Celestial Arena Sermon Among Galleries of Faith
A Sunday sermon envisions the Christian life as an arena where believers fight temptations like a lion in an ancient amphitheatre. The speaker invokes Paul fighting beasts at Ephesus and invites the audience to imagine vast galleries of witnesses from prophets to martyrs cheering each victory.
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Ephesus
Alps
Mount Cenis
Veronia
Italy
Paul
Verona
Aving
Christaan
Christ
Hell
Abel
Enoca
Noah
Abraham
Sarah
Isaac
Joseph
Gideon
Barak
Cires
Hosea
Jeremiah
Daniel
Isaish
Peter
John
James
Moses
Red Sea
Joan
David
Isaiah
Jesus Christ
Hugh Timer
Theban Legion
Diocletian
Felicitas
Rome
Whippsi
John Bradford
Henry Voes
Albert Barnes
Lyman Beechar
John Calvin
James Arminius
George Whitefield
Toplady, Montgomery
Charles Wesley
Isaac Watts
Mrs. Sigourney
Heaven
David Abeel
China
John Scudder
India
David Brainard
Adoniram Judson
Burmah
Greenland
Tropics
Toplady
House of God
God
Apostles
The Jokers Budget and Quick Wits in Barroom Tales
A collage of humorous vignettes from urban life with brash brokers, servants, farmers, and a streetwise newsboy. Scenes include a rain gear joke over a new seat, a dog gesture turned poison joke, a cash overdrawn check twist, and columnists lampooning manners in polite society.
The Best Talking Bird Mina At London Zoo
The mina or hill-mina, a small tropical bird, outshines parrots in speech imitation. It can speak and laugh with humanlike accuracy, prompting listeners to search for the voice’s source. A specimen at Regent's Park’s Zoological Gardens was shown in the tortoise-house.
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Zoological Society
Picayune
Thanksgiving Revenge and a Father's Kick
A man recalls failing in love with a girl in a village near Cleveland. After courting at her home he faced her father's violent welcome, receiving a brutal kick that became a turning point. He later found work, moved to Cleveland, and ten years after married the girl with her father's blessing.
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Ohie
Cleveland
German Syrup Endorsement for Severe Cold Cure
A reader from Minnesota reports severe cold in spring 1838 that settled in the lung and caused night sweats. After using one bottle of German Syrup, the symptoms improved and the reader commends the product for restoring health.
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Theace Re Kinson
Minn
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