Nature's Feast and Church Reflections Widely Quoted
A verse on nature cleaning the world by Anna M. Pratt followed by religious excerpts praising the Augsburg Confession and a Haworth Herald meditation on church motives. The pieces juxtapose beauty, tradition, and personal renewal within faith and worship.
Lutheran Confessions Among American Lutherans Forty Years Ago
A reflective survey traces how early American Lutherans encountered the Book of Concord, recounting Dr. Seiss and Rev. Dr. Sprecher, their shifts toward confessional fidelity, and a call for unity in doctrine over mere uniformity, amid Missouri Synod influence and General Synod debates.
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Gettysburg
America
Walch
Muller
Dr. Seiss
Luth
Church Review
Samuel Sprecher
General Synod
Sprecher
Ziegler
Missouri Synod
Missouri Brethren
Modest Apparel Tied to Righteous Society, Luther Quote
A religious reflection contrasts Christ as Saviour with a harsh judge, asserting sinners in Adam are justified by Christ's blood. It connects modest dress to moral purity, warning that immodest apparel signals corruption and depravity in society.
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Jesus
St. Clement
Christ
Adam
Luther
The Flea Compared to an Elephant in Armor
A passage from American Kindergarten Magazine extols a flea by imagining it giant and armored. It notes a turtle shell like armor with quills, an arched neck, bright eye, piercing tools, a blood-sucking sucker, six legs with powerful jumping ability, and claws for gripping. It also claims a flea can jump a hundred times its length and carry two hundred times its weight.
Gentlemanly conduct and timeless folly across tales
A storyteller shares a scene where Harry Edmond apologizes after tripping a street vendor, then a fable contrasts true gentleness with showy folly. The piece surveys idealized romance, female dreams, and aging, interwoven with an Irish coffin anecdote ending with a comic miscalculation of age.
The Fire of Sin and Its Eternal Worm
A sermon on punishment for sin contrasts physical torment with internal guilt. It argues that remorse, remorse and the sense of sin will gnaw like an undying worm, while the mind remains capable of distinguishing good from evil even after death. It ends urging subscription to Christian Union.
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Haworth Herald
Perfect frying a key to true cooking effectiveness
A cookery expert explains perfect frying as the ideal goal. If fat is not hot enough to form a brown crust, it penetrates the food and prevents proper cooking. Tepid fat drenches the item and renders it indigestible, with damage occurring as soon as penetration begins.
Diocese quote on Chicago Catholics and Apostles Creed
A diocese quotes a remark about Chicago Catholics who say or sing the Apostles Creed. The statement suggests the city would frighten hell in a month if all who claim the creed lived there.
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New York
Central Park
St. Bernard
Chicago
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