Lessons of Comfort From Jehosheba and Joash
Dr. Talmage portrays Jehosheba’s daring rescue of Joash as a sacred act of saving a royal life. He argues that attempts to exterminate righteousness fail, while faithful acts preserve the throne of God, reveal opportunities to save souls, and make the church a safe hiding place for the faithful.
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Louis Klopsch
Washington
Talmage
Jehosheba
Joram
Ahaziah
Joash
Athaliah
Lord
Jerusalem
Imperial
Athalish
House of David
Jesus
God
Domitian
Diocletian
Alban
Zwingli
John Oldcastle
Abdallah
Anne Askew
Sanders
Cranmer
Thomas Paine
Valens
Paul
Munson
Abeel
China
Phocas
Church of God
Temple
House of God
Church
Gate of Heaven
Rock of Ages
Heaven
Zion
Labor Day Holiday Origins and Adoption
Labor Day began in New York City with a September 4 1882 celebration and later became a public holiday in 38 states and the District of Columbia. The observance expanded from a local event to a widely recognized holiday across many states.
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New York City
States
District of Columbia
Valuable Old Jug Fetches 2135 at London Auction
A mottled brown stoneware jug dating to 1666 sold at a London auction for 2135 pounds. The piece drew buyer interest from collectors of early European pottery and antique stoneware.
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London
The Sunday School Lesson on Luke’s Parable
A Sunday School unit explains Luke 16 1 13 with the unjust steward parable. It explores whether the steward’s acts were right, the meaning of mammon, and how faithful use of money relates to faithfulness to God. It notes that money should be a servant not a master and urges using wealth to gain lasting spiritual rewards.
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H. C. Lenington
Flo
Jesus
God
Good Shepherd
Stane
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted for Change of Life
A vintage promotion touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for menopause symptoms. It presents three customer letters from Mary Johnson and Charlotte Johansson praising relief from womb ulcers, back pain, and flooding, claiming cures from the Medicine Co. and noting a $5000 reward for proof of falsity or prepublication.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Charlotte Johanson
Monclova, Ohio
Charlotte Johnson
Monclova
Ohio
National City Bank of
Lynn
Pere
Connoisseur in Seeds Turns to Bicycle Parts Joke
A Detroit business man who loves agriculture finds his seeds are actually bicycle balls from a toolbox. The tale spurs laughter among wife and friends as he quips about harvesting crops of bicycles. Readers share quips on Jonah and the whale and the waltz as neat quips close the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Perverse man questions cause of death in medical quip
A doctor states the deceased died of heart failure and the querulous man demands why, remarking that everyone dies of something. The Chicago Post notes the exchange as a sharp rebuke of thoughtless queries toward medical experts.
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Chicago Post
When a man is looking for trouble he never loses his way
A concise proverb attributed to Lown Topics notes that a man seeking conflict will find it, underscoring a cautionary view of choice and consequence without additional context or events.
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Dr. Talmage
Rescue
Detroit Journal
Chicago Daily News
Dollees Union
W. L. Douglas
Wolf
Samen
Seeman
Eeserei Anaenna
Nce Ee
Eatra
W. L. Douglas Shoe Co
Brockton
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