Commercialism and the peril of wealth in modern life
Dr. Reese F. Alsop warns against commercialism as a corrupting force that places money and material success above moral and spiritual values. He argues true greatness lies in service, learning, and righteousness, urging listeners to fortify the inner life and seek the kingdom of God rather than amass wealth.
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Jesus
Paul
Adence
Rainsford
St. 3S Church
Rocke
Standard Oil Company
Agassiz
Oureau
Rbines
Tai Hing
Thoreau
Wagner
Lemorte
Christ Jesus
Living in Hope from Rev Alexander Maclaren
The piece urges living with steadfast hope anchored in God. It contrasts worldly hope with faith rooted in divine assurance, stressing that true hope is certain, buoyant, and built on God’s word and likeness. It exhorts strength because the future rests on divine plan and presence.
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Rev
Alexander Maclaren
The Poor Man's Day and Sabbath Observance
A 19th century call argues the Sabbath must be kept for the welfare of poor and working people. It warns that widespread rest violations harm health, morals, family, and religious liberty, and cites Count Montalembert on the Christian American Sabbath.
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Count Montalembert
Past and Future Reflections on Hope and Tyranny
A reflective musing contrasts the past as a foe with no hope and the future as a partner offering expectation and fruition. It cautions against living by history while praising forward thinking, invoking a quote about looking backward like Lot's wife.
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Free
Lot
H. Kirk White
The Year of Our Lord Shines in Lucia Lazcom Note
A fragment celebrates the year described as the year of Our Lord and blesses the coming and going with a devotional tone attributed to Lucy Lazcom, preserving a period voice from a historical text.
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Liucy Lazcom
A Sabbath in Capernanum and Jesus at Capernaum
A church lesson outlines Jesus establishing Capernaum as His home for ministry. He teaches with authority and expels an unclean spirit amid healing Peter's mother in law and many others after sunset. The piece highlights Jesus power over demons and disease and the impact on Galilee.
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Jesus
Capernaum
Christ
Canor
Nazareth
Luke
Belial
God
Satan
Galilee
Peter
Andrew
Bethsaida
James
John
Simon
Matthew
New Jersey News Highlights Troubled Week
Montclair to Verona trolley crash injures motorman Fowler and a dozen passengers. Verona resident Mrs Hanlon cut by glass. East Orange City Clerk Stephen M. Long suffers a partial stroke. he is a veteran of the Civil War. Burlington officers detain a thigh-thin tramp found with multiple castoffs. Atlantic City Hotel Chalfonte pile hammer kills Captain All Sooy. Labor group in Trenton forms to guard wages and hours, seeks employment bureau and grievance committee.
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Montclair
Verona
Fowler
Mountainside
Hanlon
Stephen M. Long
East Orange
New Jersey “Grand Army of the Republic
Hast Orange
Grand Army
Long
Pennsylvania
Savage Station
Libby Prison
Belle Isle
Union Former Prisoner of War Association
Burlington
Chalfonte
Atlantic City
All Sooy
Sooy
Young’s Pier
Trenton
Chicago
Pittsburg
Bureau of Employment
Zeigler Extradition Refused by New York Governor
Albany February 2 Governor Odell refused to issue a warrant of extradition for William Zeigler of New York sought in Missouri on bribery charges tied to powder legislation in 1901. The decision rests on Attorney General Quineen’s opinion that evidence fails to prove Zeigler was in St Louis in April 1901 when the crime is alleged.
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Zeigler
Albany
N. Y
Odell Mas
William Zeigler
New York
Missouri
Quineen
Mrs Ingersoll Found Guilty of Attempted Murder
Mrs Alice Ingersoll was found guilty at Salem of attempting to murder her husband on December 31 at their home near White Lane. The jury took three hours to reach a verdict. Dannelsbeck, who promised to marry her, testified she urged him to shoot her husband and would gain insurance money. Wallace Hewitt and Marc Ingersoll testified to related details while she offered a general denial in her defense.
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Ingersoll Wa
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Reese F. Alsop
the Heights
St. Luke
Capernanum
Teesson
NEW Jersey News
Garden State
Harrison ‘Avenue
Montcl
Siggone Domenigo Confectionary
Ghostnut St
Co. B, Smith & Company
Broad ST
Newark
N.J
Emerson’s
Pascuale Demarco
Boot and Shoemaker
Chestnut Street
Bridge
Nutley, NJ
Park School Hall
T. S. Brown
Ha, Compally
Ernest V. Cockerail
Reap
Wighfeld
Lane ‘and
Passaic, Sevens Nutley, Nw
Bloomfield Ave
Passaic, New
THE
Hobart Trust
Passaic
We. McKenzlih
Frank ‘Terhune
Michael Meyer
Wewark
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