Talmage Sermon on the Morning Hunt for Worldly Gain
Rev T DeWitt Talmage delivers an allegorical sermon at Brooklyn Tabernacle on Return From the Chase. He warns that chasing worldly success in youth leads to spiritual ruin, while true peace comes from dividing the spoil of Christian character in old age. He cites biblical figures and historical hunters to illustrate rapid conversion and religious devotion as the rightful outcome of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. DeWitt Talmage
Brootlyn Taberncle
Dr. Talmage
Jacob
Benjamin
Onn
England
Xenophon
Far East
Europe
Francis I
Moses
Nimrod
Tom Hoods
Charley Lambs
Edgar A. Poor
Andrew
Buffoon
Hmber
Joan
San Francisco
Christ
Morocco
Tam
Christopher North
Meg
University Hall of
Edinburg
Lord Byron
Coleridge
Catherine of Rusais
Henry II
Francia I
Sssasain
Mary
Queen of Scots
Navarre
Anya
Jesus Christ
Jesus Chris
Alea
Emmanuel
James Turner
Cape of Good Hope
Eport
Christian Qunkeress
Daniel
Elijah
Paul
Kingy
Pool
Bethesda
God
Philip
Lord Jesus Christ
Sensible Suits and Summer Walking Dresses from Philadelphia Times
A detailed fashion preview from the Philadelphia Times describes stylish summer outfits in Khayyam broadcloth, wood braid trim, and wood button accents. It covers walking suits, visiting costumes, hats, parasols, and beaded embroidery, highlighting colors in camel, brown, green, and blue, plus footwear and headwear in rich fabrics and lace.
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Khayyam
Sarah
la Preciosa
Philadelphia Times
Fashion Hints and Boys Dress Trends in Paris and Boston
Fashion notes describe summer styles for women and children including bouffant back draperies red being in Paris theater wear and hats for boys. It covers fabrics for boys coats kilt suits caps and collars, and notes shifts away from white necklines toward beaded and lace-edged collars. The piece also includes a humorous anecdote about General von Mantel fell and a French jeweler’s gift to prove a point about French workmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sun
von Mantenffel
Alsace
Lorraine
Boston Transcript
Soon and Forever Christ shall be, and the warfare done
A religious prose piece urges perseverance in faith and charity. It contrasts Christ’s eternal victory with human struggles, praising compassion toward the afflicted. It cites biblical figures, sermons by Rev J S B Monée, and quotes fromGeorge Eliot and Bishop Wilberforce to illustrate mercy, selflessness, and the need for helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiana
Christ
Rev
J. S. B. Monee
Watchman
George Eliot
Daniel Deronda
Wilberforce
Jacobson
Turner
Jesus
King Lear
Boston
Chicago
W. P. Elsdon
Sacred Music in a Philadelphia Park Gift of Song Heals
In a sixteenth mile river park outside Philadelphia a middle aged couple funded an all day Sunday serenade for the poor. An orchestra set up in a glade drew thousands, many in rags or crutches, to hear Old Hundred and Nearer My God to Thee. A black woman led a hymn that swelled to a thunderous chorus, voicing mercy and hope as tears fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Democratic House
United States
Credit Mobilier
Navy
Department
Congress
Supreme Court
Republican Party
Sunday Herald
Philadelphia
Severns
Jesus
Bo Kan
Choice Selections From Religious Thought Echoes Of Faith And Duty
A compact reading gathers quotations on prayer discipline and virtue from figures like Hendereon Melancthon Goulburn and Vince. It stresses living in joyful communion, learning through practice, and guiding government by established justice and civil equality.
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Hendereon
Vince
A WEEPING GROOM AND THE cayenne PRANK
A reminiscence describes a bachelor party prank on Aberdeen ministers using cayenne pepper. Colonel Stuart, preparing for marriage, wore a new London suit. The joke backfired at the ceremony as cayenne pepper caused tears and agony, prompting sympathetic murmurs from the audience. The groom suffered days of lingering recollections as punishment for the trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Colonel Stuart
Presbytery
Aberdeen
Jonel Stuart
London
Fride
England
Aberedeen
Cayenne
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Talmage
Marlboro
Boston Globe
Lincoln and
Pleasant Streets
Beacon Street
West Marlboro
George Clisbee
George Clisbes
Fite
Hhis Organ Factory
Unitarian Church
Mor
Cornelius Spillans
Dashiel Street
Spillane
Blaine
Washington
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Congressman Goff
Edward McPherson
House
Maine
Elsine
Union
Mr. Blaine
Logan
Hoar
John Sherman
Selaine
Brooklyn
New York
Department of Justice
Samuel W. Lyman
United States Court
Southern District of New York
Lyman
Treasury Department
Washington Post
Seastor Fairx
Senator Fair
Nevada
Secretary of the Interior
Fair
Santa Catalina
Pacific Ocean
Angeles
Washington Dispatch
Fred. Dougla
Frederick Douglass
F. W. Bird
Republican State Committee
Douglass
Cleveland
Boston Dispatch
Hendrix
Washington. Post
Arbitration Bureau
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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