Joseph and the Famine Recollection in a Biblical Sermon
A sermon recounts Joseph’s rise in Egypt eight years into the famine era, noting his brothers’ visit to buy grain, Jacob’s care for Benjamin, and the long separation. It reflects on conscience, truth, and the moral lessons drawn from the Genesis narrative, including themes of justice, time healing, and providence.
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Joseph
Egypt
Ras
Jacob
Wlung
Benjamin
God
John D. Rockefeller
Deayman
Reuben
Josep
Worldly Reflections From A Convention Teacher
A fragment reflects on sowing and reaping with a religious tone. It cites that what is sown is harvested, suggests God turns evil into good, and notes a light penalty for meanness as discussed by a convention teacher. The piece reads like a terse moral study.
Not Weary in Well Doing by Ame Ven nem a D D
Poem urges steadfast service to Christ with faith in divine strength not personal power. The speaker vows daily labor in God’s work, acknowledging weakness yet trusting guidance, noting the short day and the coming reward for those who sow in tears. The imagery promises a future harvest of joy for faithful effort.
Home Talk and Reading Shape Five Prominent Siblings
Edward Bok credits two home practices as the strongest education for his five siblings. He recalls lingering table conversations and evening mother readings that steered them toward successful careers. He argues the indirect method of home education fosters true progress.
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Edward Bok
Home Progress Magazine
Milk making in cocoanuts along the Orge river
A South Africa native method is described for extracting edible milk from coconuts. They heat the husk content over ashes, absorbing fat to alter the milk’s quality and flavor. Fathers and brothers craft crude holders from old iron hoops to process several nuts without burning them.
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South Africa
Orge
Hardup
The Matterhorn Summit And The Fatal Descent
The article recalls how the Matterhorn once resisted famed climbers including Tyndall and Whymper. On July 15, 1865 Whymper and companions reached the summit with Lord Douglas and guides, but a fatal slip in descent killed five climbers. Today the peak is routinely climbed by casual tourists with guides.
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Matterhorn
Professor Tyndall
Edward Whymper
Lord Francis Douglas
Hudson
Hadow
Whymper
Michel Croz
Dundee Advertiser
Northwich the queerest town in England and its subsidence
Northwich Cheshire is praised as England’s quirkiest town with no straight streets or houses surrounded by sprawling salt works. The article explains subsidence from vast underground brine lakes at depths of hundreds of feet as brine is pumped, weakening the surface and causing occasional building subsidence.
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England
Northwich
Cheshire
A Choice Between Two Roads on a Cumberland Trip
In Tennessee's Cumberland plateau a traveler joins a wagon crew with a girl named Sally who decides between two suitors, Josh and a red headed rival named Matt. The journey to Jasper or Chattanooga becomes a tense choice as love, threat, and intentions collide.
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Tennessee
Cumberland Plateau
Josh
Sally
Saunders
Larry
How
Sarry
Mart
Jasper
Salry
Mutt
Chattanoogy
Matt
Chattanooga
Barry
Chattanoogane
Waal
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