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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
8
Poem praising brave and diligent boys who never shirk duty. It stresses a steadfast heart, striving to do one’s best and keep the right in view. Such boys are future leaders whose names will be spoken with pride.
Reverend Cheney reflects on Jesus amid rising opposition, leaving Nazareth for Capernaum, calling disciples, and healing at the Pool of Bethesda. He notes the crowd’s superstition about healing waters, highlights the paralytic’s 38 years of suffering, and shows Jesus as the Savior who heals by word and grace as he moves toward Calvary.
A February 23 1908 Young People Topic urges global salvation via the Great Commission. It cites Romans 10 8 15 Matt 23 19 and Luke 16 1 13 stressing preach or perish Teach or fossilize and declares salvation is a free gift with obligation to the world. It contrasts willing missionaries with slow Christians and quotes Peter and Paul on preaching to Greeks Barbarians and the wise and unwise.
A church exhortation urges believers to fund global missions, citing Paul and Christ's love. It emphasizes the necessity of sending workers, raising funds, and meeting a $563,293.71 year-end debt-free goal by March 31, urging cheerful giving and loyal support.
A girl in a busy block discovered her talent for storytelling. She enlisted local mothers to host weekly story hours for ten to fifteen children, blending myths, history, and classic tales. Each child paid ten cents per hour, rewarding the narrator and comforting mothers with a safe, enriching activity.
A fragment from a longer reminiscence recalls Bishop McCabe writing to an editor about age, joking it can be calculated in amusement columns. It then shifts to a gray-haired professor in a king's court who is shown a calendar puzzle to deduce his age, with Christmas near.
A king and professor test a sequence of arithmetic steps to reveal a person’s birth month and age. The trick yields 1260, showing December as the birth month and a sixty year age, illustrating a polite method of learning personal details.
A girl converts a bright silver dollar into dimes to give the Lord what she believes is his own. She salvages one tenth, noting that she must give what is hers as her offering. The tale centers on a child’s interpretation of charity and faith.
Tauler of Strausberg recalls meeting a Christian beggar who declares he is never unhappy. He explains gratitude in all conditions and that true kingship lies in ruling one’s own heart while making God king over him, a philosophy of practical Christianity.
Notice is published that the last will of Cornelis Kloosterman is on file in the clerk of District Court Marion County Iowa. A hearing is set for February 18 1908 at the Knoxville court for all interested to be heard.
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