Word: facings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...life of others, - Esther interposing herself to save the Jews, or the engineer standing by his engine as it rushes on to certain destruction. This spark of heroic fire which is in men is God-like; and Jew or Christian, Mohammedan or Pagan, who can look death in the face and say, "Where, O grave, are thy plagues," is victor over death and is redeemed from the grave. Jesus Christ was such a martyr, for he interposed his life to save his disciples. Christ's life could not be destroyed by physical forces because it was ethical and spiritual...
...graduates and friends of the University should look squarely in the face the deplorable facts about the Library, which is the very core of the University considered as a place of instruction, and should have a building foremost among all the University buildings in architectural importance and in just adaptation to its uses. Such buildings Cornell, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Yale, Michigan, Northwestern, and Kansas universities have obtained within the last ten years; and Columbia is preparing to make her library the central feature of the magnificent group of buildings to be erected on her new grounds. The condition of things...
When the academic year 1893-94 opened, the Corporation found themselves in face of a deficit of $25,181.26 in the University, College and Library account, these three departments being really dependent on the College proper. Moreover there had been a deficit of $6,432.88 in the same account for the year 1891-92. The other departments gave no occasion for special anxiety; but it was obviously necessary to curtail expenses in the departments dependent on the College. Salaries could not be reduced either in number or amount; for all engagements with teachers annually appointed had been made...
...strong men then may have a great influence. They may really cure sick or feeble souls. The moral strength of the college does not depend on the extermination of evil here. That is not to be hoped for. It depends rather on the number of strong men who can face tempation and resist...
Every good Christian feels the truth of this. Christ never despaired. He looked the sins and the pains of life squarely in the face, and with it saw the face of His Father and the promise of success in life. By believing in people He helped them to believe in themselves; He never discouraged a person who had sinned. When He sent His apostles out to conquer the world, He looked forward to victory, and yet just at this time His friends were few, while His enemies were constantly increasing in numbers. The night was upon Him but He looked...