Abbreviated Earthly Life and Immortality Lessons
Dr Talmage argues that a shorter earthly life is a blessing guiding to a closer relation with heaven. He cites poets and thinkers, warns against long pursuits, and urges embracing mortality to reach the heavenly center rather than linger on the rim of existence.
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Faaiah
Eoue
Vahiegbert
William Cullen Bryant
Reat Post
Ate
Monaldeseo
Theophrastus
Thurlow Weed
Vibert Barnes
Methuselah
Wimsings
Terra Firma
Ty Wassen
Stete
Atlantic Ocean
Mitten
KY Hey
Westinghouse
David
Jonathan
Davied
Absalom
Saul
Ahithophel
Shimei
Ziklag
Caribbean
Heaven
Atlantic
God
Andover
Princeton
New Brunswick
Edinburgh
Christendom
Knowledge
Tam
Lee
Sermon on Heaven and mortality during Christmas reflections
A pastor delivers a sermon contrasting worldly longing with heavenly rest. He urges embracing eternal blessings over earthly joys, recalling a ship captain who saved drowning passengers and chose not to seek pay. The message centers on hope, faith, and the Christmas promise of heaven.
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Heaven
Emperors
Earth
St. Helena
Napoleon
Harbor
Heavenly Harbor
New York
Aunt Emma's Tales Pleasing Evelina Through a Doorway
A young girl Gertrude and her doll Evelina entice Aunt Emma to tell stories by sending Evelina through a crack in the door. Aunt Emma obliged, telling a tale for Evelina while Gertrude's mother listens outside. The scene shows patience and clever family warmth.
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Gertrude
Emma
Evelina
Boston Girl Seeks Convenient Love in Odd Exchange
A humorous exchange hints at a Boston woman's plea to learn affection through playful dialogue about education and romance. The discourse touches on service, mental exercise, and a quirky Bestop Transcript reference.
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Boston
Strange Tales From Odd Corners Of The World
A collage of curiosities and wonders from 19th century reportage. A sleeping poet at a seminary writes nocturnal sermons, a Paris parrot foils a thief, and a Birmingham catlike frog draws medical notes. Stories of pirates, cipher notes, and desertions mingle with droughts, fake money, and an old Napoleonic veteran surviving a Paris cab accident.
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Aey
Talmage
Eyinest
Brooklyn Div
Ae’s Sunday Sermo
Becaus
New York Home Journal
Paris
Bank of
Liverpool
Bank of England
Ile
John Dean
Longhill
Cariisie
Algiers
Dean
Dey
Rorique
Brest
Tahiti
Tehaca Tata
Joseph Rorique
William Gibson
South Sea
Alexander
Shereupes
le Roi
Caroline Islands
Birmingham
England
Nevada
Goshen
Ilod
Janucarr
Ats Bey
Dasaersby
Elleane
Florida
Jacksonville
B. W. Partridge
Monticello
Miccosukie
Lake
Gulf
Montia
Gian Herald
China
Jean Louis Leclerc
Waterloo
Rue du Rhin
John Nt
Joss
Pacifico
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