Lessons From Hagar Exile On Finding One's Sphere
Rev Talmage uses Hagar and Ishmael in the desert to urge finding and occupying one's God given sphere. He warns against pride and pursuit of higher status, urges sympathy for women and mothers, and frames every wilderness as containing a well of divine mercy through Christ for consolation and life.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
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Ferguson
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London
Hawley
England
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Paradise Lost
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Agnes
Egypt
Assyria
Gaulus
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Arals
Sutton Pool
Plymouth
John Kitto
New York
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Madras
Tabernacle
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Christ
Lamphier
Fulton-street
Jesus Christ
Beer-sheba
God
Jesus
Maine Election Returns Boost Republican Victory Across State
The Maine results show a sweeping Republican win with about 13,000 majority for the state ticket and solid GOP control of the next Congress and Legislature. Blaine’s national stance and pro prohibition opposition shaped the contest, while Prohibition allies faltered, confirming renewed GOP strength and signaling broader party impact nationwide.
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Maine
Blaine
Mugwump
N. Y. Tribune
House of Representatives
Hale
Chicago Tribune
St. John
Neal Dow
Mr. Blaine
Garcelon
Congress
Chicago
Cleveland
Republican Party
Ohio
Foraker
St. John and Leonard
Secret Service
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Democratic Majority Split Seen Over Charleston Relief
Rea and Minister Phelps in London pressuring subscriptions for Charleston relief while Secretary Endicott withholds tents in a bid to fracture the Democratic majority in a Southern state.
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Rea
Phelps
London
Charleston
Endicott
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Hypocrisy Exposed by Indiana Mugwumps on Civil Service Reform
The Democratic World exposes alleged Civil Service abuses in Indiana under President Cleveland. Lucius B. Swift describes postmaster dismissals and political meddling, with sixte en cited violations and no dismissals. The piece questions Cleveland's reform pledges and suggests broader hypocrisy amid spoils politics.
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Indiana
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
Democratic World
Washington
Indianapolis
Mugwump
Senator Voorhees
Lucius B. Swift
Swift
Aquilla Jones
Hendricks
Thoman
Postmaster Jones
Burnside
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Dowling
Vilas
M. A. M. Kuhn
Bynum
Kuhn
Beck
Louisville
Willis
N. Y. Mail
Lea Jipess
Indiana Democrat seeks Tucson land office post
Edward Tenderson chairman of the Indiana Democratic Central Committee sought a Territorial appointment to ease his finances. The President tentatively offered Tucson land office but later signed and issued papers for McGee of Booneville Missouri instead, prompting sharp Indiana criticism and a warning about language in print.
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Edward Tenderson
Indiana Democratic Central Committee
Washington
Indiana Democratic
Congress
Senderson
Lamar
McGee
Booneville
Cockrell
Indiana
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Confederates at Marshall Reunion Rally to Take Nothing Back
The St. Louis Chronicle reports General Joe Shelby declaring at Marshall that the issues of the war are past and forgotten, yet the Confederates take back nothing. The piece notes lingering Southern sentiment and warns of possible renewed attempts to challenge the United States.
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Marshall
Joe Shelby
St. Louis
The
Chronicle
United States
Jeff Davis
St. Louis Chronicle
Foreign Gossip Summary From Diverse Global Anecdotes
The piece surveys global notes from empire penitentiaires to English looms for bathing costume fabrics and Verden’s cathedral anniversary. It reports Burmese drink dissolving rifle balls, a seven-ton alum crystal sent to an exhibition, Parisian dandelions as a fashion fad, and a Paris/Cairo mummy in the Boulaq Museum. It adds multiple demographic stats for France’s economy and labor sectors.
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Russian Empire
Verden
Germany
Edinburgh
Manchester
Goole
Dissaud
Children’s Hospital
Paris
Croup
East
Worthy
Houghton Hall
Walpoles
Norfolk
England
J. Ellis
Boulaq Museum
Cairo
Egypt
Rameses HL
Boulay Museum
France
Gold of Boure: Natives and the West African Gold Fields
A Chicago Times summary outlines Boure on the West African coast as a rich gold region. It details Sego, a guarded royal house of gold, crude native mining methods, and gold dust currency stored in calabashes and quills. The piece notes Mandingo trade goods, prohibition by circumstance, religious shifts, and French interest in Boure’s wealth.
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California
Australia
Boure
Africa
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Sego
Mohammed
Chicago Times
The Fool Hath Said In His Heart There Is No God
A Christian at Work excerpt arguing atheism as a rare disease. It cites Paul, Spinoza, Cesar, Hume, Diderot, Darwin, Strauss and others to claim belief in God follows from moral intuition and providence. It critiques atheism as irrational superstition and champions innate theistic impulse guiding humanity.
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Spinoza
Julius Cesar
Rome
Nemesis
Hume
Diderot
Mons
Darwin
Strauss
Dieth
Simiuss
The Flock of God Hymn Verse by Rev Manning Chipman
A religious verse honoring divine guidance and care for the faithful. It references Calvary and heaven with Rev Manning Chipman credited as author from an Indiana newspaper. The piece emphasizes safety, renewal, and divine steadfastness for the flock under God.
Take Care. Health Time and Associates Advice
Take care of health maintain sound body and mind for vigor and duty. Guard time as a priceless gift and use it to improve self and life. Choose associates wisely shunning fools and seeking the wise and good. Baptist Weekly.
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Society of the
Society of the Wise and Good
Baptist Weekly
Faith Is What Is Wanted in a Church Message
An excerpt discusses the need for clear doctrine over sensationalism and doubt. It contrasts youths seeking faith with mature Christians desiring the Word. Businessmen seek well-digested truth and rest from weekly doubts, warning against proliferating doubt in teaching.
Clean Texts and Devotional Impact in Sermons
Rev. M. B. Smith argues that cutting a single word from scripture provokes doubt in many listeners. He contends lasting sermons come from complete translated texts that clearly convey the divine thought behind the message.
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M. B. Smith
N. W
Christian Advocate
Bible and Nature Share Hidden Depths in Faith
The text argues that both Bible and nature hold mysteries, yet reveal only what is essential for present happiness. It asserts that all necessary truth for our welfare is clearly provided, while remaining other mysteries are mere speculation. Mechanic s and Faith.
How to Be Miserable Says a Baptist Weekly
The piece argues that misery stems from selfish living. It urges constant self focus, envy of others, suspicion of others, and possessiveness. It warns against joy in others happiness and promotes harsh reactions to perceived threats to personal rights.
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Baptist Weekly
Giving It Up and the Limits of Mechanical Explanation
The passage argues that spontaneous generation and a fully mechanical universe remain unresolved. Even with potential future knowledge of life's origin, the underlying laws require an ultimate explanation. The author contrasts scientific "Law" or the Unknown with the theist concept of God as the ultimate cause.
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Spencer
W. H. Conn
New Princeton Review
Quotations on Faith and Self Denial From Various 19th Century Sources
A collage of religious aphorisms and reflections from Baptist Weekly Occident Home Journal Spur aun Colton and others. The lines champion self denial love faith and the living present while warning against basing faith on past experience.
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Baptist Weekly
Paul Faber
Home Journal
Colton
Spuraun
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