Word: earth
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Sunday evening Bishop John H. Vincent, of Buffalo, N. Y., gave the last sermon of his winter term as visiting minister to the University. He took as his text, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth." He pictured an avalanche sweeping down a mountain side. Any one standing at the base of the mountain could see the destruction and yet beyond it the clear, blue sky. Such a view of life is afforded by the Bible. The book is not wholly pessimistic, for it sees the blue sky beyond. It is not wholly optimistic...
When and how shall this kingdom of heaven on earth be brought about? It is not through human culture alone that it shall come, but through divine cooperation. My hope for spring is not in the soil, but in the sun; I believe in the fulfillment of this prayer because I believe in God. My hope for the future is because of my faith in God. True prayer is the prayer of life. One cannot offer the prayer which Jesus taught us to use without embracing all humanity in his thoughts. To be a Christian one must be broad...
...surrender on the part of each man to God's power. There must come to all at some time disaster and affliction. In the midst of such a trial, it is a great thing for a man to say, "Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth." He who in midst of health and strength gives up his life to God, is a great soul, but he who meets disaster with a full trust in Providence is even a greater...
...Christian, I must not only embrace in my thoughts all humanity, but I must stretch my sympathies out toward the whole universe when I pray, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth...
...meeting of the Harvard Religious Union last evening in Holden Chapel, Mr. Harris, of the Divinity School, spoke on the "Force of Prayer." Mr. Harris said that all the greatest and best things on the earth, the great cathedrals, which are the highest type of architecture, the Bible, which is the highest form of literature, have all come into being, directly or indirectly, through prayer. Everyone feels the need of looking up to some higher being, and this want is satisfied by means of prayer...