Higher Patriotism in the Jonah Lesson for November 24 1929
The Coco International Sunday School lesson emphasizes patriotism, linking Jonah’s call to divine duty with American ideals and global faith. It highlights God’s discipline, the universal call to serve, and Lincoln as a model who paid the fare, urging readers to fidelity to God and country while considering missions and the League of Nations era.
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China
Eonetaner
India
Burma
Jonah
Senate of the
United States
League of Nations
America
Jesus
God
Jesus Christ
Paul
Christ
Phil
B. C
Abraham Lincoln
Washington, D. C
Memorial Hall
Lincoln
Amos Wells
Cana
Lazarus
Repentance and Nineveh in Biblical Thought
A dense reflection on repentance, Nineveh, and God’s mercy through Jonah and Jesus. It contrasts human pride with divine compassion, urges active gospel work across nations, and cites Speer Trueblood and Turner on war, race, and internationalism. Ends with a lesson on inherent selfishness in children.
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A. Tuvener
Benjamin F. Trueblood
Teaching plan emphasizes unity and gospel for all races
The guidance urges careful teaching to include children of all races, praising God for diverse brothers and sisters. It suggests memorizing scripture, examining Jesus with Jonah, and fostering genuine patriotism while stressing God’s love for all people and the universality of salvation.
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Tomas
Heavenly Father
Jesus Christ
Behind the Times: Burlington Man Suffers Gas Light Mishap
Henry Isle a 74 year old farmer moved to Burlington and rented a room. He left a gas jet on all night after preferring his kerosene lamp. He woke dizzy and semi conscious, then recovered in the St Francis hotel. The tale suggests Burlington is far behind the times in gas lighting.
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Burlington
Henry Isle
St. Francis Hotel
Times
Ile
Iowa
Women Committee Backs Dry Dinners in Southern California
The Five Thousand Women’s Committee of Southern California cites Mrs. Herbert Hoover as a model for law observance and endorses dry dinners as a measure to keep communities current and orderly.
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Ninevah
Nineveh
Herbert Hoover
Womens Committee
California
School of citizenship program opens at USC for staff
A university program at the University of Southern California allows 25,000 employees to attend school through a citizenship and public administration school initiative.
Slow moving films alleged to inspire street car seat gesture
A fragment notes a man observed offering his seat on a street car to a homely woman, suggesting slow moving films may have influenced the act.
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Coco International
Lapham
Cowie
Coe
Goetz Country Club
M. & M. Star Bottling Co
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Jason
John the Baptist
Jesus Our
Lord Christ
Africa
Robert E. Speer
Earth
Collins
Re ‘A. Collins
Obraloosa
High Avenue
Behind the Times
Vitaphone
William Fi Prieate
Victor M‘laglen
Edmund Love
Lily Damita
Raoul Walsh
Rivola
Oskaloosa
Oske- Joosa Herald
Buick
Pella Motor Co
Pella, Iowa
Oskaloosa, Iqwé
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