Rich Heavenly Prince Became Poor for Our Sakes Sermon
Rev T DeWitt Talmage preaches on the grace of Jesus Christ as the rich King who became poor to enrich humanity. He contrasts heavenly wealth with Christ’s homelessness and suffering, urges embracing grace now, and cites biblical examples and hymns to illustrate salvation’s bounty.
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Dr. Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Jesus Christ
Hman
Jupiter
Mare
Heaven
Jesus
David
John
Germany
Royal Gallery
William
Paul
Solomon
Solmon
Aleal
Volinge
Gol
Angel
Farvel
Christ
Amota
Vic
Tower
Bgo
Muiber
Mary
Bavivo
Caspar
Middle Mthasar
Melchair
Pompey
Brindisi
Nicodemus
Joseph
Arimathea
Earth
Ant
Heavenly
Cleopatra
Antony
Evangelist
Holy Land
Asia Minor
Holy Land of
Galilee
Olivet
Calgary
Holy
John Bunyan
Tam
Sammy
God
Vletcher
Scotland
Highlands
Artaxerxes
Threbazus
Elizabeth
Russia
Ptolemy
Agassiz
Alps
Black Sea
Danube
Mediterranean
Rhons
German Ocean
Greece
Solon
Periander
Chile
Thayles
A Noble Mission In China A Blind-reading colonist's vow
The Youths Companion cites Gordon-Cumming tracing a Scottish saw-mill worker turned colporteur who created an embossed blind script for Chinese readers. He spent eight years perfecting a system, now enabling average blind readers to learn in two months. He educates blind porteurs and seeks schools in eighteen provinces despite poverty.
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Gordon-Cumming
Scotland
Glasgow
China
How to Rear Children and Arts of Reading for the Blind
A broad domestic guide urges gentle parental example to teach children kindness, self reliance, and dignity. It also notes a report on the Moon society embossing scriptures for the blind, listing thousands of volumes and widespread use across Edinburgh Glasgow and Sydney Home Teaching Society.
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Tray
Workers’ Magazine
Moon
Prescott
Sydney
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Yoon
Lauton Christian
Power to Forgive Lesson from Matthew 9 6 Capernaum
An 1887 Sunday school lesson explains Jesus forgives sins, not just heals bodies. It links faith and repentance to pardon, contrasts bodily healing with soul salvation, and uses the paralytic story to illustrate sin as paralysis and forgiveness as divine grace.
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Ss. S
Jesus Christ
Capernaum
Jesus
Christ
Satan
Earth
Jin. A
Shay
McPherson charges Cleveland with misstate pension records
Edward McPherson rebuts a National View claim that President Cleveland favored Union soldiers. He argues Cleveland approved two thirds of pension bills, vetoed or dodged the rest, and contrasts Cleveland's record with Grant Hayes and Arthur. He cites specific vetoes and approvals, and accuses the administration of Ku Klux influence and patronage.
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Allison
Iowa
Edward McPherson
Gerrysmung
William BR. Allison
Dubuque
Cleveland
National View
Washington
Grant
Hayes
Arthur
Clevelan
Bak
Congress
Union
Army of the Union
Ku-Klux
Ifso
Jleveluni
Ku Klux
Democratic Party
Tom
Epward McCpherson
Figures in South Carolina race show distorted district results
The Indianapolis Journal reports on the Smalls Elliott election contest in South Carolina. It highlights how six districts with large colored populations had no Republican nominees and contrasts official results with census figures. It notes Charleston area manipulation to pack colored voters and claims Smalls was counted out despite strong Republican support.
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Smalls
South Carolina
Elliot
Congress
Col
Dem
Dist. S
Charleston
House of Representatives
Indianapolis Journal
Loyal Veterans Speak Against President’s Administration
The Grand Army of the Republic denounces the Democratic leadership as hostile to loyal veterans. The Chicago Mail notes veterans feel dismissed from office to favor ex-Confederates, not for incompetence but loyalty to the lost cause, a stance the administration shows openly.
