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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
8
A lesson on Jesus teachings from Luke 6 and Romans 13 during A.D. 57 at Corinth highlights loving enemies, doing good, blessing, praying, and turning the other cheek. It urges Christlike mercy, placing oneself in others shoes, and enduring good despite evil to win others to Jesus.
A speaker recounts a youth who left a farm for the Canadian West. He fell into bad company and nearly died drunk, but a missionary placed him in a shack, nursed him back, and urged repentance. The man reformed, became esteemed, serves as a church officer, and sends his aging parents five hundred dollars yearly. This tale highlights mission work’s impact on individuals and families.
A convention teacher argues love settles most human problems. If people loved God supremely and neighbors as themselves, Tenth Commandment needs, courts, legislatures, and prisons would vanish. Love is the aim of Sunday-school, preaching, and all church work.
A father urges his son Bobby to ignore Mr Can't and try. The boy battles self doubt, picks up the symbol of effort called Try, and returns with a brave smile. Father praises Soldier Bob for defeating Can't and embracing perseverance.
An Eastern father and Western Canadian son attend church where a sermon on Christian missions prompts the old man to question the value of missionary work. After the service he expresses regret for bringing his son, hinting at the heavy price of faith journeys.
A fourteen year old child recounts how a bank account habit transformed spending. With twenty five dollars monthly, five dollars weekly, and careful weekly records, the discipline improved thrift and earned the reader rewards for prudence, as taught by a parent through the St. Nicholas League in May.
A moral guide by Mrs Marrua Davenport from Octavia Nebraska urges parents to avoid deception and to prioritize children health over fashion and social life while promoting involvement in church and careful companionship. The piece stresses parental influence through practical counsel on schooling, promises, and nurturing friendships.
An advertisement touts Siddly children’s remedy Mother Cray’s Sweet Powders claiming to cure colds in 24 hours and relieve feverishness headache stomach troubles teething disorder and destroy worms. Sold by druggists for 250. Mail order address Allen L. Olmsted Co NY.
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