Jewish Colonization Efforts Led by Baron de Hirsch
The Jewish Colonization Society funds colonies in the Holy Land, Southern Europe, and Argentina with about 35 million dollars. In the U S the Hirsch Fund Association assists immigrants to this country and Canada. Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island host about 75,000 Jews on farming lands aided by the fund. Woodbine New Jersey hosts a model agriculture school. Chicago hosts the Jewish Agriculturist's Aid Society aiding farming. The movement aims to place Jews on farms and has seen success.
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Baron de Hirsch
Jewish Colonization Society
Holy Land
Europe
Argentina
Hirsch Fund Association
Canada
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Woodbine
New Jersey
School of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
Chicago
The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit Sermon Excerpt
A sermon by Denis Wortman discusses the Holy Spirit dwelling in believers as a personal and gracious presence. It explains faith as the condition for indwelling, the Spirit as a gift from God purchased by Christ, and the call to holiness while trusting God's promises beyond feelings.
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God
David
Holy Ghost
Jesus Christ
Christ
Paul
Father
Jesus
Prince Henry
Prussia
Heaven
Earth
Prayer Text Admonishes Divine Guidance and Eternal Life
A devotional prayer urging God to guard and guide believers with the Fatherly hand and Holy Spirit. The plea seeks knowledge and obedience to the Word and eternal life through Jesus Christ, attributed to C. F. Drewes in Lutheran Witness.
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Jesus Christ
C. F. Drewes
Lutheran Witness
Regular Means of Grace Emphasized by Presbyterian Theologians
A Lutheran summary notes Presbyterians stress the regular means of grace over revivalist fervor. It points to messages from Evangelist and pastors praising ordinary sacraments and word, urging believers to honor these means to receive spiritual nourishment and revival.
The Meaning of the Resurrection and the Easter Season
The sermon argues that Easter brings infinite life beyond mere immortality. It says Jesus came to give life more abundantly and to quicken life in all relations, not just Individual afterlife. The world changed nineteen centuries ago as the dead began to live.
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God
Idolatry in Gifts and the Human Heart
A sermon excerpt warns that blessings from God can become idols. It cites Jacob worshiping Benjamin rather than Baal and notes idolatry can lurk under light when the heart inclines toward worldly affections. The speaker, F Whitfield, urges reliance on the Lord to avoid deceitful worship.
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Jacob
Joseph
Benjamin
Christ
Rome
India
F. Whitfield
Little Slights and Gentle Grace Quotation
A reflective verse noting that contentment comes from humility and placing others first, suggesting that quiet grace yields true wealth beyond material gain.
Does It Pay a Mission Gift Lightened by Penitence
A poor widow receives a $100 inheritance with a will clause directing her to give to missions. She obeys. her prodigal son later writes from India of reform and gratitude, and the mother sees the blessing of giving to missions return in joy and salvation.
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India
Church Boats of Finland Reach by Night to Worship
Finnish Lutherans flee Russian tyranny and travel by church boats across islands and peninsulas to distant villages. Families arrive Saturday night, sing en route, sleep at homesteads, and attend long services before rowing back at dawn.
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Russia
Finland
Why True Faith Must Work and Bear Fruit
Rev. F. B. Meyer argues that genuine faith inevitably produces actions and outcomes. He compares believers to fruitful branches and condemns excuses for inaction, attributing vitality to the root and citing examples from nature and human life to illustrate the inevitability of spiritual works.
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F. B. Meyer
Senator Hoar Laud Burns In Boston Eulogy
Massachusetts senator Hoar told Scotchmen in Boston that Burns in Cotter's Saturday Night expresses the family worship of God and that both Scotland and New England rise or fall with faith in a living God. He declared he was not arguing but affirming a fact and urged that nations gain greatness through Providence and immortality.
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Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Robert Burns
Boston
New England
Cotter
Burns
Sin Tax
A juvenile class exchange turns on syntax as a boy jokes that syntax sounds like a tax on whiskey. The brief witticism captures schoolroom humor.
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Tommy
Better Than Being Loved And The Joy Of Giving
A S Times editorial urges that loving others yields more than seeking to be loved. It argues that giving to a spouse or partner leads to true happiness and a worthy life, asserting that generous intent in marriage ensures joy and enduring fulfillment.
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S. S. Times
The Mutiny of the Bathtub and Prince Henry
A tale recounts young Prince Henry of Prussia resisting a cold sponge bath. The father ordered palace sentries to withhold salutes, deeming him a rebel. Hearing this, Henry rushed to his nurse, demanded a bath, and returned to the gate to show his clean face, prompting a rapid salute.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Lessons From Suffering Teach Helpers In Temptation
A religious reflection notes that lessons born of pain and struggle, learned through grace, fit believers to aid others facing temptation and sorrow. It emphasizes that sorrow and comfort prepare one to comfort others.
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Christ
J. R. Miller
D. D
Address by A T Walden at Hawthorne school closing
The piece reproduces A T Walden’s closing address to students in Hawthorne district Rappahannock Virginia. It urges pursuit of higher education and moral living, contrasts wealth with happiness, and champions liberty justice and universal peace. Walden uses biblical and historical imagery to urge personal and national uplift.
