![]() ![]() He also improved the telegraph, making it send up to four messages at once.ĭuring this time he married his first wife, Mary Stilwell, on Christmas Day, 1871. By 1870 his company was manufacturing his stock ticker in Newark, New Jersey. There he improved the way the stock ticker worked. Finally, he decided to invent things himself.Īfter the failure of his first invention, the electric vote recorder, Edison moved to New York City. In his spare time, he took things apart to see how they worked. In the next seven years he moved over a dozen times, often working all night, taking messages for trains and even for the Union Army during the Civil War. Even though he was already losing his hearing, he could still hear the clicks of the telegraph. At the age of 12 he sold fruit, snacks and newspapers on a train as a "news butcher." (Trains were the newest way to travel, cutting through the American wilderness.) He even printed his own newspaper, the Grand Trunk Herald, on a moving train.Īt 15, Al roamed the country as a "tramp telegrapher." Using a kind of alphabet called Morse Code, he sent and received messages over the telegraph. He also liked to make experiments in the basement.Īl not only played hard, but also worked hard. Al learned to love reading, a habit he kept for the rest of his life. He did so poorly that his mother, a former teacher, taught her son at home. "Al," as he was called as a boy, went to school only a short time. In 1854, when he was seven, the family moved to Michigan, where Edison spent the rest of his childhood. Thomas Alva Edison was born Februin Milan, Ohio (pronounced MY-lan). He answered, "Genius is hard work, stick-to-it-iveness, and common sense." For more information, email For branches of The Mother Church streaming their services, please see the guidelines. Music included in today's streaming church service is covered by a Christian Copyright Solutions WORSHIPcast License.People often say Edison was a genius. Some of the hymn words may be copyrighted by The Christian Science Board of Directors and cannot be republished without permission. We are not authorized to post some hymn words due to copyright restrictions. Plein Jeu & Caprice sur les grands jeux (from Suite du Deuxième Ton) by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault Copyright Scientific Statement of Beingįrom Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p.468, line 8 Correlative Scripture Their trust in Thy truth is their daring, They go in Thy strength, and they speak in Thy name,Īnd during the battle the victory claim,. No trouble shall touch them, no foes that appear They lift up a light amid shadows of fear, Thou sendest Thy witnesses, telling Thy worth, O Father, Thy kingdom is come upon earth, Now Come, Saviour of the Nations, BuxWV 211 by Dietrich Buxtehude ![]() The Bible Lesson-Sermon, the Explanatory Note, Golden Text and Responsive Reading are from the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson, a publication copyrighted by the Christian Science Publishing Society.ĭuring the offertory you're invited to participate in the collection via PayPal using a PayPal account or a credit card if you do not have a PayPal account. Responsive Reading: Luke 4:14 17:20, 21 Psalms 139:1–3, 7–12, 23, 24ġ4 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.Ģ0 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:Ģ1 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.ġ O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.Ģ Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.ģ Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.ħ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?Ĩ If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.ĩ If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ġ0 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.ġ1 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me even the night shall be light about me.ġ2 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.Ģ3 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:Ģ4 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. behold, the kingdom of God is within you. International Copyright Secured Explanatory Note Golden Text and Responsive Reading Rebecca Minor, A Soloist of The Mother Church O, my longing heart, my longing heart is there. ![]()
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