Prayer and baptism controversy in church trestle prose
A long devotional poem opens with a plea for mercy and peace addressed to the Lamb of God, followed by a long expository sermon on baptism arguing that true baptism requires water, words, and divine command together. The piece continues with verse, moral reflections, and a sermon excerpt on sin origins.
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Calvary’s Cross
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Bismarck Hosts Bible Reader At Varzin In Prayer Night
A North German account recalls Chancellor Bismarck welcoming a Bible colporteur for an evening service at Varzin. Bismarck invites the reader to conduct the service, then participates with humility and blessings. A separate vignette shows a couple’s clash over compassion for strangers and a Wesleyan definition of Methodism.
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Varzin
Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Luther's Defiant Stand Against Devils in Worms Cited
Thomas Carlyle recalls Luther's fearless battle with demonic visions while translating the Bible at Wartburg. The anecdote notes a black wall spot as a legacy of that struggle and praises Luther's courage over fear, quoting him on facing hell.
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Worms
Luther
Wartburg
Bishop Thirlwall and the pulpit manuscript rule
The bishop insisted he never preached extempore, admitting fear his manuscript might escape. He urged making a daily creed to help others grow wiser or better, praying for guidance to keep the rule and end each day with at least one person helped.
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Thirlwall
Esther’s noble self sacrifice and the call to civic duty
A moral appeal asserts that silence harms the nation and urges active voice and votes for purity and temperance. It contrasts passive citizens who avoid politics with Esther like courage, urging involvement in public causes for national salvation.
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Esther
Fragmented dialogue hints at faith and business trust
A public exchange questions whether a partner is a Christian, with one speaker replying uncertainty after a decade of business. The passage shifts to biblical prophecies listing Adim names and their symbolic meanings such as Adam as man in the divine image and Noah as consecration, suggesting a thematic link between faith and identity.
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Garden of Eden
Adam
Eve
Moses
Earth
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Milton
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Macaulay
Bin
Churchman
Man
Seth
Enosh
Kenan
Mahaleel
Jered
Henoch
Methuselah
Lamech
Noah
Public school boy defines words in St Albans Kalendar
A pupil in a public school recently defined a demagogues as a vessel holding beer wine gin whiskey or any intoxicating liquor in a Kalendar note from St Albans.
Christian catechism for little children price list
Price sets per copy fourty five cents per dozen post paid. Address the author of Henkel & Co. P. Books. Books. Call on T. G. Read, agent for Tatherland Series of Books.
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Henkel & Co
T. G. Read
Tatherland
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