The Devil's Own A Romance Of The Black Hawk War
Randall Parrish presents a frontier romance set in the Black Hawk War era with Zachary Taylor Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis among the players. The tale centers on Knox Beaucaire Kirby and the slavery question amid love and action on the midwestern frontier.
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Middle West
Mississippi River
Zachary Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Jefferson Davis
Black Hawk
Keokuk
Knox
Beaucaire
Kirby
Randall Parrish
A Young Lieutenant At Old Fort Armstrong 1832
In 1832 at Rock Island Fort I recall a morning of drill and quiet on the Rock River under a blue sky. A steamboat named Warrior docked near the wharf with travelers Judge Beaucair and Joe Kirby aboard, while Black Hawk and Keokuk loomed in the background as tensions rise with nearby settlers and impending conflict.
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Old Fort Armstrong
Rock Island
the Rock
Mississippi
Gaines
Black Hawk
Keokuk
Throckmorton
Prairie du Chien
Judge Beaucaire
Missouri
St. Louis
Joe Kirby
Beaucaire
New Orleans
Knox
Sanders
Bliss
Beaucaires and Beaucaire Landing Tale on the Arm
Officers at Armstrong grant Knox a sixty day fur lough and dispatch him with confidential letters to Missouri Illinois and Jefferson Barracks. On the Warrior Knox meets Judge Beaucaire a proud Missouri landowner, and learns of the Beaucaire estate history including Adelbert Bert the missing son and a once grand plantation now troubled by misfortune.
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Bliss
Armstrong
Gaines
Knox
St. Louis
Clark
Missouri
Reynolds
Illinois
Atkinson
Jefferson Barracks
Throckmorton
Sam
Judge Beaucaire
Fort Armstrong
Pame
Cape Girardeau
Wheeling
Ohio
Falls
House of Beaucaire
D’iberville
Louis
Alphonse de Beaucaire
West Bank
The
Mississippi
France
Beaucaire
America
New Orleans
Felipe
Lucius
Lucilus
Menard
Haines
Lucius Beaucaire
Adelbert
Landing
Mademoiselle Menard
Bert
Parables of the Kingdom Review Lessons and Parables
A sermon outlines September 28 study focusing on the parables of the kingdom from Matthew 13, including the hidden treasure theMerchantman and the dragnet. It rejects salvation as a saleable purchase and emphasizes Christ the Purchaser and the church as the pearl of great price.
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Jesus
Christ
Israel
God
He Draws Hearts of Men
On that day when our Lord Jesus Christ was lifted up a diverse crowd drew near. Scribes and priests, aristocrats and commoners, peasants and shepherds, Roman soldiers and Galilean pilgrims all gathered, a cross section of the world’s people drawn to him.
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Jesus Christ
The Work That God Appoints Quote
A brief motto attributes to Jean Ingelow the idea that one should not fix the world’s course but discover and joyfully perform the work God assigns. The sentiment emphasizes personal duty over global control.
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Jean Ingelow
Pass That Day in Peace Quote by de Lamennais
A compact reflection urges living one day at a time in peace. The author stresses calm action and ethical restraint to honor life within a single present moment.
To Live In Peace By Learning To Suffer
A compact reflection on peace as the fruit of love. The quote emphasizes that peace requires enduring many things with a patient, loving approach. No specific events or entities are named.
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de Lamennais
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A. C. McClurg & Co
Ence
D'Tberville
Louisiana
Beauecaire
Monsieur Kirby
Steven Knox
Judge
Carver
McAfee
Beaucaires
Unfcen
International
P. B. Bitzwater
Moody, Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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