Independence Day Bible Lesson on Deliverance and Prayer
The lesson for July 4 uses Exodus texts to explore God delivering a people in bondage. It emphasizes prayer as a path to divine response and urges Christians to be compassionate toward the oppressed, tying independence themes to spiritual liberty through Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Calvary’s
Satan
Jacob
Israe
Egypt
Jong
Joseph
Ition
Israel
Christ
Black Bear Life Span Stirs Debate In Alleghany Mountains
Calvin Price cites West Virginia editor’s tale of a 400 pound old black bear in Alleghany near Meadow Creek. The bear killed a sheep, four feet showed wear, and experts suggested ages up to about 50. Uncle Jim Gibson recalls a bear living to 50 with luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Price
Pocahontas Times
West Virginia
Price
Elmer
Clifford Sharp
Jake Jackson
Amos Woodell
Alleghany Mountain
Meadow Creek
Deans
Sharps
Virginia
Jim Gibson
Mingo
Conduct Through Life Submissive Will and Self Denials
Fragmentary excerpt discusses governing life and thoughts as if seen by the world and by God. It questions secrecy and asserts the will becomes submissive through frequent self-denial, keeping allies and inclinations in subjection.
Brain of 100 Million Year Old Fish Found
A finely preserved fossil brain from a ganoid fish shows little change in mental equipment over 100 million years. The one foot long specimen, cast of the brain only, was described by Dr. H E Case of the University of Michigan, discovered by Jo B Kleidhege in Kansas City and studied at the Museum of Paleontology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
HE. C. Case
University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
Kansas City
Missouri
Great Sea
Mississippi Valley
Jo B. Kleihege
Museum of Paleontology
American Indian Federation to Convene in Spokane
The fourth annual convention of the American Indian Federation will gather in Spokane Washington from July 29 to July 31. Sam Kash Cayuse Indian of Pendleton Oregon leads District No 2 and says the event will focus on citizenship based Indian issues including health education and new legislation with minimal ceremonial regalia. Kash will attend in businesslike attire though wearing a ten gallon hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripestien
United States
Spokane
Wash
American Indian Federation
Sam Kash
Kash
Cayuse Indian
Pendleton
Ore
National
Indian Federation
Kash Kash
Woman Snares Mountain Lions in Lone Texas Frontier
In Maverick county near Eagle Pass Texas a slight mother of a young daughter Mrs Bessie Davies Kennedy becomes a noted Southwest trapper of mountain lions. Her husband Robert Kennedy a state paid trapper is famed for trapping coyotes wolves and bobcats. She hauled in a 160 pound 7 ft 8 in lion and 145 pound 6 ft 8 in lion within two weeks using a rifle, amid June dust and desert trails near the Indio country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Pass
Texas
Bessie Davies Kennedy
Robert
Robert Kennedy
Indio
Indio Ranch
Central City
Maverick County
Bessie
la’ Pryor
Waterfowl Population Shows Improvement in North America
The United States Biological Survey reports that North American waterfowl face near extermination threats from overhunting marsh drainage and drought, but notes definite improvements in many species based on Canada Mexico and U S investigations. Summer surveys on Canadian nesting grounds indicate general progress, though an Eskimo village observer warned of alarming declines north of the Mackenzie River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Atlantic
Pacific
Mississippi
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Canada
North American
United States Biological Survey
United States
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
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Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Black Bear
Big Ugly
White Sulphur
Alleghanies
Greenbrier River
Greenbrier Mountains
Cold Knob
Big Sewell 2
Shavers Cheat
Thworth
Ambrose
Fou
Finney
Ted O'Loughlin
Sarge
Coney
Biological Survey
South Pole
America
Cleveland
Admiral Byrd
Lake Erie
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