The Holy Spirit as God and Comforter in Faith
A devotional treatise affirms the Holy Spirit as a true divine Person equal to the Father and Son, the Spirit of wisdom, omnipresent and eternal, and the applying agent of redemption. It argues the Spirit’s indwelling sanctifies believers, enables prayer, and preserves faith, while stressing divine reserve in revealing future knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
God
Almighty
Moody
Holy Ghost
Holy
Gotthead
Tronmuller
Good Fathers and the Shared Influence on Children
The piece praises the father’s role alongside the mother in shaping character, citing Abigail Adams and other noble lineages to argue that both parents, guided by the Holy Spirit, contribute to the home’s blessed results for time and eternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail Adams
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Edwards
Hohenzollern
Prussia
Sweden
Along the Road to May by Margaret E. Sangster
Poem excerpt describes April days dancing toward May with flowers showers and racing brooks. Spring grasses rise across hills as rivers rush to the sea and mornings wake with melody and mirth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. Sangster
Farm Life Ad Touts Paper Subscription Offer
A vintage line promotes subscribing to the paper for 1 a year, noting farming optimism with the idea it is easier to raise corn than the mortgage on the farm.
Usefulness as Life's Enduring Satisfaction
The text extols usefulness as the highest good, stating it brings comfort at any life stage. It asserts that helping others binds people, improves character, and grants genuine importance beyond social status or titles.
Eve’s Daughter and a Schoolroom Exchange
A Sunday school scene recalls a child’s blunt joke about creation. Agnes answers Eve was created from “the jawbone,” prompting amused silence as the class reflects on the old Bible tale. An antique dictionary advertisement follows, offering WrnstER’s International Unabridged Dictionary for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Smith
Agnes
Cash Boost Sown to Promote True Love
A light note suggests small payments can encourage affection and smooth the path of romance, implying a practical nudge toward relationship progress.
Time and temper joined in a philological wedlock
The piece argues temper mirrors time and urges restraint before speaking or acting. It cites Alfred the Great and Green to praise self control as a defining character trait. Through prayer and persistence, one can cultivate the heroic habit of self-command and gain power over impulse. Southern Churchman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Alfred the Great
Michael
Zebra uses as letter Z illustration in composition
A schoolboy described the zebra as like a horse with stripes and noted its use as a vehicle to illustrate the letter Z in a composition.
What Ailed Mother
A nervous disease specialist visits a village. A young man visits claiming his mother is dying from overwork and devotion to him. The doctor explains the mother exhausted by selfless care and the son’s fault, ending with a blunt verdict that the burden rests on him.
Wise Words for Young Men
A column urges young men to commit to God's guidance amid life’s temptations. It warns that without firm resolve to obey, prudence can fail and risk spiritual loss. The piece frames experience as essential to wisdom and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashville
Daniel Webster's Schoolday Rise From Humble Origins
Gustav Isenberg of Philadelphia recalls Daniel Webster in Phillips Academy telling of how the diffident boy rose from the lowest class to lead the school. The teacher urged him to leave for a higher class, predicting he would never be overtaken, and Webster prospered to become a famed lawyer senator and constitutional expounder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Isenberg
Philadelphia
Daniel Webster
Daniel
Phillips Academy
United States
St Anthony of Egypt and the desert hermit’s temptations
Dr Stalker speaks on St Anthony of Alexandria noting his gay youthful city temptations before conversion. He fled to the Egyptian desert, became a hermit, then confessed that wilderness temptations were tougher. He urges seeking where God wants you to be.
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Anthony
Egypt
Dr. Stalker
Alexandria
Tidiness and the old fashioned virtue of being well groomed
A reflective piece contrasts old and new notions of tidiness among women. It recalls a well groomed, meticulous woman and a Civil War era commodore tale illustrating restraint against temptations of bribery. The prose links tidiness to character and self control in daily conduct.
New Thirteen Cent Stamp for Foreign Mail Service
Washington reports the post office will issue a new thirteen cent stamp for foreign mail. It replaces the need for two stamps to register letters, combining postage and registration costs. The stamp will feature President Harrison seated at his desk in the executive mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post-Office Department
Foreign Mail Service
President Harrison
Executive Mansion
The Biggest Lie Might Be Told By A Smile
A reflective line suggests smiles can mask true intentions and hidden feelings, hinting at social dynamics where appearances conceal reality. The saying cautions readers to question surface impressions and seek deeper honesty beyond cheerful exteriors.
The Proper Way to Eat
A medical meeting featured Dr. F A Burrall arguing against rapid meals and the farmer motto quick to eat. He urged thorough mastication and proper teeth care, warned against drinking too much liquid at meals, and emphasized mirth and fellowship for digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Burrall
Annual Meeting of Presbyterian Church in Jackson 1902
Southern Railway offers round trip first class fare tickets to Jackson Mississippi for the Annual Meeting General Assembly held May 14 to 27 1902. Tickets available May 11 13 and 14 with final limit May 30 subject to continuous passage. Inquiries directed to coupon ticket agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Jackson
Miss
Southern Railway
Virginia
Southern Railway Sells Round Trip to Asheville for Convention
Southern Railway offers one fare round trip from all stations to Asheville NC for the Southern Baptist Convention May 8 to 15 1902. Tickets on sale May 6 to 10 with final return May 21 1902, extended to June 2 1902 if deposited with Joint Agent in Asheville by May 16 and a 50 cent fee paid. For details contact any Southern Railway agent or L S Brown General Agent Washington DC. Paper available for one year at $1 in cash.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Asheville
N. C
Southern Railway
N C
Land of the
S. Brown
Washington, D. C
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