Natural and Spiritual Sight Explains Faith and Revelation
A preacher distinguishes natural and spiritual man, arguing regeneration opens true knowledge of God. The natural mind knows humans but cannot know God without the Spirit. Through the Holy Spirit, believers gain spiritual sight, while unsaved rely on intellect alone. He urges surrender to God and invites the Spirit to reveal divine truths.
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Chicago
God
Christ
England
Paul
Jesus Christ
Bob Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Jesus
Apostle
A Cup of Cold Water In Helping Missionaries
A poverty stricken Korean woman gives about eight cents in small coins to buy water for missionaries at a gathering. Her act of love stirs reflection on gratitude and self surrender, urging believers to imitate her devotion and multiply cups of cold water in service.
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Ministry of Love
The Battle Royal Reflections in Youthful Strife
The piece cites Browning on inner conflict as the measure of worth, contrasting internal struggle with untroubled placidity like that of a jellyfish. It frames youth as a period of necessary strain shaping character and potential.
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Browning
Historic Postmaster Keeps Country Store in Big Neck
A grandson of Alexander Hamilton lives in Big Neck Maryland, runs a country store and serves as postmaster at 74, often referring to the first secretary of the treasury as grandpa. An outlet at Alt ice cream church reportedly has a frozen preacher.
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Alexander Hamilton
Big Neck
Secretary of the Treasury
Alt
Baby's Sand Pile Fun Imagined by Doll Family
A child shapes a sand-pile kitchen scene in a wooden box with a house, barn, pies, and dolls as helpers. She bakes buns and bread using sand as flour, imagining a cozy doll world where stones serve as plums and cedar cone fires simulate cooking. The playful verse notes the child’s confidence in finding utensils and the dolls' understanding.
Remarkable dog guards bank deposits and nets catfish
A Middletown N Y dog named Rags owned by Mrs John Morrison shows humanlike instinct by daily visiting the local bank and depositing firm money, guarding the deposit book, and returning with rolls of bills. The dog also retrieves a long fishing pole with a catfish from a pond, entertaining tannery superintendent Harry M Hayes who watched the feat. In other notes a Bergen couple pays nickel for fortune telling and a London window honors John Harvard in St Saviours church Southwark.
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Rags
Monsrel
John H. Morrison
Middletown
N. Y
Morrison
Harry M. Hayes
London
John Harvard
Massachusetts College
St Saviour’s Church
Southwark
Great Fun For The Boys Build Your Own Indian Teepee
A Little Chronicle guide outlines affordable home craft for boys, detailing making wooden arrows and a ten foot teepee from cloth. Instructions cover materials such as pine boards, nails, twine, cloth lengths, stitching layout, smoke flaps, rope loops, and pegs, with cost estimates under three dollars for the cover and about ten dollars for ready made canvas.
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The
Little Chronicle
Pilgrim's Progress in Chinese Translation Popular in China
A note on a Chinese edition of The Pilgrim's Progress highlighting that the translation is well received in China. It mentions illustrations showing Christian in Chinese attire with altered face garb, including a shaved lid and a pigtail, reflecting cultural depiction.
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Chiness
China
Richard Stuck to His Point and Professor Blank
A Chicago music teacher nicknamed Prof. Blank is described as homely yet estimable, prompting a Windy City mother to discipline her son for rude remarks. The boy insists the professor is ugly but notes a comic twist: the professor looks handsomer when making a face. The Usual Catch features in a Philadelphia Prem. style joke about Bragley’s fishing tally.
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Richard
Prof. Blank
Chicago
Windy City
Blank
Enduement and Testing in Elisha's Rise to Prophet
A Sunday Bible study outlines Elisha's transition from Elijah's shadow to his own as prophet. It covers watchfulness, revelation, testing by the Jordan, and three days of waiting, leading to service such as healing the brackish waters at Jericho with salt, symbolizing spiritual cleansing through sacrifice.
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J. M. Ednon
Husha
Israel
Bank of Jordan
Elijah
Elisha
Jericho
Elleha
Hiisha
Diisha
Prophets
Eileha
God
Earth
Heaven
Jordan
Esha
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Garner
Darwin
Mr. Monk
Almaelf
Baby
F. C. AL
St. Nicholas
Zils Nausé
Bergen
N. J
Chicago Journal
Rags OM
Bane
Bragley
Philadelphia
the Sunday Bible School
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