The Crystal Cannot Equal It in Religion
A Sunday sermon argues religion outshines crystal in exactness transparency and transformation. Job’s line The crystal cannot equal it frames faith as superior, beautifying the soul, offering hope, and transforming sinners into jewels fit for heaven.
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Job
Cornish Mine
Hartz Mountain
Mammoth Cave
Natural History
Napoleon
Borodino
John Thomas
Aeathen Island
F. W. Robertson
Alexander Severus
Herculaneum
Egypt
Rouen
Salisbury
Sinai
Pisgah
Olivet
Calvary
Hidekel
Jordan
Ignatius
Jesus Christ
Polycarp
Charity
Christ
John
Heaven
Crystal River
Thames
Hudson
Rhine
Who Own River Bottoms Declares State Gibbs Phosphate Tax Ruling
Judge Young of Florida’s Fourth Circuit ruled the state cannot demand a one dollar per ton royalty on phosphates taken from river beds. The Times-Union and Ocala Union criticize the decision, arguing it concentrates resources and ignores the people’s rights to common gifts, urging repeal of laws denying those rights.
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Young
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Florida
Ocala Union
England
Albertus Vogt
George W. Scott
Judge Young
Times-Union
Farmer Critiques Tax Exemption for Magnificent Buildings
The farmer decries the exemption of grand buildings in cities from taxes while noting their bases sit on costly land, contrasted with his own farm structures on land of little value.
Drexel Estate Worth About 15 Million with Potential 20 Million
Notes discuss the Drexel estate income near a million annually from a 15 million base, with Miss Drexel’s simple living funded by the sisterhood. If surviving sister Morrell dies childless, the estate would be divided among Catholic charities. The piece also covers savings banks, truck farming, porters’ incomes, and reach of railways in China.
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Drexel
Miss Drexel
Morrell
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Detroit
Frankfort-on- the Main
Citizens’ Bank
Omaha
Denver
San Francisco
New Orleans Times-Democrat
South
Confederacy
Missouri
Kentucky
Maryland
West Virginia
Tennessee
District of Columbia
North Alabama
North Georgia
Jersey City
Chicago
East
West
China
German child deaths blamed on strict schooling and discipline
A Chicago Post correspondent cites mortality reports from Berlin showing sixty two child suicides last year among ages seven to fifteen. He argues rigid German schooling and harsh discipline contribute to melancholia and self harm, contrasting with American education and urging reform.
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Germany
Empire
Crerman
Chicago Post
Do fish and frogs fall from the sky explained
The reader cites the American Angler on showers of fish and questions current science. The piece suggests birds may transport eggs and larvae, sticky fish eggs cling to surfaces, and atmospheric moisture could suspend them, later dropping when heavy in certain conditions.
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Rev. DR. Talmage
Solomon
Paul
Apocalypse
Ezekiel
Meg Merriles
God
Christin
Carthage
Sin
Brother
Hell
New York City
Sarpa
New York
California
Pacific Coast
United States
Brazil
Moncure D. Conway
Washington
Harper's Magazine
William Barton
America
London
College of Arms
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