25 Jun 1885
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Newspaper
Our Church Paper
Location
New Market, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1885
Page
1
A poem fragment contrasts a beauty’s careless dismissal of alcohol with a mother’s fear for her son and a merchant’s business preoccupations. It recounts the ruinous toll of drink through a son’s downfall and a fatal train wreck caused by a drunken conductor, who ferries grief to a wife and child.
A devotional exhortation on fixating the Lord’s lovingkindness in thought, experience, and prayer. It outlines four uses: contemplation, encouragement amid guilt and affliction, praise, and imitation, urging remembrance of mercy and emulation of divine mercy through compassion, forgiveness, and charity.
A preacher warns professors of religion and church members who neglect religious papers while keeping up with secular news. He urges timely subscription, advance payment, and personal responsibility, asking readers to imagine a publisher awaiting arrears and to support religious journalism. Dr Nevens signs the appeal.
The text notes 1880 undergrads at 23,000, about one per 2,180 people, compares to 1830 with one per 4,200 and 4,000 total, and cites Harvard College in 1884 where entering freshmen averaged eighteen years and nine and two third months.
The text argues that prosperity and adversity balance each other, shaping character and faith. It cites biblical figures and stresses that trials refine fruit bearing, urging patient submission to divine Providence. It condemns unchecked self will, calls for reverence to authority in family, government, and church, and warns against spiritual apathy and liberalism.
John Wesley and a troubled brother walk past a stone fence and a meadow where a cow peers over. Wesley asks why the cow looks over the wall and answers that she cannot look through it, advising to look over and above one's troubles.
Patients urged to try the old established remedy Swayne's Wild-Cuer Ry for throat breast and lung diseases. First dose purportedly relieves with a speedy cure. Price 25 cents to $1.00, available at druggists. June 11-12.
A reflection on seizeable chances to help others while away from home, including inviting a lonely boarder for convalescence, hosting a struggling seamstress, and the need for consistent Christian witness. It warns against hyped Christianity and urges living as a visible, faithful disciple under all eyes.
The Rev Dr Sprecher cites Thaddeus Stephens urging ministers to preach the Gospel, not prove it, as ambassadors for Christ. The letter emphasizes divine credentials, the Holy Spirit bearing witness, and that the Lord will provide in His time despite personal doubt or delay.
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