Assurance in Thy Voice Across the Dark Way
A short poem by Esther Hooker Trowbridge speaks of trust in divine guidance. The speaker asks if despair may come but finds safety in hearing the voice and resting on the divine, even as day ends and the earth grows grey. The text emphasizes faith, protection, and closeness to the beloved presence.
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Esther Hooker Trowbridge
Jena
Prussia
Napoleon
Louise
Germany
David Livingstone
Africa
Baptist Commonwealth
Christianity the sole annunciate of salvation in world faiths
Five centuries of Christian proclamation are cited to claim that only Christianity delivers salvation to all nations. The article argues that biblical promises extend beyond Jews to Gentiles, and that the external call becomes effectual only through faith in Christ, urging repentance and baptism for forgiveness of sin.
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Peter
Jesus
Christ
Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
God
Abraham
David
Isaiah
Israel
Palestine
Calvary
Zwingli
Socrates
Plato
Cato
Pythagoras
Friep W. Rohlfing
Lutheran Standard
Young Boston Parson Dines, Faces Child’s Life Definition
A Boston parson dining with a congregation family delivers a discourse on life. He asks what life is, prompting a child in a high chair to respond with a quote attributed to Herbert Spencer: life as a definite combination of heterogeneous changes in correspondence with external co existences and sequences.
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Boston
Herbert Spencer
Release and timing in life and faith described
The piece reflects on whether release from life is truly happy depending on what one moves toward rather than from. It argues misfits and failures stem from doing right things at the wrong time and says a church founded on improper motives cannot perform good work.
Undoing Sin and Saving the Children
A hospital visitor hears a dying man confessing that sin cannot be undone by anyone, but forgiveness awaits the penitent. Another tale recalls a father who deserts God and later cannot undo the harm suffered by his children, warning that salvation must begin in childhood.
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Osir
Christ
God
Daily Manna Must Be Gathered Fresh Each Morning
A devotional passage urges believers to seek Christ daily with fresh energy of the Spirit. It emphasizes making Christ the primary object and rising early to feed, warning that yesterday's sustenance cannot meet today's need.
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Christ
Blessed Are They That Mourn Says Rev Meyer
A quotation from Rev. F B Meyer states sorrow holds a clue to blessedness and healing comes through the Gospel of Christ. It emphasizes consolation for mourners and spiritual comfort through faith.
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Christ
Rev
F. B. Meyer
Rest from a guilty conscience quote by Mosier
The note reflects on spiritual peace through faith, asserting that past sins are washed away by the peace-speaking blood and removing fear of God or man according to W. J. Mosier.
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God
W. J. Mosier
Minister Salaries and Duty Are Probed by Lutherans
The piece argues clergy should receive fair pay and security, not charity, noting long training and short service. It cites District Attorney Jerome on New York church attendance and asks if pastors are adequately paid. It also recounts early Lutheran Sunday School origins led by Stuber Oberlin and Raikes, tracing growth to today.
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Christ
Jerome
New York City
Lutheran Observer
Stuber
Oberlin
Steinthal
Elsass
Luther
Robert Raikes
England
Happiness as a pursued life goal contrasted with duty and virtue
The text argues happiness is not a proper object of desire or life aim, valuing purity, patience, helpfulness, cheerfulness, lovableness, and duty. It asserts happiness comes passively and is not linked to noble action, urging a life of trial and service to God and others over pursuing ease or pleasure.
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S. S
Mormonism Exceeds Other Denominations in Zeal and Reach
The article warns that Mormon hierarchy surpasses all Christian denominations in activity and organization. It claims 2000 missionaries with 1400 in the South, reports global inroads including Germany Norway and Sweden, and notes two missions in Salt Lake City aiding efforts to counter the perceived menace.
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Germany
Norway
Sweden
Salt Lake City
General Council
Hold the Citadel and the Clash of Faith and Science
The piece discusses tension between science and scripture, citing Huxley and Shakespeare to note limits of human philosophy. It reflects on church critics and the Bible as an enduring spiritual source, urging balance between doubt and faith. It ends with a moral about turning joys and troubles to find the other side.
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Shakespeare
Heaven
Peter Lombard
Church Times
Huxley
Parsons
God
Seneca on virtue profit and obligation in action
The text notes that true virtue lies in intent and profit in application, while the beauty of obligation comes from its manner of conferring. It emphasizes that benefits without proper manner are not worthwhile. The idea highlights the value of thoughtful delivery in duties and gifts.
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Seneca
Ram's Flora Reflects on Melancholy and Remedy
Fragmentary lines ponder melancholy and misery with a note on remedy or its absence. The poem hints at seeking healing if a cure exists and accepting fate if not. Names, dates, or places do not appear in the readable text.
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Ram
Confederate Gentleman: A Yankee Millionaire Shows True Courtesy
A former Confederate soldier recalls a postwar dinner where he wore home spun jeans, humbled by a rich host in brown tweeds. The host’s wife and guests welcomed him warmly, and he was touched to learn a Yankee millionaire valued a gentleman’s conduct over status.
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Edwin Brandon
Cecil Hayes
Major Drury
Edwin
Prince of Wales
Appomattox
Lee
Jackson
Stuart
Dixie
A Way to Happiness by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A compact guide urging early action, persistence, and a positive habit of happiness. It advises cultivating philosophy, liking what you have, seeking worthy friendships, gaining knowledge, and helping living beings daily to add to well being.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Glorious ministry in daily contact and travel
A reflective verse urges brief daily contacts to be a glorious ministry. The piece contrasts small acts with complains about yesterday and promotes a year subscription price of 1 spot cash.
The Long Sleep of Some Creatures
Animals endure winter dormancy with varying depths of sleep and partial waking. Frogs, toads, and field mice show different patterns, while woodchucks prepare food for spring. A buffalo duel described by Ernest Seton-Thompson illustrates the harsh realities of animal life and change in leadership.
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National
Washington
Ernest Seton-Thompson
Care and whitening tips for hands from old home remedies
The article details treatments to soften and whiten hands using lotions and mixtures such as rosewater glycerine bay rum lemon juice and olive oil mixed with turpentine opium liquor ammoniac and more It advises tepid water drying thoroughly alum or aromatic sulphuric acid in water talcum powder corns root and chalk with sweet almond oil and egg yolk almond chestnut meal oatmeal bran and night applications with gloves for bed linens.
Simplicity as Guide to a Lighter Life
A reflective passage urging restraint and minimalism. It argues that burden comes from excess and that a simple life with enough essentials is the natural path. The tone resembles a moral exhortation from a period essay.
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