06 Apr 1892
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1892
Page
1
A collection of short maxims and verse fragments on manners, morality, and social life. It humorously critiques talk in polite circles and muses on virtue, ambition, and the afterlife with religious and sentimental tones.
A sermon urges young converts to active faith and tireless service. It compares spiritual growth to a stream overcoming rocks and rapids, insisting that opposition deepens beauty, strengthens character, and advances toward eternal reward. The writer emphasizes perseverance, renewal, and public witness.
The writer extols a well ordered Sabbath as central to Christian life. It urges individuals to keep sacred rest, cherish church, and seek heavenly contemplation away from worldly concerns, promising enduring worship where congregations never end.
The text urges turning to Jesus as the right direction to see spiritual light in life’s troubled waters. It compares varied viewpoints, asserting different people see different facets, yet all who seek Christ view the glory of the Lord and are changed by it.
A young man at a Fife meeting courted his beloved using a hymn-book as a message medium. He marked lines with a pencil for reading, and two leaves were turned to reveal exchanges of affection. The exchange ends with the line O happy day that fixed my choice on thee.
A cultivated young woman educated at a female college possesses vast knowledge from quadratics to paleontology and ancient languages. She can discuss prehistoric creatures and world cultures yet cannot prepare dinner for a hungry family, revealing a mismatch with traditional domestic roles.
A humorous critique mocks Stallings for romantic prose about a trysting place. The piece mocks his lines and suggests a different poetic report to headquarters with altered imagery.
A playful note extols a noble woman as a rare gem and wanders into florid compliments. The writer claims her smile can sustain a man without molasses and calls her a wandering angel whose words brighten spirits.
A reflective meditation extols the value of inner virtue over material gifts. It speaks of a cheerful generous heart as a quiet light guiding others, likening goodness to a sun that brings seasons, beauty, and tropical splendors to life and to hearts.
The Wilcox Mixape editor Henry Biount is praised for sincere brilliant phrasing likened to Rubens. Rev Battie is credited for a favorable notice in the Biblical Recorder while joking about his own poetic and oratorical pretensions. The piece notes Battie’s and Biount’s talents and humorous self critique.
A meditation on choosing pure thoughts and personal responsibility shaping a life from youth through old age. Good thoughts seed a tranquil evening of life while evil thoughts breed regret and haunting spectres in later years.
A lyrical portrait praises Addie with rose light in cheek and starry eyes. Her voice, like a songbird, awakens rapture in all who meet her. Her smile frees sunbeams and memory, while her thoughts lift beyond earthly bounds toward a heaven-made influence.
A fragment praising women as the balance of male life, describing their influence as adding joy and comfort while dividing sorrow through presence, soothing pain, and diminishing deprivation with charms, ending with a sign off Seiah.
At an evening party the lady of the house offered refreshments to a foolish guest who refused saying you may lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. She replied I won’t press you any more.
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