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A.T. Walden
Hawthorne
Rappahannock County
Virginia
Rappahannock
True peace lies not in outward things and trials
The text asserts that lasting peace comes from within and not from external comforts. It cites Theologia Germanica on accepting troubles to guard the heart and quotes C. H. Spurgeon comparing trials to a thorn hedge guiding to virtue and prosperity as a risk.
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Theologia Germanica
C. H. Spurgeon
Tolstoy Maxim on Happiness and Service to Others
The quote asserts that true happiness comes from living for others, attributed to Leo Tolstoy, reflecting a moral stance on selflessness and social duty.
Glory of Doing It for Him
A short inspirational piece unfolds a view on life and flaws. It urges looking beyond faults to seek virtue, suggesting that even dark times carry a glimmer of light and purpose in action for others.
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Jean Ingelow
What Makes A Great Life
A reflection on living a meaningful life through small steady duties. Do tasks as they come for God's glory, bearing annoyances, showing understanding, and loving the unthankful. True worth lies in consistent virtue over glamorous deeds, rewarded by Christ.
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Christ
F. B. Meyer
Notable self made lives from famous figures
David Livingstone earned every dollar he possessed and studied Latin for hours. Frances Willard and Oliver built a future from little money by selling berries to buy books and reach Oberlin. Mary Livermore taught for pay, Lincoln studied by pine knots, Emerson split wood to fund Harvard, Sheldon worked as a hotel waiter to finish education.
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David Livingstone
Glasgow
Westminster Abbey
Africa
Frances Willard
Oliver
Frances
Oberlin College
Mary A. Livermore
The Turning Point of a Life Through Faith
A society woman recalls an early turning point in her life. As a homely, dull student she felt despondent until a French teacher compared her to an earthbound bulb. Planting and tending it, she blooms into a radiant lily, symbolizing spiritual transformation through Christ.
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Christ
Classroom Repartee Sparks Lesson on Punctuality
A college professor silences a tardy student until he takes his seat. The student explains his watch was fifteen minutes off but vows to trust its workings no more. The professor retorts that what matters is the watch's reliability in practice.
God Over All Belief in a Benevolent order of fate
A concise meditation on a single adequate support for life. The text asserts that mortal calamities are governed by a benevolent and powerful Being whose eternal purposes redeem all accidents and steer events toward good.
A Wonderful Tongue of the Snail
A curious natural fact describes the snail’s tongue as long for its size and studded with thirty thousand tiny teeth. The tongue coils and uncoils in sections, using one sixth at a time while dull teeth are replaced, making sharp edges to rasp leaves. The roof of the mouth acts like a hard cutting surface as the tongue saws and smooths away plant matter.
Practical Household Tips From The Young Housekeeper
Tips on cooking potatoes with steam vents to keep them dry and fluffy. Beat egg whites with salt in a draft for quicker frothing. Breaded fried cold mutton slices make a tasty dish with brown gravy. Do not wash gilded chivas with soda. use soap and vinegar to poach eggs for firmer whites. Beat butter until truly soft for cake success.
Southern Railway Offers Asheville Round Trip Fare
Southern Railway announces a one fare round trip to Asheville North Carolina for the Southern Baptist Convention May 8 to 15 1902. Tickets on sale May 6 to 10 with return by May 21 1902, extension to June 2 1902 possible by depositing tickets with a joint agent in Asheville and paying a 50 cent fee. For details consult any Southern Railway ticket agent or L S Brown General Agent Washington DC.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Asheville
N. C
Southern Railway
N.C
L. S. Brown
Washington, D. C
Annual Meeting Notice by The Presbyterian Church in Jackson Mississippi
Southern Railway announces sale of round trip first class tickets from Virginia coupon ticket offices to Jackson Mississippi for the church meeting. Tickets available May 1, 10th, 13th, and 14th with final limit May 36th. Continuous passage required in both directions. Contact nearest Southern Railway Coupon Ticket Agent for details.
Summer School Tickets On Sale From Virginia To Knoxville
Southern Railway announces sale of round trip first class tickets from coupon offices in Virginia to Knoxville Tennessee and return for Summer School travel. Tickets valid June 16 17 18 28 29 and July 11 12 13 with final return limit August 15 1902. Continuous passage required in each direction. Contact nearest coupon ticket agent for details.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Virginia
Btjulyrg
Southern Railway Tickets To Nashville For Conference
For the Quadrennial Conference in Nashville May 7 to 31 Southern Railway authorizes sale of round trip tickets from all lines to Nashville at one first class fare. Tickets on sale May 5 6 7 with final return limit June 2 1902 subject to continuous passage both directions. Call nearest ticket agent for details.
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M. EY
Nashville
Tenn
Southern Railway
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Jerusalem
Denis Wortman
Leo Tolstoi
God Over All
Willam Wordsworth
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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Jackson
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