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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1918
Page
6
The quiet Sabbath article urges readers to seek communion and fellowship despite influenza quarantine. Ministers were asked to submit brief discourses for publication, inviting readers to read multiple church messages Sunday morning if services are halted.
Rev Leslie Mountford urges rebuilding the family altar as the sole sanctuary for worship during absence from the church. He cites Matthew Henry and Bunyan to argue daily prayer and Scripture reading in the home form the foundation of Christian life, urging believers to worship God rather than seek pleasure or profit. He warns of judgment if Sabbath neglect continues and calls for renewed domestic devotion.
A Presbyterian pastor preaches on Isaiah 40:31 promising renewal of strength, spiritual elevation, inexhaustible enthusiasm, and endurance. He illustrates with the Lost Battalion and Lincoln’s call to arms, urging Christians to wait on the Lord, mount up with wings as eagles, run and not faint, and walk steadfastly in daily duties.
The sermon urges a militant faith like Paul’s Ephesian armor for today’s trials. It notes personal sacrifices of discipleship, global democratic peril, and a local quarantine testing faith and courage. It calls readers to spiritual armor including truth, integrity, readiness, faith, salvation, and peace.
A devotional exhortation urges Christians to take the sword of the Spirit the Word of God and to add constant prayer. It stresses vigilance and seizing opportunities for spiritual discipline urging persistent intercession for all of God s people.
A religious poem praising deliverance in battle from Exodus 15 1 2. The piece notes Israel's triumph as Mos es leads the people in song and emphasizes the Lord as strength and salvation. It introduces the theme of divine victory marked by outstanding events.
The Rev W G Robb of the Reform Presbyterian church preaches on Jeremiah 8 22 linking Mount Gilead balm to Christ the Great Physician. He warns a mortal sin scourge for nations and individuals, urging repentance and faith in Jesus blood as the free remedy.
Pauline Goldmark of New York is appointed manager of the railroad administration's women’s service section. She will oversee thousands of women workers including telegraphers station agents clerks crossing watchers and track walkers as part of the program to employ women while replacing men drafted to the colors.
Figures from the war department show a $100 Liberty Bond buys one outfit for the boy worth 91.68 and 19.14 days of food, with the rest spent on ongoing supply and ammunition. The article stresses buying more Fourth Liberty Bonds to fund clothes, food, weapons, and siege costs as the war continues.
A Chicago writer, Mrs. James C. Ely, shares a veteran’s quote about sacrifice and urges support for the fourth Liberty loan. She argues that a nation’s defense justifies even costly investments and asks readers to give what they can beyond money.
The article explains how the Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan funds are used to pay for ships, submarines, and armaments. It lists costs for battleships, battle cruisers, scout cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, plus amounts spent on artillery and staple army supplies. It emphasizes that every loan subscriber helps arm and feed soldiers.
A terse prompt encourages immediate action noting early buyers gain advantage. It frames the date as the sale start and pushes readers to decide between options and purchase bonds now. The tone is promotional and lacks concrete names or places.
The lesson outlines Abraham's supreme test of faith in Genesis 22, comparing his obedience to God's call with the later sacrifice of Isaac. It emphasizes that true surrender, not mere ritual, pleases God and that God will provide the needed lamb, foreshadowing redemption through Christ.
Adams notes that the Bible is like the star to the wise men. Gazing at its motions and splendor without being led to Christ loses the book’s purpose. The reflection warns against loving scripture apart from its use in faith.
A religious reflection cites human discoveries as means to confirm truths from on high found in sacred writings. The fragment attributes the idea to Herschel and presents a devotional tone about divine guidance.
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