Letter Warms on Religious Unity and Belief
A reader argues for renewed spirit over minding the heart, urging love among ministers and Christians without surrendering doctrinal beliefs. He states T L aims for brotherly love, criticizes exclusive doctrines, invites all who love the Lord Jesus to share fellowship, and offers to host discussions at his home.
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T. L
Jesus Chiat
Ttink
Christy
Éle
Ion
T. S
Willy
God
Boch
Jesus
Gifts and Grace as Life and Leather Compared
Quoted reflection contrasts gifts and grace with footwear. It argues that life in the root skin sustains growth while shoe leather wears thin. The comparison suggests gifts endure where mere material covers fade, citing Mead.
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Mead
On the Actions or Duties of Natural Men
The passage argues that natural men never feel truly cast out by grace and cannot deny themselves. They cannot rise above self in any act, remain poor in spirit, and fail to live upon Christ, ending with a critique attributed to Irvett.
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Himelf
Bac
Jesus Christ
Irvett
A Gospel Minister Worthy of Faithful Guidance
A Gospel Minister defines a true minister as a constant spiritual observer of actions, a faithful monitor of duty, and an impartial reprover of offences. He directs with counsel, inspires by example, and blesses through prayers.
Apostles Creed variants listed with named apostles
Fragment reads as a list of apostles and statements of belief from the Apostles Creed. Names include Peter John James Andrew Philip Thomas Bartholomew Matthew James the son of Alphaeus Simon Zealotes Judas James the brother of James Matthias, with associated doctrinal lines on God, Jesus, the Holy Ghost, the Church, forgiveness, and eternal life.
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Peter
God
John
Heaven
James
Jesus Christ
Lord
Andrew
Mary
Philip
Pontius Pilate
Thomas
Hell
Bartholomew
Matthew
Alpheus
Simon Zelotes
Judas
Matthias
Let Not the Sun Go Down Upon Your Wrath
A Quaker or church anecdote recalls two men who quarreled and, as sunset neared, one knocked at the other's door. The offended friend opened it with anger but cried that the “fins almost down.” The visitor responded, “Come in, brother, come in,” softening the heart and prompting reconciliation.
Bible printing controversy advances knowledge of 1462 date
In Paris and Bamberg findings raise questions about the first Bible printed with movable type. The Bamberg edition dated May 1462 suggests printing spread beyond Mentz before Adolphus de Nassau’s 1462 capture, challenging claims that Mentz alone produced early movable type works. The discovery situates Bamberg and other centers in the dawn of printed Bibles.
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National
Paris
Bamberg
Albert Pfitter
Hike Shore
Mentz
John Fourt
P. Schaeffer
Harlem
Strasbourg
Furt
Schoeffer
Adolphus de Nassau
Vendee War Caverns Bid to Hide Royalist Forces
The Vendee conflict featured Royalists concealing troops in earth caverns and mounting cannons underground. Priests, monks, brigands and even women guided alarm signals from treetop watchers, with civilians unaware above ground. Two Chouans captured and sent toward l Orient offered to reveal cavern locations to military authorities.
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la Vendee
l'Orient
Prison cave raid nets peasants and clergy in surprise round up
Dardure, a lieutenant of grenadiers, donned a Chouan disguise to raid secret retreats. He visited a cavern guarded by an aged sentinel, coaxed entry, and led a detachment to seize a fold of peasants, monks, and priests hidden inside the subterranean camp. The captives were taken to Orient.
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Dardure
Dordure
Censors in Riga Burn Objectionable Books and Suppress Prints
Censors in Riga, called RufGampriests, enforce licensing by translating imported books and burning any deemed objectionable. A young Livonian’s edition of Wieland’s works was destroyed after a volume was found to oppose Greek church tenets, spoiling the set worth twenty six guineas. Whole pages are cut from foreign papers before circulation, possibly to be banned entirely.
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Riga
Germany
Wieland
Curious Shea-tree Butter From Africa Report
Mr Park describes a tree near Kabba on the Niger where butter is produced from the kernel. The shea tree grows naturally in Bambatra woods and is not planted by locals. The dried kernel yields butter that is whiter firmer and richer than cow’s milk butter and keeps for years without salt. The trade in shea butter appears a primary African industry and inland commodity.
British sailor’s daring act at Heider attack
An anecdote recalls a British sailor in the Heider assault who swapped a grenadier’s belt for his own, loaded his rifle, and killed six enemy combatants before injury forced amputation. Accused of desertion, he pleaded his deed, with his captain replying his duty was to stay put, prompting the sailor to ask forgiveness and promise not to kill again.
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Heider
Jaci
Descent and Birth Marks in East Indies Traditions
The article explains sovereignty disputes in East Indies districts and describes Brahmin birth rites. A priest declares if a child is born in a lucky hour, marks the boy with a color smear on the forehead, and a formal register records lineal descent with witnesses. Adoption does not supersede biological birth.
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East Indies
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