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Dead Men Tell Tales
by Harry RimmerIn an older generation, especially among the writers of the more lurid types of fiction, it was an accepted axiom that “Dead men tell no tales!” But this was before the great era of modern archeology had impressed its findings on the general public, and indeed before most of those discoveries had been made.The author is especially grateful for the ..
Stained Glass Windows - An Essay
by William Frederic FaberThe subject is certainly one of present interest. The advertisements of firms who produce stained glass windows are numerous and conspicuous in our Church weeklies; glowing accounts of memorials just erected in this place and that make up a large part of our “Diocesan News.” To say nothing of the fact that we are in danger of forgetting what the re..
Fifty Great Cartoons
by Frank BeardCharles Wesley once said, “There is no reason why the devil should have all of the best tunes,” and it is equally hard to conceive why he should have all of the best pictures. There is probably no phase of art which Satan has tried harder to control than that of painting. He has sought to corrupt literature, music and oratory, but even if he meets ..
In Naaman's House
by Marian MacLean FinneyJudith’s somewhat cool response caused Miriam to look at her in hurt surprise. The mother flashed a reassuring smile from her seat in the doorway, though never ceasing for a moment her skillful manipulation of a large sieve. It was tossed and shaken and every few minutes tilted sideways to allow a tiny shower of straws and dust to fall upon the gro..
Lyrics & Legends of Christmas-Tide
by Clinton ScollardLyrics & Legends of Christmas-Tide is a collection of Christmas poems written by Clinton Scollard including the belowA BellChristmas ElvesThe Christmas AngelNazareth TownA Christmas MasqueA Song for Christmas MorningThe Christmas MinstrelsTwelfth Night SongYule at ThengelforA Yule-Tide Carol..
The Sabbath - A Sermon
by John WartonThe Sermon here presented to the Public is below all criticism. It makes no pretensions to novelty, or to merit of any kind; it is only one of the thousands which are preached every week by men, who, in the midst of evil report, labour, nevertheless, with an anxious zeal for the salvation of souls. It was composed in haste, with no inte..
The Character and Happiness of Them That Die in the Lord
by William DealtryAmidst the visions of the Apocalypse, St. John had just beheld an emblematical representation of the Church of Christ, and of its Almighty Protector: a Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, with a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads: the faithful followers of their Lord in a corrupt and degenerate age; t..
The Animals' Christmas Tree
by John P. PetersOnce upon a time the animals decided to have a Christmas tree, and this was how it came about. The swifts and the swallows in the chimneys in the country houses, awakened from their sleep by joy and laughter, had stolen down and peeped in upon scenes of happiness, the centre of which was always an evergreen tree covered with wonderful fruit, bright..