Faith Courage and the Power of Belief
A short reflection on faith and courage referencing the biblical verse Matthew 14 30. The message compares lacking faith to cowardice and notes the limits of human understanding of spiritual power.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1944
Page
4
A short reflection on faith and courage referencing the biblical verse Matthew 14 30. The message compares lacking faith to cowardice and notes the limits of human understanding of spiritual power.
A memory filled column recalls a beautiful Memorial Day while noting parade habits and farmer work choices. It cites garden poems, tomato plant observations, and a push toward postwar public works funding with a 50 50 federal state split, plus reflections on newspaper advertising and radio ads.
In a Milwaukee Magazine vignette a colored preacher ends a sermon about free salvation and a congregant protests that salvation should be free. The parson replies that salvation is free but piping to the worshipper costs, illustrating humorous conflict over church fundraising.
Howard C. Smith of Rock Island buys the Columbus City burial vault business from W. S. Randolph. The Smith family moves into the Vern Hanft property. several local residents and service members are noted in travel and family updates from Columbus Junction.
Dana Barnes visiting his parents in Crawfordsville during a West Orange vacation. Gerald Rhea of Moline joined his wife and daughter and they visited relatives including the Lee and Everette Rhea homes. The obituary for Ada Mc Farland noted at the Methodist church.
Figures show that 88 percent of shotgun shells are fired in the field. The remaining 12 percent go to traps or skeet. Of the field shots, the rabbit attracts 29.6 percent of the sportsman's fire, more than double that of the next closest quarry, the squirrel.
Puppeteers known as motions entertained London in the 16th century and were cited by Shakespeare and Jonson. The Puritan closing of theaters under Cromwell spurred actors to become puppeteers and continue stage work.
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