How Our Lives May Be Consecrated To Our Country
A July 7 1907 sermon and reflection connect patriotism to faith by examining the hymn My Country Tis of Thee and its author Dr Smith. The speaker recalls a Newton Iowa background, hymn history, and the 19th century Baptist literary world. References include Harvard Dover Theological Seminary Colby University and St. Louis May anniversaries. Scriptural readings feature first Samuel and Isaiah with Pauline letters.
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Isa
America
God
Land
Liberty
Newton Center
Mars
Newton Hill
Boston
Harvard
Andover Theological Seminary
Colby University
Waterville
The
Christian Review
Baptist Missionary Publications
Dr. Smith
Smith
Park
Street Church
Sumpter
St. Louis
Union of
North and South Baptists
General Convention
Christ
Jesus
Fight to the Finish in The Interpreter on Gold Mine Strife
The July American Magazine excerpt by Moyer Haywood and Pettibone explains why gold mining labor battles differ. It notes that wage rises cannot be passed to consumers, since gold prices are world-set. thus miners’ wage gains threaten mine owners’ profits or closures, a true struggle for existence with potential socialist echoes.
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Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Moyer-Haywood
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Idaho
The Careful King Journey From Porale In The Hunt
The king of Poralé set out hunting with his court. A long chase led to thirst as the party pressed on through the plains. The tale notes the thirsty expedition and the royal entourage's response.
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Timain
Poralé
Tong
King Warns Against Eating It In Garden
A royal caution notes that consuming fruit from a guarded garden risks sparing none for officials. A moral about higher status copying faults follows, via a quoted ad for Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea praising women’s youth and a local seller offering tea or tablets for 35 cents.
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Hollister
F.d.stubenrauch
F. D. Stubenrauch
Auntie and Alphabet Bible Tales for Children
A humorous scene of Aunt Sarah and Yauntie guiding a child through the alphabet with Bible names Adam Benjamin Cain Daniel and others ending in a supper moment. An ad promotes DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills sold at Langerak's Drug store and Vander Linden's Bazar, 23-26.
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Yauntie
Adam
Auntie
Benjamin
Cain
Sarah
Joe
Daniel
DeWitt
Langerak
Vander Linden
Daniel in the Lions Den A faith test of Daniel
The piece recalls Daniel facing the lions den after defying King Darius by praying to God alone. It emphasizes his faithful record, courage, and reliance on divine guidance, noting the night’s terror but Daniel’s unwavering trust. It ends by asking how the story unfolds when God is his counselor.
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Danig
Lions
Darius
den of Lions
Daniel
God
Right or Wrong in the Lions Den Parable and Resolve
A reflective sermon-like piece contrasts Daniel's unwavering faith with the peril of compromise. It stresses choosing the right over expediency, warns against forgetting God, and honors staying true to moral light even when facing displeasure or danger. It ends with a quoted motto about being true and living up to the light.
Never Too Late to Mend and Repent
A reflective essay argues it is never too late to mend in moral life yet warns some may delay until it is past repair. It urges readers today to forsake evil, amend their ways, and follow Christ faithfully for spiritual life.
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Christ
Grandmother Eyes Read My Quirks In Free Verse
A child ponders how Grandma detects mischief by a gaze and wonders if wearing her glasses would reveal the same about Grandma. The playful poem moves through the idea of eyes as truth tellers and the curiosity of turning the tables on Grandma’s perception.
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Christian Endeavor
third’Reformed Church
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F. W.S. Riddle
Edmond
Epworth League
Baptist Church
Reformed Church
College DI
L. A. Garrison
H. J. VandenBerg
Ectory
H. Ristveld
E. M. Cole
H. J. Vanden Berg
Peter van Sittert
J. S.rhynsburger City Officers
Ward
Ded Ward
Ath Ward
Stonoa Vacderzy Wan
M Keuger A
Karger
H den Adel
Jon Carson
Gan Wa Schreiner
Rbynsburges
P.A
van der Stule
P. Johnson
Jehn A
Pos
James Janome
Cole
van Dusseidorp
Vander Myden
W. Kimmel
See
Imp
A. P
VanderMlede Sechemm
Brulnekoor
Iit ‘Monde
És &A. M. Ei
Yates
Viersea
Hi -Vielting Brothers
WME
Ralderburg
Pres
CC Welch
Bee
Garman
Pr. Ball
Desira
Jawa
Rev
Chas, A
Tenny Newton
Iowa
Samuel F. Smith
A. Ara
Haven
Edgar L. Vincent
Jerusalem
Grandma
Vic
Rocoh
Pierce’s. Ravern
Rock Island
Elorado Springs
Denver
Pueblo
J. M. Cox
Pella, Iowa
Thedford’s
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