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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1909
Page
3
A revival serial adapts Tobit chapters 4 to 10 into a devotional romance. The piece presents Tobias and Sara’s story with celestial aid, framing a moral tale about virtue, faith, and divine help through the preacher’s editorial lens.
In this sermonette the author extols marriage ordered byGod and warns that modern unions lacking divine purpose lead to divorce and national decay. Citing Tobias and Sara, the piece argues only one ground for divorce exists in Scripture and emphasizes avoiding unequal yoked partnerships per New Testament teaching.
The Book of Tobit is placed in Assyria with Tobit, a captive Jew of Nineveh's fall dated to 606 BC. Scholars argue the narrative’s outlook and its elaborate good and evil spirits reflect a later age than the events described, and the core story likely predates that fall.
In days of old a Jewish exile endures suffering as he longs for homeland. The narrative evokes hardship, memory, and the hope of return amid displacement and longing.
In Nineveh Tobit a devout Jew turned blind faces poverty as his wife Anna and son Tobias keep the home. A heavenly-guided journey with Raphael leads Tobias to a silver debt in Media, to wed Sara despite a deadly evil spirit, and culminates in Tobias using the fish organs to cure Tobit's blindness and restore their fortune.
Herman Silver of Los Angeles owns a rare plant known as the Rose of Hell a gigantic wooden flower found on the edges of a Central American volcano. The twelve inch blossom grows in Mount Agua crevasses near Fuego Guatemala and is one of the few brought to this country.
William E. Gladstone asserts after six decades in public life that his conviction remains firm in the reality, nearness, and personality of God. He speaks from long experience, emphasizing steadfast faith and divine attributes.
Former President Roosevelt argues that small, narrow men cannot lead moral and religious reform. He urges rugged, capable figures with tenderness and force to confront urban evils and the clash of wealth and poverty, noting clergy across Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish faiths can render service.
A theological reflection on providence and grace noting that temporal blessings stem from the divine source. The greater includes the lesser, since the sun carries benedictions, but true abundance comes from the fountain of salvation. Means of grace and blessings depend wholly on Christ for efficacy and enduring supply.
The employment agent offers a job where a young man would be partly outdoors and partly behind the counter. The applicant hesitates asking what happens if the door slams, indicating uncertainty about the setup and safety. The exchange frames a practical concern about working conditions and risks in a mixed environment.
A study of James 3 1 12 explains the tongue as a small but powerful force guiding life and mischief. It compares speech to a horse’s bit and a ship’s rudder, to a forest fire, and to an untamable beast, noting only God can tame it. The text warns against inconsistency between blessing and cursing.
Practical guide to a collarless 40 inch length coat in heavy white linen with cotton braid trim. Seven sizes 32 to 44 bust. Material needs listed for 27, 36, 42, 54 inch widths plus braid quantities. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name, address, size, and pattern number.
Pattern description for a children's frock in eerundian head cotton featuring a front princess panel with tuck details, waist gathered fullness, pearl buttons, and removable chemisette. Five sizes from two to ten years, fabric yardages listed for different widths. Pattern Department notice encourages requests by mail.
Milwaukee woman claims relief from female trouble back pain and tumor suggestion after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letter notes doctors urged operation but the product restored health, urging other women to write for free advice to Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Mass.
A memorial has been erected in Kensington cemetery London to the memory of Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock the Arctic explorer and discoverer of the lost Franklin expedition. It is an old style wheel cross on a massive base reaching ten feet high, crafted from rough silver-gray Cornish granite.
The Liverpool Post reports a Birkenhead church secretary announced a Sunday recital in Shakespearean character. Upon learning it would not be in character he corrected himself stating that none of the participants would be dressed.
Two women before a Paris magistrate claimed possession of a flatiron. The magistrate resolved the dispute by giving the iron to a laundress and presenting the other woman with a theater ticket.
President Taft and Dr William Osler spoke to a large Washington audience at a National Association gathering promoting the study and prevention of tuberculosis.
A Fond Du Lac woman recounts indigestion relief after four years of poor diet. She credits Grape-Nuts and Postum for weight gain, improved heart function, and restored energy after one week and a month of use, claiming lasting health benefits and urging readers to try the products.
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