Charitie and Corner Stone Laying at Decatur Church
A poem venerates Charitie while an account details the Laying of the Corner Stone for the English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Decatur Ill. Rev M J Stirewall outlines the building’s spiritual frame and a crowd of about 1000 attends. The piece covers history from 1882 to present and notes the projected $12000 cost and upcoming parsonage site.
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North Main
Eldorado Streets
M. J. Stirewall
Indiana Synod
Christ
Church of God
Jesus Christ
Cerro Gordo
Roth
Stirewalt
A. H. Gift
Gift
J. D. Roth
General Church Council
Decatur
I. A. Korsmeyer
West Main Street
A. W. Walter
J.D. Roth
Pittsburg
Indiana Lutheran Synod
Stirewall
M. L. Deck
Piso's Catarrh Remedy Ad Usability Note
An 19th century style public notice extols Piso's Remedy for Catarrh as agreeable to use and clarifies it is neither a liquid nor a snuff. The short ad-like line contrasts worldly comforts with heavenly ones attributed to Bishop Horne.
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Piso
Bishop Horne
God Washes Eyes to Read Providence and Commandments
A reflective quotation attributed to Dr. Ouyler notes that tears can clear vision to discern providence and divine commandments. The saying emphasizes spiritual insight brought by hardship and faith.
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Ouyler
Buried Sin Grows Roots and Returns in Time
Some say burying sin is easy but it is hard to conceal. Hidden sins take root like a seed and sprout thirty sixty or a hundred fold. They smolder like a flame and poison like a seed until outward ungodliness breaks out. Confession and forsaking bring mercy.
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Christ
Moses
Dialy
Jesus
Aasin
Christ Lives In You Quote From Bishop Huntingdon
A religious reflection quotes Bishop Huntingdon on Christ’s life and death, urging living followers to embody self sacrifice and spiritual spirit in daily conduct.
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Christ
Huntingdon
Retired doctor offers free remedy recipe for lung and nervous ailments
An East India missionary handed a physician a simple vegetable cure claimed to treat consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and lung affections plus nervous debility. The doctor says he will mail free of charge the recipe in German French or English with instructions to any reader who requests it by sending a stamped request to W A Novas 149 Powers Block Rochester NY.
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East India
W.A. Novas
Powers’ Block
Rochester
New York
The Origin of Scandal in a Tea Circle
A Detroit Free Press verse about gossip and social rumor. Mrs B is accused of excess and misdeeds. the exchange travels through Mrs K and Mrs A as the tale worsens. The poem traces how gossip reveals itself and harms reputations via confidants and imagined flaws.
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Detroit Free Press
Ideals of the Bible and Fairbairn Pill Advertisement
The piece extols the Old Testament as the richest defender of the poor and weak, praising justice for orphans and widows and condemning oppression. It contrasts biblical equity with Roman law, while endorsing Fair bairn Shallenberger's Pills as a safe malaria remedy that improves digestion and appetite.
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Principal Fairbairn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charitie
Wisdom
John Ruskin
New English Lutheran Church
Herald
Decatur Morning Press
Decatur, Ill
Our Church
the Holy Bible
Bibliopolist
THE
Philip Schaff
D. D
American Revision Committee
Bible Societies
Great Britain
America
Alexander Roberts
God
the Bible IN America
John Elliot
Cambridge
Mass
Germantown
Philadelphia
Christopher Sower
Saur
Kneeland & Green
Boston
Robert Aitkin
HE Holy Bible
F. G. Clark
Silence
Robert Burton
Zeuxis
Diana
Ephesians
Carlyle
Lord Lytton
Oxford
Josh Billings
Kant
Mrs. A
Mrs. J
Mrs. B
Mrs. K
Ideals of the Bible
Shallenberger
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