Poet's plea for peace and service in a thoughtful prayer
The poem by Charles W. Stevenson requests a blessing of simple peace and rest, a heart to love and a mind to dare. It asks for calm amid loss, growth through toil, and a life of service, kindness, and good will toward all creeds, with a steadfast soul seeking beauty and joy.
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Contentment as a path to happiness and virtue
The piece argues contentment and avoidance of envy lead to happiness. It contrasts worldly wealth with humble home life and urges courage to rise above adversity, embracing providence and a steadfast, cheerful spirit. It notes true heroism lies in living for a cause and maintaining intrinsic contentment amid trials.
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Jean C. Gulick
New York Observer
Thoughts for Quiet Hour United Presbyterian excerpt
A devotional piece extols personal virtue and spiritual discipline. It urges humility through prayer, obedience to conscience, and reliance on grace to avoid sin, framing faith as a steady guide toward endurance and influence through industry and moral effort.
Lamp of God Guides Through Darkness Says United Presbyterian
A United Presbyterian message urges believers to carry the lamp of God into dark times and walk straight ahead. It proclaims that where the Light of the World is there can be no lasting gloom, acknowledging clouds may pass over the sun but night cannot endure.
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Calvary
United Presbyterian
God
Carlyle Shilling Tale and Other Tidbits
A Manitoba farmer cherishes a blackened disk linked to a Dumfriesshire ticket agent tale where a Carlyle shilling proved false. The piece notes football as a global English passion and includes Darwin quip about a helmeted professor chasing butterflies. It ends with a humorous obituary tribute and a deaf-days joke from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Rainy Islands Named Sisters and Seven Sigers
There is a group of islands to the south of New Zealand called the Sisters or Seven Sigers reputed for constant rain. The same may be said of Tierra del Fuego’s lands and mainland, where rain often falls as sleet and snow.
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Tierra del Fuego
Better Than References
A Chicago Tribune item quotes a terse exchange about references. The speaker recalls Mrs. Lippy, who lived nearby, claiming they could not get along. The reply grants entry with a curt invitation.
Time for Brain to Dine Kro Supposing you were in a corner
A humorous quip from the Council Bluffs Nonpareil mocks a reader dilemma about encountering a grizzly bear. The line imagines being surrounded by rock walls and seeking grace for the bear, reflecting a wry, editorial tone.
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Long-Lived Family in Tiflis Records 390 Years
A Caucasus family in Tiflis shows remarkable longevity with five members totaling 390 years. The father is 105, the mother 95, and the three sons are all over 60, suggesting heredity in extended lifespans.
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Caucasus
Rifle range on roof opened by London firm
A London firm has built a rifle range on the roof of its warehouses to allow workers to practice without travel. Lord Roberts will officially open the range.
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Dear Child Be Brave and Trust in Prayer
A fragile devotional note in Christian Herald exhorts a reader identified as Maple Louise Dann to endure sorrows and temptations with prayer. It urges God to wipe tears, promises eventual relief, and encourages steadfastness and faith in the coming years.
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Maple Louise Dann
Christian Herald
Our Father’s Love and the Dust We Are
A reflective meditation on divine love in which the speaker seeks assurance that God loves sinners despite failures. The author emphasizes God’s unchanging love, human frailty, and the grace shown through Christ, noting that God loved first and forgiveness remains constant regardless of earthly shortcomings.
Proverbs and Faith: Reflections From United Presbyterian Thought
A compact collection of theological maxims and reflections urging diligence in study of the Word, trust in grace, and the banner of peace under Christ. It contrasts worldly measures with eternal truths and invites inquiry into nature and grace as paths to understanding. The passage cites death as the great chauffeur and advocates introspection about eternal punishment through Christ.
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Satan
Neas
Christ
United Presbyterian
Japanese Surgery Success and Rapid Recovery Reported
Japanese surgical operations are very successful and rapid recovery is credited to abstinence from alcohol and not eating flesh. Small Swimmer from Forest Gate England is a three year old swimming champion who can swim 80 feet, daughter of the matron of a public bath.
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Trouble in Bengal and odd marriage customs noted
The Mohammedana of Bengal organize demonstrations supporting partition to vex Hindus who oppose it. In the British Isles, records show seven instances in the past century where brides married the best man by mistake.
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Mohammedana
Presidency
British Isles
Engagement Tease Sparks Waiter Ring Question
A witty exchange unfolds where He proclaims engagement and waits to embrace, while She jokes about summoning the waiter, prompting the judge’s amused interruption.
I Can Call Even the Bluff At Gibraltar Station
A wireless telegraph operator at Gibraltar declares he can reveal the bluff. The Baltimore American describes one good law in Russia restricting the use of whips by vehicle drivers. A French watchmaker creates a watch inside a 100 franc gold piece. Wealth is not essential to happiness but helps some.
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Why Counterfeited Ten Dollar Bill In The Bible Tone
A compact verse fragment contrasts counterfeit money with moral critique. It asks if a ten dollar bill or brown paper is to blame and notes the idea of worth driving counterfeit actions, mentioning Christian figures and a satirical headline from Bathiny Tidings.
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