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Lettres d'un Innocent - The Letters of Captain Dreyfus to His Wife

by Alfred Dreyfus

In cases of high treason no less than in violations of the criminal code the personal character of the accused has always had great weight with French judges. In attempting to prove that Captain Alfred Dreyfus carried on treasonable negotiations with a foreign power, M. d’Ormescheville, in his Acte d’Accusation or indictment, laid great stress on t..

A Voice from the Fire

by Robert Wallace

God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, and by whom also he made the worlds. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard. For if they escaped not ..

Biblical Revision

by Edward Slater

Among the characteristics of an Age replete with new and unlooked-for events, perhaps not the least singular and impressive is the desire, now extensively evinced, for an improved translation of Holy Scripture.A solitary voice, it is true, has been raised to the same effect, from time to time; but it has gradually died away in the noise of worldly ..

Crawford's Defeat - A Tale of the Frontier in 1812

by Anonymous

During the early days on the Midwestern frontier, especially during the War of 1812 and the concurrent Indian warfare, terror was easily spread through settlements and villages by rumors of nearby redskins. Raids were frequent, and the horrors of Indian warfare made even the boldest men fear for their lives and for the lives of their loved ones. Bu..

The Clerk of the Woods

by Bradford Torrey

The chapters of this book were written week by week for simultaneous publication in the “Evening Transcript” of Boston and the “Mail and Express” of New York, and were intended to be a kind of weekly chronicle of the course of events out-of-doors, as witnessed by a natural-historical observer. The title of the volume is the running title under whic..

Bible-Burning

by John C. Miller

If among the vast multitude which is now thronging this sacred building, there be one who has come up hither with the expectation that it would be my object to excite or fan a flame of bitter hostility against the members of the Church of Rome, I trust that he will be disappointed. If there be any who have come up hither from a feeling of idle curi..

Christian Marriage Indissoluble - A Plain Sermon

by James Galloway Cowan

The following Sermon is printed, partly because some who heard it wished to possess it, and partly because it has been suggested to me that it would be useful for distribution as a tract. It is simply what I have called it, “a plain Sermon,” written and printed for ordinary hearers and readers.God Himself deals with this whole question. ..

Plain Sermons, Preached at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel