London Christian Church Fair and Hot Supper Reflections
Bishop W A Candler in Atlanta Journal critiques Christian business practices and church fundraising. He contrasts spiritual aims with money driven schemes, criticizes preacher salaries and perceived church neglect, and urges faithful, generous support as proper to Christian work.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Grant Park
Joel Hurt
Inman Park
Consolidated
Church of God
W. A. Candler
Atlanta Journal
The World Needs Christ Shown Through Transfigured Church
A sermon excerpt argues the world must see Jesus through transformed church members. It cites Paul’s unveiled glory as the model, urging believers to seek continual transformation from the Lord, so the church can attract and save the world.
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Jesus
Church
St. Paul
God
Christ
Paul
A. J. Hernes
Nashville
Christian Advocate
One true religion and the gospel’s exclusive claim
Rev. Morgan Dix argues there is only one true religion with Christ as savior and reveals rivals as inadequate. He urges unwavering commitment, grace to confess faith, and inner witness to validate belief, warning that compromise defeats the fight against paganism.
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Christ
Rev
Morgan Dix
Gladstone's Advice to Youth on Duty and Fortitude
A historical message urging young men to find their place and vocation through honest effort. It stresses thorough knowledge, rejection of pretension, and strength of character. The text closes with a devotional tone invoking guidance and light, attributed to Robert II of France.
Bible sales soar as verse of gospel expands worldwide
The article quotes Frowde of Oxford University Press noting Bible sales exceed 10,000,000 annually in English beyond other languages. It cites the American Bible Society with 1.5 million Bibles and the British Society with over 5 million, plus vast production like Oxford India paper Bibles. It highlights growth in the Philippines and China and argues the Bible remains the world’s most popular book. It closes with moral reflections from Presbyterian Banner and Moody on giving spirit.
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Robert Ingersoll
Frowde
Oxford University Press
David Harum
American Bible Society
British Foreign Bible Society
Bible House
British Bible Society
Oxford India
Oxford Press
Oxford Bible
England
America
British and Foreign Bible Society
Philippines
China
Presbyterian Banner
The Acorn of Kind Words and Its Quiet Power
A reflective essay urges daily acts of kindness and courtesy. It compares small greetings to an acorn that can grow into a great timber, noting our unconscious influence on others and the shared moral atmosphere that binds people. It cites Paul that no one lives to himself.
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Paul
Master Your Temper and the Quaker’s Quiet Victory
A London merchant argues a bill with a Quaker who calmly refuses to raise his voice. The Quaker explains he keeps his temper by never letting his voice rise above a set key, a practice he credits to divine help. The tale ends with the merchant confessing error and seeking the Quaker’s guidance. The piece also reflects on praises as stairways to divine perfection.
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London
Rascal
Stay Firm and Trust in the Lord’s Guidance
A devotional reflection urges patience and diligence in daily duties. It quotes George MacDonald’s counsel to remain steadfast, not fearing the future, and to follow where the Shepherd leads, trusting providence to provide for every need.
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George MacDonald
A Child Sees for the First Time and a Book Review
A minister in Indiana aids a six year old boy named Johnnie who undergoes surgery to restore sight. The moment he first sees, Johnnie asks if his mother is heaven, a scene described as a glimpse of heaven. The piece also urges summer reading with Hawthorne Hawthorne classics, Prescott histories, and literary reviews from the New York Times.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Johnnie
Elsie Venner
Alhambra
Washington Irving
Granada
Prescott
Peru
Mexico
Vanity Fair
New York Times
Reading Old Books In Summer A Personal Reading Guide
The piece argues summer lassitude need not ban serious books. It urges readers to revisit timeless works like The Vicar of Wakefield Tom Jones and Tristram Shandy and the Sense timental Journey asking when last read and whether memory still preserves their details.
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Vicar of Wakefield
Tom Jones
Tristram Shandy
The Beggar and His Mirror Fable
A Shiras beggar finds a mirror that makes ugly features seem beautiful and uses it to gain alms. His son later forgets to use it and earns nothing, leading to a lesson about wisdom, vanity, and flattery from the family. The tale ends with a daughter’s argument that conceit deceives both flatterer and fool.
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Shiras
Boy Wanted Opens Path to Work for Roland
Roland, seeking to help his mother, enters a cutlery shop after seeing a sign. He finds boys cleaning rusted knives and earns a chance by showing thoroughness. The foreman praises him as the one they want, and the senior man urges him to accept wages and thank his mother for teaching him diligence.
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Roland
The
S. S. Advocate
Economical homemade soap from recycled scraps
A reader shares a thrift recipe to recycle toilet soap scraps into a new bar. Combine scraps with warm water and borax in a quartz tin, boil, mold, and let cool. The result softens skin and cleans linens, promising yearly savings and practical household use.
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Sara
Fenton
Henkel & Co Offers Red White Blue Pencil Tablets At 5cts
Office advertisement notes large red white and blue pencil tablets priced at five cents each. It promotes Henkel & Co as the supplier.
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Henkel & Co
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London Christian
New York
Gladstone
Robert II
France
C. C. Everett
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