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The Right or the Wrong Wife?

A comic domestic tale in which a congregation schemes to find a new wife for their widowed pastor to care for his six children. He attends a convention and is charmed by a hospitable host family.
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The Pulpit Casual

A fictional sketch of Rev. W. C. Randall, a handsome, eloquent young pastor who energizes a staid Waynetown church and sparks a tender romance with Adele Burdett.
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Under the Yoke

1871 magazine fiction: an interrupted wedding when a Catholic priest halts the ceremony because the groom won't promise to raise children Catholic, exposing sectarian conflict and family strife.
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The Lay Sister

1870 short story "The Lay Sister": a wounded man is captivated by a convent lay sister, sparking romance, conflict over conversion, and a father's shock when his daughter is a nun.
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John and the Demijohn: A Temperance Tale

A 1870 temperance tale where young John discovers a demijohn of liquor; his sister and family confront the dangers of alcohol. Promotes abstinence and moral instruction for children.
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Moth and Rust: A Very Plain Tale

A moral tale warning against the corrosive love of money; Ralph Morley's pursuit of wealth endangers his faith, family, and charity. Beware the beginning of evil.
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Priest and Nun

Anti‑Catholic exposé depicting convent life and the consecration of children to Rome, warning of Romanism's moral and civil threats in American society.
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Westward: A Tale of American Emigrant Life

A domestic tale of Ralph and Hannah Mackey planning to emigrate West. It highlights thrift, family piety, ingenuity (a boat-house plan), and their hope to raise and teach Christian children.
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Almost a Priest: A Tale That Deals in Facts

1870 social-protest novel exposing Roman Catholic convent system and clergy abuses. Fictional scenes warn Americans about 'Romanism' as a social and political threat.
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Coligni

Digitization/pagination log for 'Coligni' from a UFDC scan, listing repeated page print references and date stamps (5/10/2019).
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John Huss

Archival scan index for materials on John Huss (Jan Hus), listing repeated page/image identifiers from a digitized collection. No substantive text appears in the excerpt.
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Baxter

Digitized pages of a 'Baxter' item dated 5/10/2019 showing repeated UFDC print headers and page markers; no substantive text content present.
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William Tyndale

Digitized pages titled "William Tyndale" — likely an archival or biographical collection related to the Reformation-era Bible translator and his work.
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Renee

Digitized page index from UFDC for a Renée document dated 5/10/2019, listing repeated print metadata for pages 6–25 of 71. File/catalogue-style page references.
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John Calvin

Scanned document pages referencing John Calvin (pages 6–25 of 72). Likely a biographical or Reformation-era historical work presented as scanned PDF images.
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Queen Margaret

Scanned document titled 'Queen Margaret' (dated 5/10/2019) showing repeated page markers and a ufdc.ufl.edu print URL — appears to be scanned periodical/newspaper pages.
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Martin Luther

Scanned document pages referencing Martin Luther (dated 5/10/2019). Repeated headers and links indicate a digitized file or image index of Luther-related material.
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John Knox

Juvenile biography of John Knox, the Scottish Reformer who embraced the Bible, taught at St. Andrews, and became a bold preacher who sought to reform the Church in Scotland.
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George Wishart

Children's biography of Reformer George Wishart, recounting his humble life, teaching, travels, and relentless charity. Presents him as a model of piety and church reform.
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Jug-or-Not

Temperance tale showing alcohol's moral and hereditary ruin within a wealthy family. It traces how parental drinking harms children, health, reputation, and inheritance.
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