Eli and His Sons Theme Gospel Lesson at Church
Our Church of the M E notes a strong Sunday School attendance rising toward a second breaker if all members attended. May 9 was marked by full force efforts with Ella Rothenberger and Esther Johnson leading primary work. Epworth League meets at 6 45 for a general discussion while a Mother's Day sermon by the pastor closes the day at 7 45.
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Eli
Ist
Fiji
Isreal
Ella Rothenberger
Esther Johnson
Mother's Day Observance and Community Notes
Mother's Day is celebrated on the 2nd Sunday in May with family rituals including kissing mothers, writing letters, and giving tokens or flowers. The piece also reports a May 4 event by Rev Briggs and his company and previews a May 14 talk titled The Gibraltar of our Democracy by J. C. Jones.
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Briggs
Evolution Not Revolution Only Hope for Mexico
The Interchurch World Movement argues that American mission boards offer the practical solution to Mexico’s problems through evolution. They plan agricultural schools, social centers in towns of over 15,000, a university in Mexico City, expanded high schools and day schools, plus efforts to reduce the 70 percent illiteracy rate.
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Mission Boards
Mexico
Mexico City
Mother’s Day Observed at Congregational Church Services
Next Sunday marks Mother’s Day with church and Sunday School observances. The morning sermon titled This Warmest of Friendship will be delivered by the pastor, followed by a special 7:30 p.m. Church School service featuring story and song. Wear a flower in honor of motherhood.
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Church
S. S
Church School
Pandrinthan Temple Echoes a Lost Kashmiri Glory
A deserted temple in Srinagar, Kashmir, once central to the Naga shrine, stands crumbling beside a stagnant lake. The story recalls a mighty king, a grand city, and centuries of neglect as water, willow trees, and silence mark the rise and fall of faith and empire.
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Pandrinthan
Kashmir
India
Srinagar
Naga
Burke on Reason and Pleasure In 19th Century Debate
The Ohio State Journal cites Edmund Burke contrasting severe reason with indulgent fashion. It argues modern life values pleasure, happiness as sole good, and moral aims suffer when the soul lags behind the body. Burke’s view is praised as more prescient than contemporary materialism.
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Edmund Burke
Burke
Ohio State Journal
Historic Bermudan Church St Peter’s of St George’s
Old St Peter’s in Bermuda’s St George’s dates to 1713 on the 1680 site. The limestone church houses memorial tablets by famous English sculptors and graves including Hester Tucker, with relics from King William III and a Browne gift christening basin.
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Old St. Peter’s
Bermuda
St. George’s
Bermudas
St. Peter's
Hester Tucker
Nea
Thomas Moore
Hester
William III
England
William Browne
Salem
Mass
Order of the Garter
Famous Martinique Women in Fort de France
Josephine, ill-starred wife of Napoleon, born in Martinique, has a statue in the public plaza near Fort de France, a tableau of somber splendor. Mme de Maintenon, born there as well, was a courtesan whose influence on Louis XIV shaped religious policy.
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Martinique
Josephine
Napoleon
Savanne
Fort de France
Mme. de Maintenon
Louis XIV
Japan set to lead new order with vast school funding
Dr. J H Scott of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society reports a planned donation of about 1.5 million dollars to Japan by 1924 for education. Over 200,000 will fund Mabie Memorial School Yokohama and 400,000 supports the Christian college there, with most funds for schooling and 90,000 for church buildings.
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America
Japan
J. H. Scott
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Scott
Kingdom
Mabie Memorial School
Yokohama
Christian College
Dr. Scott
Far East
Osaka
Northern Baptists plan $100 million drive with surplus for America
The Northern Baptist campaign from April 25 to May 2 targets 100 million dollars for benevolence over five years. About 76.19 million will be spent in the United States including 30.01 million for schools and colleges while 28.81 million funds foreign work. home and foreign budgets exceed any prior period. This spring effort vastly surpasses past annual contributions, with 1918 church property valued at 114.82 million and expenses plus benevolence totaling 17.35 million that year.
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Northern Baptists
Atlantic
America
Northern Baptist Convention
Baptists
Pastors Conferences Set for Interchurch World Movement Tour
Arrangements are complete for pastors conferences across the central West and other states from Feb 16 to March 12. Wisconsin officials expect Milwaukee meetings Feb 18 20 to be notably influential with Des Moines Lansing Indianapolis and Chicago sessions to follow. Leaders vow uniform programs covering foreign surveys home studies and financial and educational topics with devotional start each day.
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Central West
Interchurch World Movement
Miwaukee
R. Calvin Dobson
Interchurch World Movement For
Wisconsin
Commonwealth
Milwaukee
Iowa
Des Moines
Michigan
Lansing
Indiana
Indianapolis
Illinois
Chicago
Interchurch World
North American
Everyland
Financial Organization
Diamond Points Edition Issued by Interchurch Movement
The Literature Department releases a new edition of Diamond Points on the Interchurch World Movement. It retains origin and scope while adding a dozen concise paragraphs summarizing the World Survey Conference results and outlining plans for the financial campaign training pastors conferences and evangelistic life enlistment programs.
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Interchurch World Movement
His Occupation
Returning from school Ear announced his teacher would leave and no new teacher would be hired. His mother asked who she would marry and Ear replied he did not know but said the groom keeps a toothache office down the street.
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Ear
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad
An ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a daily remedy to cleanse kidneys and restore vigor. It urges three or four capsules daily, promises health benefits, and offers a refund if customers are not satisfied. The copy warns to insist on the original imported product and to avoid substitutes, available in sealed packages at drug stores.
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Haarlem
Dally Thought Quote Attributed to Addélson
A terse Addélson maxim appears on the page, claiming it is better to die ten thousand deaths than wound one’s honor. The line reflects a stoic code of personal valor.
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Dally
Addélson
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