The Garden as Church and Christ the Garden Keeper
A sermon likens the Church of Christ to a garden featuring rare flowers and steadfast plants. It traces biblical and literary gardens from Charlemagne to Abbotsford, contrasts snowdrops with century plants, and casts Christ as the master gardener who opens gates to all, offering fountains of comfort and renewal to troubled souls.
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Washington
Sowinona
Lebanon
Mount Lebanon
Abe
Arden
Charlemagne
Gardone
Henry IV
Montpellier
Shenstone
Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Vaster Ense
Church of Christ
Siemiere
Muai
Jersey City
Coey
Tsawe
Boshood
Culias
Pauls
Martin
Suger
Cherasty
Christ
Jesus
Cassia
Rocky
Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Chii
Hess
Sulv
Elli
Gardimer
Theodore Hook
Castles in Spain and a snail dinner tale told in prose
A fragment from a periodical page threads together literary musings on Spain and a humorous anecdote about a snail dinner party. It contrasts a dreamlike castle fantasy with a dinner table quip about Creme Yvette turned violet water.
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Taneur
Woody
Early Scottish racing noted at Leith under James IV
Fragmentary historic notice recalls a 1504 Scot king’s horse race payment at Leith. The text shifts to domestic advice on working dress, mending sleeves, and frugal kitchen tips, including bread prep and oyster cooking, in a quirkily faded 19th or early 20th century style.
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Scotland
James IV
Lord High Treasurer of
Leith
Suppressing Sneeze on a Street Car Incident
In Pittsburg, an elderly man recounts a curious scene on a street car. He felt a sneeze rising as he prepared to free his wig, glass eye and false teeth, when the conductor interrupted, citing an ordinance against self exposure.
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Pittsburg
Trish
Ulster
Facial Woes and Gentle Living Guidance
The excerpt argues that facial woes arise from bad soap and imperfect drying, while bed cooking and foolish eating contribute to coarseness. It emphasizes care as the remedy and eating only enough to prevent excess, to maintain a refined outline.
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the Lord's Garden
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Afghanistan
Kabul
New York Journal
Willie
Ratner
Squire Squirrel
Chicago News
Spain
George ‘W. Curtis
Catherine
France
Kent
England
Yewsong
John ‘Tilsby
Gloucester
Shire
Stroud
Bristol
Birmingham
Bilt