18 Jan 1893
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1893
Page
1
A mosaic of aphorisms and verse fragments on manners, love, religion, and virtue. Witty quips mix with moral reflections, tracing themes of self control, imagination, and home life, with an emphasis on gentle humor and pious sentiment.
A poetic reflection compares love to sunlight, describing how both sustain life, inspire beauty, and transform people and communities. Love brings harmony in school, home, and church, softening deathbeds, uniting hearts, banishing envy, and guiding courage, joy, and peace.
A revival is described as rekindling the fires of Christianity in believers once neglected. The process requires earnest church worship and persistent prayer, leading God to revive hearts, heal indifference, and bring a new life marked by grace. The imagery includes fountains of religion and cleansing from indifference.
A reflection on gentility as behavior and disposition, not birth or wealth. True gentleness stems from amiable character, respect for others, and restraint. Politeness is a Christian duty taught by Paul and Peter, modeled by Christ, and requires effort and grace.
In a dim doorway at Wilson’s mansion a hopeful lover waits for his beloved. She reveals a shocking secret at supper she ate chitlings, and the shock drives George to flee into the night.
A narrator reflects on love’s radiant begining and a cruel turning point marked by the phrase I have changed The beloved’s departure turns joy into sorrow leaving the lover with a lifelike memory of sacred devotion and a heart filled with unerasable love despite the fading hope.
A lyrical poem recalls a charged embrace and the speaker's surrender to a deeply intimate kiss. The speaker describes sheltering arms, intense heart connection, and a vision of abandon to love, comparing shared ardor to heavenly peace and a transcendental kiss.
The passage argues that trials burn away dross and refine virtue. Sorrow is blessed, afflictions aid spiritual growth, and earthly cares redirect longing toward Heaven. It compares enduring hardship to forging strength and divine deliverance.
A reflective piece contrasts enduring feminine virtue with everyday faith, noting the Queen’s reliance on public support and a kitchen maid’s belief in lighting a kerosene fire. It surveys trust, beauty, and potential deception in ordinary life.
A reflective piece on how childhood absorbs images from surroundings. It warns that impious or profane thoughts spoken by a parent can affect a child, like water corroding polished steel, staining the young heart beyond cleaning.
The verse extols a woman's strength and virtue guiding love and life. It compares her to nature and celestial light, claiming she embodies purity, selflessness, and benignant influence. The imagery links her to sun, stars, and seasons as essential warmth and illumination for a man.
A humorous poem by George Stallings describes romantic antics with playful lines about waist hugs tongue tuning arms circling girls and lovers, eyelids blushing cheeks curling hair and lips. The quatrain ends with a hush as the mood turns intimate.
A lonely speaker sighs for a beloved amid a snowy night. The poem contrasts earth’s white mantle with steadfast eyes, expressing longing and yearning. The mood is intimate and reflective as the speaker yearns for reunion and warmth.
Poem emphasizes true enduring love proven by actions rather than words. It contrasts fleeting sighs with steadfast affection found in deeds and steady commitment, suggesting lasting love grows from sincere effort and care.
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