First Sunday after Epiphany Sermon Reflections
Dr. A Spaeth discusses Luke 2 41 52 the boy Jesus in the temple the feast customs and the role of humility in learning from God He cites scripture and church practice urging families and congregations to keep liturgical customs and cultivate prayer meditation and faithful church life.
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Palestine
Joseph of Nazareth
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Tabernacles
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Nazareth
The Old Year and the New
A veteran limps through a moonlit night as the new year nears. A young gallant rider on snow brings a rose and honors the fallen, while the old man lies in a bed of white, and the bugle notes of taps proclaim the transition.
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Minna Irving
Fuller Quote on Justice and Reckoning
A reflection on divine justice, noting that punishment varies in path and timing. It asserts that reprieve does not grant lasting pardon and compares iniquity to a guest who may sleep before a final reckoning.
Do Not Deprive Needful Time and Service Now
The message urges sharing time and service with those in genuine need rather than waiting for a future grand gesture. It cautions against pulling others down to lift oneself and emphasizes collective support.
The Church Will Endure Against World Opposition
Augustana Journal asserts the Christian church has always endured worldly disfavor and will remain victorious. It argues that the wicked never favor revelations and that Christ’s witnesses persist, promising eternal life to all who follow him.
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Christ
Free Church of Christ
Earth
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Augustana Journal
Gifts to institutions totaled over 85000000 in 1902
The gifts to educational ecclesiastical and charitable institutions in portions of 5000 and over during 1902 amounted to more than 85000000. Conformity to the world will never convert it. Theodore L. Cuyler D D
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Theodore L. Cuyler
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Somebody Else’s Bad Deeds Do Not Prove Your Virtue
A concise moral assertion argues that another person’s wrongdoing does not validate your own goodness or moral standing. The point stresses personal integrity independent of others’ faults.
Henkei & Co Church Minute Printing in New Market Va
Printing house Henkei & Co of New Market Virginia offers prompt church minute printing and other printing services. Orders solicited for church records minutes bulletins and related work.
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Henkei & Co
New Market
Five Cents Gets Box of Writing Paper at Henkel & Co
Five cents buys a box containing twenty five envelopes and twenty four sheets of writing paper at Henkel and Company's printing office. The item is modest yet considered worth the small price.
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Henkel & Co
Money or Mercy in Work, a Margaret Sangster View
A short reflection argues that while money buys comfort, true work rests on conscience love for the task and loyalty to the employer. It warns that workers who pursue easy pay without reverence for the Master will fail to achieve dignity or excellence.
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Heaven
Earth
Margaret E. Sangster
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mean financials test love in Christian Life thoughts
The piece muses on how a miserly spouse, giving little to support a loved one, invalidates words of affection. It uses the idea that someone would quickly reject declarations of love if funds are hoarded for self.
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Jesus
Canon Liddon
Living Close to God in All Walks of Life
A devotional urging constant companionship with God. Heavenward living is possible in daily work from the nursery to the counting house and study. Close prayer renews strength, steadies conduct, and connects a devout life with pastoral and lay work alike.
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Jacob
Luther
God
Gates of Pearl
Eepiscopal Recorder
Quote from Ruskin on industry and intellect
A Ruskin quotation asserts life without industry breeds guilt while industry without intellect becomes brutality. It notes that the bustling world of looms and spindles originates in the quiet study of a scholar in his closet.
Sand Storms of the Sahara Strike Caravan Trek
An eyewitness recounts a Saharan sand storm between Algiers and Timbuctoo. The wind-driven dust choked the air as camels crouched, riders sheltered under cloaks, and the party battled drifting dunes for half an hour.
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Ireland
Asia
Norway
Italy
Algeria
Timbuctoo
H. W. French
Madison’s Rise From Poor Speaker to President
A Virginia legislator James Madison faced defeat after his first term as his supporters deserted him claiming he would not treat them and was a poor speaker. Yet through diligence he became a leading speaker and later the President of the United States, with little opposition on re election.
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James Madison
Virginia
Madison
Naymore
United States
America
Great battles are won before they are fought
A quotation from Sir John Lubbock on self-control and discipline, urging mastery of daily habits to influence outcomes.
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Sir John Lubbock
Brush Brigade Teaches Gentlemen Through Brushes Tale
A Wide Awake tale recalls a mother teaching boys to value brushes for grooming. The script mockingly links cleanliness to gentlemanly conduct with a chorus about multiple brushes for hair, boots, nails, suits, and hats. Grandmother and sons echo the lesson as tramps depart and return.
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Brush Brigade
Willie
Grandmother
Every Lutheran Should Have One Almanac Release
The Lutheran Church Almanac from General Council Publication Society is ready. It has 65 large pages with illustrations statistics and clerical register. Price 12 cents single, 6 for 50 cts., $1 per dozen. A supplement with ministers by locality is also available postpaid. Stamps accepted. Address Henkel & Co New Market Shenandoah County Virginia.
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General Council Publication Society
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Express
Henkel & CO
New Markey
Shenandoah County
Virginia
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