Newport weekly independent., 1903-04-24

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 terial he provided" Abraham "looked for city which hath foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God" and he undoubtedly secured one of the fin est mansions in the city. Lot looked to the plain of Jordan and chose his dwell- ing place there, and he could count himself fortunate that he even ob- tained standing room in Heaven.
 NNE of the problems of this life is V that of choosing dwelling place. We have to live somewhere, and house hunting becomes the task of nearly every one some time during life. A few people never know what it is to move from one home to another. A great many move but seldom, while multitudes move yearly or biennially. Some people move, it is said, because it is cheaper than paying rent; others move to get ort of their own dirt and because it is Lhe easiest way to house