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Democratic Party
Cleveland
Chicago Mail
Grover's Journey and the Political Racket Unfolds
An editorial criticizes the Presidents Western trip for partisan manipulation. It argues Democrats turned a nonpartisan reception in Indianapolis into a campaign event, while Republicans insist respect for the office, not endorsement of Cleveland’s actions.
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Indianapolis
Gray
Cleveland
Des Moines
Public Opinion on Ree Governor Luce and Democratic Strength
A compilation of editorials from various papers commenting on Michigan governor Luce's praise for party harmony, Democratic prospects under Cleveland, mugwump influence, and reflections on historic Republican dignity and Jeffersonian virtue with satirical takes on current political discourse.
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Ree
Luce
Michigan
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Bae
Democratic Party
Detroit Tribune
Libby Prison quartermaster Warner recalls Civil War years
Captain Jackson Warner, Libby Prison quartermaster from 1861 to 1864, now aged and dignified, recalls humane treatment of prisoners and near executions. He notes two hangings were narrowly averted after a box with 67 Union captains’ names was used to pick victims. Captain Sawyer survived, Flynn died, and both were spared from hanging after intervention by women and Davis.
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Jackson Warner
Libby
Richmond
Warner
Army
Libby Prison
Lee
Winder
Brown
Indiana
Sawyer
New Jersey
Flynn
Ohio
Davis
Stanton
Colonel Winder
Fitzhugh Lee
Jet Davis
Streight
Reynolds
McCall
McCabe
Boston
Grant
Centralia
Cincinnnati Enquirer
Memphis Editor and Poet Rockett in Civil War Era
In prewar Memphis editor Frank Y. Rockett, a Union loyalist and original writer, recounts his wartime hardship. He stayed in the city after its capture, avoided combat, and narrowly escaped beggary after finding about $300 in greenbacks on the street near a paymaster’s office.
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Rockett
Frank Y. Rockett
Yorick
Memphis
North
South
Grant
Grand Army Quilt by Brooklyn Lady Worth 800 Dollars
A Brooklyn woman Mrs Grant wife of Comrade C Hull Grant Junior Vice Department Commander G A R Department of New York created a five by nine foot crazy quilt. It features G A R shields commanders in chief names and a roster of New York Department officers with badges posts and corps motifs reflecting twenty years of Grand Army activity. The piece took two years to complete and is valued at about $800 as reported by Brooklyn Eagle.
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Brooklyn
Grant
C. Hull Grant
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of New York
J. W. Kay
A. C. Tate
W. A. Powers
H. W. Hughes
M.D. Wilber
Molineux
Slocum
Bell
Barnum
Tanner
H. B. Davis
Squires
Gatt
Tracey
Farley
Cowton
Tighe
Foster
Webb
Eason
Stegman
Catlin
Bureau of Relief
Kings County
N. Y
Army
Brooklyn Eagle
Riley Smith's Big Foot in Bloomington Tale of a Tall Soldier
Bloomington residents tell of Riley Smith a six foot seven and a half inch man with a twelve inch waist and size seventeen shoes that hold a peck and a quarter of corn. He served in the Seventh Indiana in the Civil War and lives in poverty awaiting a pension while relying on charity and the Monroe County poor asylum.
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Indiana
Riley Smith
Bloomington
Louisville
Mr. Smith
Monroe County
Morton
William Knox
Terre Haute
Cedar Mountain
Smith
North Carolina
Company E
Ind
Chicago Tribune
A Widow and Daughter Hostage Tale From Civil War Echoes
A traveler stops for breakfast at a Virginia house run by a widow and her unmarried daughter who recount war memories. The hostess recalls a 1863 clash over the home with a bombshell mortally wounding a woman at the table. Nearby Franklin, Tennessee bears a twelve pound cannon shot embedded in an oak from twenty three years earlier, its fibers still clinging to the ball.
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Virginia
Franklin
Tenn
Anl Federal
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Kansas
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Florrie
Nashville
Loyal Veterans
Grover
Public Opinion
Beay
Tom Platt
Cleveland Press
New York
Cincinnati
Massachusetts
George William Curtis
Peoria Transcript
Lincoln
Hartford Post
Chicago
Jefferson
Deg Moines Register
Soldiers’ Department
Chicago Times
Portune
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