Sunday School Lesson by Rev J M Coon in Chicago Quarterly
The article reviews a Sunday school lesson series tied to Proverbs 14 21 85 and Psalms 144 15 and surveys eighty to ninety years of Israel and Judah histories. It notes Israel’s wicked idolatries and Judah’s good kings and the prophets Elijah and Elisha. It poses questions about biblical figures battles kings and prophets featured in the quarter’s lessons.
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Two Kingdoms of Israel
Kingdom of Israel
Kingdom of Judah
Elijah
Elisha
Jehovah
Chief Lessons and Challenges for Quarter Education
A compact review of spiritual education outlining aims for personal acceptance of Christ, weekly and quarterly goals, and prompts for spiritual growth. It lists prompts on scripture selections, Golden Text, virtues, promises, commands, and emotional, moral, and societal lessons, followed by review questions and chief lessons emphasizing righteousness, self-control, and faith.
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Christ
Asa
Elijah
Plain Folks and the Hero Within a Kitchen Moment
In a domestic scene Ted asks what he will be when grown. Nora, ironing nearby, prefers plain folks over heroes and explains heroism lies in small daily acts. Ted, moved, decides to ask plain folks of the right sort, signaling a quiet anthem for everyday virtue.
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Nora
Ted
Mary’s Key Spelling Confusion Reveals Odd Lesson
A fragmented OCR reads about Mary a wood speller who asserts her own method. The text hints at a muddy spelling challenge with a monomial word and notes a difference in sound, while Mary and others discuss spelling conventions in unclear dialogue.
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Mary
Tony
Simple word puzzle in The Child's Hour
In a quoted scene a girl vows to craft a key to fix her hearing word problem. She reasons about the word that means close to you and the ear homophone, planning to unlock meaning by building the correct word via a devised key. The passage shows decisive self-instruction and a grasp of language.
First Fruits Duty Inspires Sparrow Selma W
A Bible lesson comes alive as Selma W. gives the first ripe strawberries to the poor Mrs. Norton rather than eating them. Her father read the old Jewish law and Selma follows Jesus command to care for the least of these. This story from the Presbyterian Advance illustrates practical charity.
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Selma W
Selma
The Christian Blacksmith Parable Stated by Pope
A preached parable describes a Christian blacksmith who endures trials like fire and water to gain temper for service, while failing faith leads to rejection as scrap. The narrator cites A T Pierson quoting the lesson on steadfastness and trust in God through hardship for Christ’s sake.
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Howard W. Pope
A. T. Pierson, D. D
Free Sample Urged for Dr Caldwell Liver Remedy
Indigestion signals liver trouble the ad says and promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It offers a free sample by mailing address to Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois, claiming mild effective relief for stomach liver and bowel problems with guarantees and memories of endorsements from Mrs Frank Lilly and others.
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Frank Lilly
Plainview
W. L. Bryant
Sardis
Tenn
Caldwell
Tim
Don't Make the Wrinkles Deeper Poem and Anecdote
A reflective poem urges children to ease aging parents by acts of kindness and steady love to prevent deeper wrinkles. It closes with a light Scribner's Magazine anecdote about a traveler charged with a bundle of hay after complaining about a cow, as told by a jovial German landlord.
Shaky Foundations and a San Salvador Well Tragedy
A San Salvador area tale recalls a man digging a well whose final stroke caused the ground to give way. The digger and his pick vanished into unknown depths as the bottom dropped out, leaving no trace of fate or location.
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San Salvador
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