09 Jan 1901
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Newspaper
Our Church Paper
Location
New Market, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1901
Page
1
A 1900s page combines a devotional poem praising God for guiding the year with a catechism on honesty and truth telling. It includes numbered questions and scripture citations about lying, justice, and forgiveness, followed by moral essays on forgetting sins and broad mercy. The piece closes with reflections on communal effort and envy.
A sermon exploring the churchs principal challenges at the centurys start. It urges renewing ancient doctrine, training robust pastors, and emphasizing foreign missions while cautioning against worldly hustling and unchecked prosperity. It cites sources and pastors, urging faithfulness, prayer, and mission zeal.
Rev I Conder of McGaheysville Va presents a catechism designed for public schools Sunday schools and private homes. The editors begin publishing chapters in Our Church Paper with the author’s permission inviting critique to improve the work for potential permanent publication.
Poem by Longfellow evokes Christ in Galilee walking through fields and hamlets. It speaks of healing sightless eyes demons fleeing the dead rising and following Christ. The voice is said to echo across past and future centuries.
A brief collection of two religious quotes. The first notes how each hour bears God given burdens, credited to Faber. The second argues religion improves neither temper nor soul, attributed to R. Clayton.
A fragmentary verse reflects on freedom and divine trust across ages. It invokes Whittier style language asking for God to guard liberty and establish justice, envisioning a new era and enduring protection under righteous law.
The passage compares patience to a steep mountain, easy at the start yet demanding steady ascent. It promises resting places of hope for persevering souls and notes that resolve followed by action opens the path to deliverance, attributed to Farrar. Printing attribution to Henkel & Co. appears at the end.
A Moody tale shows faith as taking action on promises. He asked boys to believe a pocket Testament exists and to claim it. One small boy stepped forward, illustrating belief in God’s faithfulness and the practice of faith in daily life.
As we enter the new year and century, our privileges duties and responsibilities remain the same. The text emphasizes ongoing mental and physical worry and work and calls for care of body state matters and spiritual life. It asserts the Church of Christ must remain active on earth for its noble mission and that people sustain it and benefit from it.
A quoted adage appears in Lookout noting the paradox that more labor shortens waiting time. The line emphasizes industrious effort as a path to quicker results, reflecting a public bulletin style observation.
A meditation contrasts life as a continuous journey with the claim that past years remain with us. It cites Rev T E Bartlett on life’s unity and recalls Martin Luther’s stand before the Diet of Worms, asserting religious liberty born from steadfast conscience and private judgment.
A dressmaker reflects on fitting patterns to people not changing people to fit patterns. She warns that many try to force others into fixed designs, from a sister shaping a brother to a mission school superintendent shaping urban children. Her philosophy: measure the folks and fit them best. Wellspring.
A proverb states knowledge and food require toil. Pleasure comes through toil not self indulgence. Loving work leads to a happy life and discipline.
French scholar Bertillon tested tobacco impact on Paris Polytechnique students in 1855. Among 168 smokers and 52 non smokers, division by exam rank favored non smokers, with 14 of 20 top ranks smoking and 6 non smokers. The study led France’s minister to ban tobacco for students in circulars to schools and colleges.
The passage urges believers to seek fruitfulness through close union with Christ and obedience to God the Father. It emphasizes not resting on equal shares or appearances, but bearing all the fruit Christ wills through living faith and love. It reflects devotional exhortation.
Quote reflects a religious lesson on patience revealing true character, distinguishing God’s faithful from hypocrites and dissemblers. The line emphasizes perseverance as a virtue guiding judgment and spiritual integrity.
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