Better is a living dog than a dead lion sermon
A Sunday sermon argues that a living dog represents greater value than a dead lion, illustrating with biblical lions and dogs, then praising everyday deeds, philanthropy, and the urgency to seize present opportunities for good before death or judgment.
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Moses
Lawyer
Joshua
Samuel
Ezra
Job
David
Daniel
Amos
Matthew
Custom House
Luke
Paul
John
Nahum
Tabul Cain
Noah
Aholiab
Solomon
Alps
Highlands
Scotland
Dr. Kane
Jerusalem
Jerusa
Palestine
St. John
Heaven
Xerxes
Macedonia
Rome
Judah
Sampson
Isaiah
Peter
Christ
Tribe of
Ll.d
F.R.S. Christ
Earth
Will
Wall Street
State fir_t
Lombard Street
Raglan
Bible Society
The
Missionary Society
South Africa
Gordon Cumming
Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland
North River
Charlemagne
Matabosa
David Livingstone
Egypt
Bible Times
War era seaman recalls Norfolk Navy Yard blaze and crippled ships
A veteran recounts the Civil War blaze at the Norfolk Navy Yard after the USS Cumberland and other ships were destroyed or damaged. He describes trains of powder and gunpowder priming, the burning yard, and the sight of masts alight as Confederate ironclad careened through the Merrimac era.
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Pennsylvania
Norfolk Navy
Navy
Sloop of War
Pawnee
Norfolk
Baltimore
Cumberland
Seventh Massachusetts Regiment
Merrimac
Germantown
Jackson
Fortress Monroe
Yankee
Navy Yard Wharf
Navy Yard
Elizabeth River
Keystone State
New York Star
Alaska's hooch tale and a polar pol latch festival
A Washington Star report recounts an Alaska beverage derived from distillation in improvised copper cans and a wild feast known as a pol latch. It describes a harsh northern custom where a big man spends his wealth and hosts revelry, with drunken excess and chaotic pandemonium.
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Washington Star
Chile
Alaska
United States
Alaskan
A Vain Shot and a Tragic Death Near Comfort Texas
Miss Eliza Kargar aged sixteen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Kargar of one mile north of Comfort Texas, was dragged in a rope accident while leading a spirited horse from a stable to a pasture. Her father, confined by illness, shot the horse to try to save her, but she died.
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Eliza
Paul Kargar
Comfort
Texas
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