History of Great Christian Creeds and the Westminster Confession
The article traces major Christian creeds from Apostles Creed through Nicaea and Trent, notes Catholic dogma developments and Vatican I debates, and details the Presbyterian Westminster Confession era. It highlights key figures, councils, and moments shaping orthodox belief and church unity across eras and denominations.
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General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
New York Sun
Christendom
Peter
God
John
James
Jesus Christ
Lord
Andrew
Mary
Philip
Pontius Pilate
Matthias
Nicaea
Bithynia
Constantine
Arius
Athanasius
Alexandria
Illyricum
Pilgrim of Two Worlds: Griffis Story of Kiowa Past and Missionary Path
The Rev. Joseph K. Griffis recounts being stolen from Gaines ville Texas as a child and living with the Kiowa led by Chief Big Bow for years. He describes horse racing, scalp-taking triumphs, discovery of his white origins, and later conversion to Christianity and service as a Presbyterian missionary in Oklahoma under the Home Missions board.
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George Ripley
Nicaea
Joseph K. Griffis
Gainesville
Tex
Big Bow
Joseph
Mr. Griffis
Buckskin
Custer
Jny
Ara Ee
Canada
Salvation Army
London
Griffis
Free Will Baptist Church
South Buffalo
Oklahoma
I. T
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
W. J. McKittrick
William Henry McDonough
American Telephone Journal
Saturday Evening Post
United States
Bell Companies
Bell Control
Delirium Speech Shifts Across Languages in Elderly Patient
A 70 year old woman with broncho pneumonia displayed striking delirium from March 7 to 16. She spoke Hindustani during feverish nights, then mixed Hindustani with English, later shifting to English French and German while conversing about friends from different life periods.
Measures of Consciousness by Sleep Stimulus Experiments
Researchers test awakening thresholds using a pointed device on sleeping subjects to map excitation needed for subconscious and waking responses. In Rome scientists Santo de Sanctis and A Neyroz report stimulus curves across six months on relatives and epileptics, hinting at patterned depth of sleep.
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Drs. Santo de Sanctis
A. Neyroz
Rome
Brandli
Bale
Independent telephone growth in Rochester and nation
Two Swedish emigrants who spoke little English built a thriving independent line in Rochester, expanding to 4,962 phones and a larger switchboard. The piece traces broader U S independent telephony expansion, noting rapid growth, diverse promoters, and Stromberg Carlson’s rise from a small Chicago workshop to a major plant with 1,200 workers.
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el Paso
Tex
Brett
West
Stromberg-Carlson Company
Rochester
Rochester Telephone Company
Stromberg-Carlson Concern
McDonough
Chicago
Chicago Telephone Company
700 Barrels of Fish in One Havre de Grace Haul
A Brooklyn Eagle report notes a remarkable catch on the Havre de Grace fishing grounds, citing hundreds of thousands of pounds of shad and herring taken from the Susquehanna and Chesapeake Bay fisheries. It describes floating fleets, large nets, gillers at Havre de Grace, and the labor of crews aboard 40‑man floats as they haul, stack, and clean the catch for shipping.
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Havre de Grace
Brooklyn Eagle
Susquehanna
Maryland
Susquehanna River
Chesapeake Bay
Columbia
Baltimore Street
Bowery
Midway
Plaisance
Astor House
Jersey
Chesap@ke
Religion wins in Belgian elections
The Brussels correspondent reports a Catholic victory in Belgium where 14 new seats were created. Catholics gain nine seats. Socialists gain three. Liberals and Christian Democrats each gain or lose one. The Catholic majority rises from 20 to 26 with Catholics 96, Socialists 34, Liberals 34, Christians 2. Proportional representation is praised as fair and the victory preserves religious schooling.
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Brussels
Boston Transcript
Belgium
Christian Democrats
Cha
Grati
Rome
M. Wolste
Church Party
Daughters of a Leeds Blacksmith At Work In Forge
Four of eight smithy daughters keep to their father's shop in Leeds and forge gas hooks bent nails for gas pipe fittings. The labor is steady though not arduous, with a foot powered machine handling the heavy tasks while the four sisters finish the work by hand and prepare the final pieces.
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Leeds
Emilth
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St. Athanasius
Great Council of the Church
Trent
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Strossmayer
Tribune
Old Catholic Church
Germany
Melanchthon
Luther
Zwingli
Calvin
Westminster Abbey
Henry VII
Jerusalem
Continental Congress
Dr. Schaff
Saint Margaret's Church
Twisse
Marshall
Arrowsmith
Vines
Mr. Palmer
Mr. Seaman
Henderson
Dr. Twisse
Independent Telephones
Tut One
Union
A _ fine
Stone Street
C. E. Stinson
St. Louis
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Cleveland
Pittsburg
Newark
Louisville
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
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Buffalo
Detroit
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Amerih Ave
Boston
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Bell People
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Washington
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