Becoming Great by Childlike Trust in Kingdom Entry
The lesson presents two core truths: discipleship and Christ’s attitude toward children. Jesus uses a child as a living lesson on humility, trustfulness, and receptivity, warning against pride and urging believers to enter the kingdom with childlike, teachable hearts. The text stresses that entry hinges on humility, obedience, and pure trust, not rank or ambition.
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Christ
Jesus
Kingdom of
Heaven
Kingdom
Paul
Israel
Moses
God
Night on the House Beautiful and Our Fourth House
A quoted passage describes keeping a person in a sacred space, then going to the roof to glimpse a distant night of the House beautiful and the speaker’s fourth house, which they refrain from describing but call their Father’s House.
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Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
Five Peas In One Pod Story Adaptation
A green pod holds five peas who dream beyond their shelter as the pod turns yellow after a quake. A curious pea escapes and becomes part of a boy’s shoot, while another finds a new life in a sick girl’s room. The girl’s hope grows with a pink pea blossom.
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Tshall
Hans Andersen
Spelling Book Echoes From a Country Schoolhouse
H M Greenleaf remembers a weathered spelling book that guided a child from a to cat to distant words like metamorposia and transubstantiation. The piece contrasts simple early lessons with later grander terms and recalls the worn volume as a cherished relic.
A Little Sermon on Houses by Dr John Watson
Dr John Watson preaches a sermon on houses describing four inner spaces of the self. He likens the mind to a library and conscience to a court room, memory to a strong room, and imagination to hopeful pictures, urging light and goodness within the heart as a church.
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John Watson
Erasure Skills Warned Against in Banking Startups
A young man boasting of erasure skill from business college seeks banking work. An old clerk warns that hidden ink erasures enable fraud and keep employers from hiring. The elder recounts his own past as an ink eraser expert before settling into a steady job.
Where Charm Lies and Everyday Courtesy
A brief quotation from M A Kelty on how small kindnesses and courtesies in social conduct enhance character more than great talents, highlighting daily manners shaping charm rather than achievements.
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M. A
Kelty
Hurry Em Over Motor Boat on the Dead Sea
In Enterprise a motor boat is said to be operating on the Dead Sea drawing comment about swift passage. The note compares the invention to Charon ferrying souls on the River Styx, as Memphis New Scimiter remarks.
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Enterprise
Dead Sea
River Styx
Memphis
New Scimiter
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Endorsed For Coughs And Lungs
A seventy year history with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral inspires confidence for coughs colds bronchitis and weak throats and lungs. Advice to consult a doctor and Bring the formula on the box. One pill at bedtime increases bile flow and acts as a laxative the next day. Made by Ayer & Co Lowell MA.
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Ayer
Lowell
Masa
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Emer Charlson
Pella
Iowa
J. Thomassen
Park
Geelhoed
T. G. Fultz
W. F. Crew
Jj. J. Sybenga
Leighton
Calla
P. A. Edmond
Wormhoudt
S. G. Vander, Zyl
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Ella
E. T. Warren
Wormhoudt’s
Granite Works
Linnie
Cat
Lover
Toon
H. M. Greenleaf
Christian Advocate
Pella Plumbing & Heating Co
New York
Gastoria
Bears
Castoria
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Rock Island Lines
J. M. Cox
Hal
S. Ray
Des Moines
Pella Tank & Pipe Co
Pella, Ia
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