Word: christs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...history the slaves worked for the wealthy and administered to their whims. The slaves had no rights; but when Jesus said, "I am among you as he that serveth," He made Himself one with them. Christ made it clear that all men must see not how much they can get out of it; but how much they can put into it. By His self-sacrifice He ennobled self-devotion...
...with it. It is the evil in us that converts labor into sorrow. The selfish life is not only small; but it is not even human. Earthly love makes sacrifice a joy, and this earthly love is a reflection of the heavenly love. If we open our minds to Christ, we shall be filled with the Heavenly love and the light of self-sacrifice...
When Jesus proposed to go into Judea, said Dr. Moxom, all the apostles protested save one, Thomas, who is often called the doubter. He was the one to say it was better to go, that they might die with Christ. Yet Thomas, a truehearted and faithful follower of Jesus, often seems to have doubted. But sincere doubt is never a crime. The world has moved forward through doubters. When the heart is sincere, the logic of conscience becomes at last the logic of understanding...
Yesterday afternoon the Vesper Service in Appleton Chapel was well attended in spite of the disagreeable weather. Professor Peabody preached, taking his text from the thirteenth chapter of St. John. He said that one should learn humility from the example which Christ set us in washing his disciples' feet, and that we should try to do more to serve others...
...Paul's Society.Lenten Sunday Sermons in Christ Church...