Passover Meditation Amid Exodus Imagery
A reflective poem describing Passover as a pilgrim journey. The speaker binds faith to liberty while facing uncertain paths, recalling bondage, the Red Sea, and divine guidance through darkness and light. Strong biblical imagery anchors the verse.
Wings Like a Dove and the King’s Sorrow Explored
A Theodore-like meditation traces David’s unrest from throne and family strife to the prophet’s counsel on happiness and faith. It contrasts the Decrees Armenian and Pauline answers with a focus on contentment, faith, and the power of gentle speech to uplift sorrowful souls.
United Effort Boosts Church Prosperity, Say Methodist Leaders
The Methodist Recorder urges unity to power church work and accelerate all denominational efforts. Bishop Henshaw advises living with awareness of God’s scrutiny, praying honestly, and avoiding actions that would dishonor one’s profession or God’s honor.
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Methodist Recorder
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Love Born of God Says Kempis in Devotional Thought
A devotional quote from Thomas Kempis extols love as sweeter stronger broader and higher than all else, born of God and resting in Him above creation. It emphasizes love’s divine origin and supreme place in heaven and earth.
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Livingstone Prayer on Guidance and Service
A brief devotional line reflecting David Livingstone's appeal for divine guidance and presence. It emphasizes safety in faith and a call to be useful by promoting peace and goodwill among people.
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David Livingstone
Have your job printing done at this office
A brief notice urges readers to have printing work completed at the local office. It highlights prompt service and reliable results for job printing needs.
Bengali Proverbs From the Bengalese
A collection of curious Bengali proverbs with sharp it ifs and warnings. Notable lines warn against overreaching and deceit, from elephants to treasuries, roosters and storms, and the futility of boastful threats. Observed in a New York Observer context.
Be patient and endure when suffering tests the soul
A verse embraced with reflections on patience amid illness and delay. It urges calm under pain and trials, noting the value of hope and perseverance. Interwoven is a tale of a stylish woman who minimizes trouble by postponing worry and seeking remedies when possible.
Ready to Die by the Scotch Missionary in Edinburgh
Dr Daff the renowned Scotch missionary returns from India to address a crowded Edinburgh meeting on India’s claims on the Christian Church. After two and a half hours he collapses and, revived, begs to finish his speech. He declares he will die if he cannot go back to India.
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Scotland
India
Britain
Old Age and Hard Work Warns Against Retirement
An article argues that seniors should not abandon work for wellbeing. It cites that many retirees decline in health without occupation, urging continued regular, moderate activity. A Lancet quote supports self-control in exertion and urges study and exercise over excess.
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London
Knowing Boys and Consecration in Christian Teaching
A collection of moral guidance for youths and religious instruction. It lists six traits for boys emphasizing gentleness, restraint, and work ethic, then discusses consecration and wholehearted service to God with quotes attributed to Jesus Christ and Joseph Parker.
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Jesus Christ
Joseph Parker
Inconsistency in church visits exposed by old story
The Messiah's Herald notes a preacher's tale about a 30 year member who protested neglect after sickness yet admitted he never visited others in need. The piece condemns chronic complainers who demand duty from others while shirking it themselves and asserts true belonging to God implies lifelong commitment.
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Ahab
Israel
Naboth
Elisha
Christian Register
Notes on faith and self discipline from Ram's Horn
A reflective meditation urging self ex amination and resistance to temptation. It emphasizes prayer, forsaking sins, and God’s fatherly care guiding believers toward happiness and spiritual growth. The piece warns against hypocrisy and moderate drinking as threats to true religion and moral living.
Silverthaw Poem Painted in Frosty Metaphor
The speaker frames a winter landscape as pale palaces and mysterious northern wand magic. Ghostly forests, moonlit barrens, and silver thaw threaten summer’s warmth yet promise sunlit life to return as the frost’s cemetery dissolves and the world resumes song.
Pusey as Preacher Described by Dean Hole
In Dean Hole’s Memories Dr Pusey is portrayed as a humble preacher whose calm look and soft earnest voice commanded attention. He preached about faith in the Saviour, Scripture and sacraments, with sorrow for sin and tender compassion for the sinner. He is noted as a learned theologian and linguist, skilled in Hebrew Greek and Latin, yet never obscure in speech or teaching.
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Dean Hole
Pusey
Sermon Boldly Proclaims God’s Full Counsel to All
A minister is urged to speak plainly in God’s name and preach the whole counsel of God. The message should expose sin, rebuke the worldly, warn the erring, and reclaim the backslider. The passage urges courage, faithfulness, and strength in the Lord.
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