Talmage Sermon on Life as a Stage of Duty and Vice
A Brooklyn Tabernacle sermon compares life to a theater where indolence and selfishness ruin fortunes and character. It contrasts two paths, praises charity, faith, and family duty, and ends with Shakespeare’s will as a moral coda.
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Ihout
Falconer
Macready
Junius Brutus Booth
Timon
Athens
Flavin
Cymbeline
Pisano
Gabriel Grubb
Exeunt
DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn
Job
McCullough
Spartacus
Iwin Forrest
King Lear
Charlotte
Meg Merrilies
John Kemble
Richard III
Kean
Yuko Thie
Shylock
Cruel Regan
Lady Macbeth
Playhouse
Gonzalo
Edward Mortimer
Henry V
Edgar
England
Indalger
Central Park
the Battery
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Hill
Asgood
Wall Street
Saul
Bax
France
Americas
Jesus Christ
Stephano
Satya Fe
Ix Very
Earth
Heaven
Church of God
Drury Lanes
Covent Gardens
Haymarkets
Sharspesare
William Shakespeare
Stratford-upon-Avon
of Warwick
God
William Shakspears
Heroof
F. Collyns
Jesse Shaw
John Bet Aer Amaaerepeere
Robert Whatt
Hole in the Day legend and Northern politics mingle in era tales
The piece recounts the Chippewa Hero Hole-in-the-Day and his mixed white and Indian lineage, his Washington visit in 1867, and a local portrait of his life, then shifts to brief vignettes on a Buffalo heiress tale, a California horse story, and political debates about a solid South and cross‑regional campaigning.
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West Point
Washington Cor
St. Paul Press
Ramsey
Washington
Hole-in-the-Day
Hole-in-the Day
National Hotel
Hole-in-the
Northwest
Hole-in the
Hole-in-the- Day
Minnesota
Sanborn
Chippewas
Taylor
Swan Lake
Chicago Times
Jennie Jones
Highland
Ulster County
N. Y
New York
Miss Jones
Buffalo
Graphic
Democratic Party
Boston Herald
South
Knott
Kentucky
Florida
Lee
Virginia
Republican Party
National Republican Party
Arnor Hes
Arkansas
FASHION NOTES: New York styles of the season
Fashion notes describe beaver muffs, cloth boots with side lacing, Persian lamb trims, far resembling capes and pelerines, ribbons on bonnets, waterproof velvets, long overskirts, seal fur mantles, and Mlle. Demorest Gretchen dress variants for children. High boots expected with increasing cold among fall and midwinter wear.
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New York
Mme. Demorest
Gretchen
Moliere
Kid
Sleeplessness Remedies and Charity Notes
A reader recounts a simple home remedy for a baby's sleeplessness using a warm wet canton flannel on the head, reporting quick sleep. Also noted are remarks from the Charity Organization Society on alms and a bee import to New Zealand to aid clover seed production, implying potential savings and agricultural impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby
Washi
Giesy
Pape
Wig
New Zealand
Cllover
Herald
The Everlasting Arms And The Golden Rule
Reading notes emphasize seeking true comfort in God and the Everlasting Arms. Proverbs-like lessons urge not to judge, to make excuses sparingly, and to leave condemnation to God, illustrated through parables and anecdotes about discernment and charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Pharaoh
Lana
C. C. Otis
Caeeer Guldin
Toblenun
Byetar
Charit
Dullness in the pews and posture of listeners
A long discussion on dullness in church services argues that attentive hearing is essential for good preaching. It urges worshippers to prepare mentally for sermons and to engage with the truth, noting that hearers bear responsibility for effective delivery and church harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of God
Lee
National Presbyterian
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Roebuck
Shadow
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Santa Clara
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Cleveland
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Bacon
Sterling
Mr. Sterling
J. W. O'Brien
O'Brien
Ratte
Sterli
Customhouse
N. F. World
Hade
House of Representatives
Horan
Aesana
Action Party
Congress
House
North
John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Andrew Jobson
I Asis
Garfield
Hancock
Cle
Blaine
Sun
Senate
United States Senate
House of Lords of England
Philadelphia Inquirer
Democrats
United States
Argus
Fashion Notes
Plains
Texas
New Mexico
Wyoming
Montana
Walter
Baron von Richthofen
Colorado
Connecticut
Ford Post
Farrar
C. A
Lytéon
Heber Newton
Thomas Erskine
Pennsylvania Avenue
Riera
Alt
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