Keeping the Heart in the Christian Standard
The article argues the heart as the source of life and moral action, urging vigilance, proper nourishment by truth, and surrender to God. It contrasts two prisoners to show inward motives weigh as heavily as deeds and emphasizes continual care of the heart beyond Sunday worship. It ends with God’s purifying power through faith and prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Harvey
Caesar
God
Achan
Ananias
Judas
All Have Need of Religion Psalm Advice
A sermon argues that belief should not be a mark of weakness or fear but a force for personal integrity. It warns against false piety and superstition, urging readers to reject religion that diminishes the self and to affirm genuine faith.
The Essential Power of Religion in Human Life
The passage argues that religion is not an imitation or mere pretension but essential to human life. It claims religion strengthens living, does not diminish reason or will, and that true life remains incomplete without its spirit and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Eve
God
Corsica
Effectual Prayer in Patience and Reflection
A compact moral reflection on prayer urging calm, reflection, and patience to perceive the divine presence. It compares rushing prayers to a disturbed lake mirroring nothing, urging a peaceful soul to reflect eternal truths like stars in quiet waters. Arthur T. Pierson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
T. Pierson
True Charity and Mercy Guide Suffering Humanity
A Providence, Rhode Island note quotes Rey. A. G. Singsen urging charity and mercy to bring ignorant and sinning people toward faith. The message emphasizes embodying justice and love to foster belief in God from which all come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey
A. G. Singsen
Providence
R. L
Crabbed Crow Dispute Over Patches and Kittens
A satirical verse where the speaker chides a crabbed crow perched on a fence. The crow’s criticisms provoke a quarrel over songs, kittens, and harmony, ending with a plea for room to find any point of agreement despite insistence on being wrong.
Measure Size Of Raindrops With Flour Tray Method
A simple experiment uses a metal tray filled with loose flour carried into a shower to capture drops. After four seconds of exposure the flour absorbs moisture and hardens into pellets, proving that larger drops form from higher in the atmosphere and gain size as they fall.
Blowing Soap Bubbles At Harlem School
A Harlem Holland school uses soap bubbles to expand chests. Under Dr. Ootmar guidance children blow bubbles three times weekly with soap water and pipes. Open windows provide fresh air and competitions crown largest bubbles. Periodic chest measurements show increases in each child.
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Harlem
Holland
Ootmar
Johnny Chooses The Wrong Exercise In Class
In a arithmetic class Johnny defers to a ball game and later confesses he did not do any exercises. A dispute over whether to do the eighteenth or seventeenth problem leads to scolding as he admits his fear of doing the wrong task.
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Johnny
John
Jimmy Smith
Wes
A Water Experiment in Three Bowls
A simple science demonstration places three bowls in a row. The end bowls hold water at temperatures as hot as tolerable and ice water, while the middle bowl contains lukewarm water for comparison.
Which Is Best for Sledding and Winter Fun
A poet muses on the joys of winter pastimes as the hillside lies white. The speaker recalls taking the sled out first and feeling delight before the cold season fully arrives. The verse contrasts seasons and declares winter the season held most dear.
Railway run schools educate Cape railway children
A novel system of railway run education operates in Cape colony where railway departments fund half the cost of premises and a certificated teacher for isolated workers children. Free travel, lower fees, and self supplied books help 2,135 pupils in 40 schools. The 1907 railway expenditure totaled 28,367 dollars.
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Cape Colony
Railway Department
Education Department
Educational Review
Railway
Ivers Mare
Titesse Echoala
Sehoolie A
Rede Way
Cape Government
Sneezes and Superstitions in Early English Life
A quaint rhyme links sneezing days to fate and social events, from danger and scandal to letters and visits. The old beliefs, handed down among earlier English peasants, reflect how households prepared for the parson’s Sunday arrival and how sneezes were tied to daily fortunes.
Ex Crown Prince George of Servia Demonstrates Marksmanship
Vienna reports Ex Crown Prince George of Servia fired two pearl pendant shots at ten paces. The bullets severed the gild wire of the pendants, dropping the pearls to the woman’s shoulders and then to the floor uninjured. Both shots were fired in quick succession without the wearer showing any tremor.
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George of
Servia
Vienna
Horse Thief Fled After Barn Alarm at Liverpool
One month ago a horse thief entered William Dale's barn at Liverpool. He mounted a horse and rode off until George Dale, awoken by a shout, alarmed the thief from an open window. The horse turned under an apple tree and knocked the thief with a limb, bruising him enough to be easily captured.
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William Dale
Liverpool
Illinois Happenings in Aurora and Surrounds
Aurora report details Floyd Williams suing Louis E. Peck for alleged alienation of his wife’s affections seeking 10009 dollars. Other items note safes blown at Chesterville church and store. Dr. Arthur Alderson returns to his wife amid elopement gossip. Charleston elder Rev. S F Miller injured. Galesburg votes on anti saloon territory. Knox County man wounded in Cherry City street fracas. Mrs Heise dies from blood poisoning after a hand scratch. Dixon marriage between Johnator and Mrs Miller.
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Aurora
Floyd Williams
Sycamore
Louis E. Peck
Williams
Dare & Layton General Store
National Elevator Company
United Brethren Church
Arthur Alderson
Yorkville
Grace Alden
Kendall County
Miss Alden
Alderson
Hot Springs
Ark
Charleston
S. F. Miller
Innington
Forbes
Mackinaw
Vandalia
Chicago
Wendell Phillips High School
Arthur Zahn
Albert Pech
Galesburg
Board of Election Commissioners
Spring Valley
Cherry
Peter Delphine
John Bergan
Bergan
Kewanee
Charles Heise
Sterling
Thomas Johnator
Rock Falls
Jennie Miller
Harrisburg
Dixon
Uncooked Meat Dangers Highlight Omaha Parasitism Claim
In Omaha on February 2, L T Cooper touts his New Discovery as removing tapeworms from the body. He disputes common illnesses, cites hundreds of cases, and notes Father Arnolgi’s 60 foot tape-worm removal as proof, with sales running high.
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Omaha
Neb
L. T. Cooper
Cooper
Father Arnolg
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