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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1909
Page
3
A sermon urges generous giving to unlock divine blessings. It warns that withholding tithes robs God and blocks the heavens, stressing that God's promises are conditional and depend on human faithfulness. The speaker asks whether anyone has tested and found God's promises fail.
An outline noting Malachi in four chapters, its cross references in the New Testament, and its pre Saric prose style. It divides into three sections: God as loving Father, priestly rebuke, and the temple judge with forerunner, detailing punishments, repentance, and reproof.
The speaker argues that tribulation strengthens faith, humility, and gratitude toward God. Through trial, believers gain godly character, learning to pray deeply and rely on divine strength. The process is lifelong, and maturity brings clearer vision of what one ought to become.
A reflective quotation urges timely charity as the day advances and life continues. It contrasts helping others with pursuing personal happiness and notes time passes, leaving no opportunity to act in the night.
In a market scene the prophet Malachi rebukes the vine dressers for complain over oppression and forgetfulness of God. He warns that God has not changed while they have, urges return to divine ordinances, and reads a stern oracle about tithes, promising blessings if they support God’s house.
A devotional prayer asks for divine light and loving kindness for all people. It pleads for God to be refuge and strength during troubles, to grant inward comfort, and to guide daily life toward a Christly ideal and eternal unity with the divine.
A story describes Lord Avebury refusing chloroform before a surgical operation. He told friends he preferred to be present at the procedure, showing characteristic determination and composure.
Rev Henry van Dyke urges dropping fear and burdens and embracing final victory in every conflict. He argues that confidence comes from the belief that God is with us everywhere, enabling braver work, fight, and marching forward.
A devotional reflection highlights that divine revelation often arrives in ordinary, daily duties. Fidelity in commonplace tasks reveals God’s light, shaping life and eternal outcomes. It urges gratitude for both received and withheld favors and concludes with Socrates on self-examination.
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An old advertising verse extols the potato, claiming it provides dextrin for gum, starch for shirt collars, vegetable ivory from pulp, and dried leaves for smoke. It notes potato spirit as a pure alcohol used to fortify white wines and suggests the tuber yields a sweet syrup found in cocoa and other foods, warning of its ubiquity in daily life.
In a brief fable, Tortoise chides Snail for speed, while Snail admits starting a motor car to keep up with changing times. The dialogue playfully contrasts tradition with innovation as the creatures discuss progress and adaptation.
A 19th century advertisement promises a universal cure for catarrh. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers 100 dollars to prove failure. Includes testimonial list request and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A humorous exchange features Jonah telling his wife he’d been to a fish dinner, implying disbelief in the tale. The Bohemian presents a light bite of biblical humor with a pun on a sea creature dinner.
A fragmentary item notes a mock idea to hire an assemblyman to advocate good roads, followed by a quip about giving him an auto. The short shopper ad promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigars and a Peoria Ill factory. It mentions eye defects causing neuralgic headaches and touts Woolford's Lotion as a quick itch cure. It ends with a wry line about thinking avoiding the undertaker.
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