Jesus who bears the cross and sits at God’s right hand. He emphasizes repentance and forgiveness of sins through Christ, highlighting salvation as the resounding call for souls.
A reflective quotation contrasts the lure of maelstroms and comets with the steadiness of a fountain and star, urging faithful quiet usefulness as the preferred path. It emphasizes calm, constructive living within divine purpose.
A reflective quotation from Stillingfleet on truth and diligence, noting that valuable findings are not obvious or surface level. The text emphasizes rigorous inquiry before drawing conclusions, comparing shallow riches to deeper, earned discoveries.
The verse warns against bearing tomorrow's load today and urges seeking strength for each day. It emphasizes that burdens are suited to the day’s needs and that divine aid arrives when asked. The message presents a time rooted, daily resilience philosophy.
A computed table estimates world population by region with totals and a breakdown by faiths. Europe 381,200,000 Africa 127,000,000 Asia 354,000,000 Australia 4,130,000 America 133,670,000 total 1,600,000,000. Protestants 200,000,000 Roman Catholics 195,000,000 Greek Catholics 105,000,000 total Christians 600,000,000. Jews 8,000,000 Mohammedans 180,000,000 heathens 812,000,000 total non Christians 1,000,000,000.
In Jamesburg Kansas the county champion baseball team faced a Friday game that conflicted with a Baptist revival baptism. Five players wished to play, asking the pastor to postpone the baptism. he agreed, delaying to Saturday and angering many elders who valued the ceremony.
A London church noted for its grim picturesque features St Giles Cripplegate escapes the great fire and houses Milton and Fox tombs and Shakespeare’s daughter burial. The yard entrance bears skulls and an hour glass while a fragment of the old city wall lies in the churchyard. Oliver Cromwell’s marriage to Elizabeth Boucher is listed in the register.
Dr. Lyman Abbott critiques the modern Sunday paper offering a mix of sports politics crime and culture. He argues such content blocks reverence faith and hope and urges seeking quiet devotion rather than restless reading. The piece contrasts religious exhortation with secular bustle and hints at timeless reflections on duty and rest.
Orville Dewey reflects on youth as a force bursting from dormancy toward light and expansion. He sees epic crises and earthly strife as calls to act, urging relentless progress with a voice that says onward forever.
The message urges action for good and humanity. It notes everyone can find work for God and the public, with opportunities arising soon for willing volunteers.
A public reading room in Honesdale Pennsylvania is supported by the Christian Endeavor society. Last year the room welcomed 8010 visits. The society designated one month as self denial month to support this work. Lincoln quote about FDI and people.
A Philadelphia Press opinion urges mothers to guide daughters as confidantes and friends. It warns against letting teens 13 to 17 roam unaccompanied, notes generation gaps, and emphasizes mothers shaping virtue over yielding to improper influences. The piece critiques mothers who celebrate a daughter's attentions and warns of streetside temptations.
A historical note compares annual allowances of monarchs and presidents. It lists amounts for the French republic, American president, Swiss republic, Queen of England and family, Belgian king, Dutch queen and mother, German emperor, Italian king, Spanish king and mother, Portuguese king and mother, Austro Hungarian emperor, Swedish Norwegian king, Danish king, and Greek king, all in francs. The final line ends with a stray word france.
The pyramid limp, a post ascent condition, strikes after two or three days. The body is pulled and pushed during the ascent with little immediate discomfort. After sleep soreness appears, peaking on day two to three, followed by a slow recovery.
R M Kellogg of Michigan asserts trees possess likes and dislikes and show awareness of their surroundings akin to animals. He argues trees respond to touch and have intelligence guiding best fruit growing results, a theory he presented at a Grand Rapids horticultural convention.
A brief line from Rev. Dr. Riker in Wheeling West Virginia distinguishing what he calls the good society from the despised Jew society. He attributes both to mutiny against God, framing the distinction in religious terms.
The Cripple Creek mine owner known as Old Man Stratton rose from a poor carpenter to a Colorado mining millionaire. He mined vast ore, once offered ten million for his claim, but preferred the mine’s yield over cash, dreaming of pulling a million dollars daily from the depths between sunrise and sunset.
Elias Midkiff of Hamlin in Charleston urged the State Historical and Antiquarian Society to send a taxidermist for a monster bird reportedly killed at Vannatters creek. W W Adkins and Midkiff measured the creature, described as 7 feet 4 inches long with a 4 foot wingspan, ducklike bill, blue shading, and violent disposition. Adkins fired five shots, crippling a wing and killing the bird after a pursuit.
The text disputes famed historic and legendary claims about women such as Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Sappho, Mary Stuart, and Eleanor, asserting many popular anecdotes are false. It contrasts myth with fact, noting misleading tales about Coriolanus mother intervention, Trojan war, Hanging Gardens, and Helen of Troy.
The Missoula wreck near Brule Point shows how swiftly Lake Superior can separate shipwrecked crews from land and news. Winds drove the survivors toward Canada’s sparsely populated north shore, where two days of scavenging yielded little help, and a week passed before they could contact owners.
The Portland Oregonian reviews Rev Wallace R Struble of Colon Michigan and his pamphlet A Job at the Devil arguing for a Christian political party The frontispiece depicts the devil with cloven feet a black snake and a spear While Struble claims to publish extracts his mockery targets both the devil and opponents in civic life The piece notes Struble was born and educated in Portland and contrasts his well fed appearance with the struggle he depicts in hell
In Philadelphia a new labor role emerges as two young women become elevator girls at the Young Woman's Christian Association building at Arch and Eighteenth streets. They find the work preferable to standing in a store, noting the eight story building and heavy elevator traffic. The narrator reflects on the steady load and the restaurant service on the top floor.
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