Word: advent
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first of three advent services for men, at St. Paul's Church, Tremont street, Boston, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. George Hodges D.D, dean of the Episcopal Theological School, will preach on "The Progress of Andrew...
...Allen, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Advent, Boston, will lead a Bible course in Phillips Brooks House this year, entitled: "The Catholic Church and the New Testament." Dr. van Allen will speak especially of the most distinctive Catholic doctrines and of the practices of historic Christianity...
...animals, Mr. Seton said, we find the beginnings of the power of reasoning. For example, the wolves of North America adapted themselves to their new surroundings after the advent of civilized man. Cattle-rangers in the West undertook a systematic extermination of the gray wolves which molested their herds, until in 1889 all seemed to have vanished. Gradually, however, the wolves learned to avoid the poisoned baits and traps, and communicated this knowledge to others. Adaptation to new conditions brought safety, and wolves are now almost as numerous as ever...
...Allen, M.A., will conduct a "Quiet Hour for College Men," at the Church of the Advent, Mt. Vernon and Brimmer streets. Boston, at 8 o'clock Friday evening. The subject for the meditation will be "The Easter Message to Young...
...Harvard life, as interpreted by the College jester. The humor is as it should be, distinctively undergraduate humor. Timeliness is the mark and the merit of most of the contributions. These are divided about equally between the two great facts of undergraduate life during the first term, the advent of the Freshman class with its attendant complications, and "The Game." The space assigned to the hour examinations is relative to their importance--as interpreted by the jester. Of the three numbers that have thus far appeared, the last issue has perhaps the fewest jokes that are not worth the time...