Word: facings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...next event was the Welter Weight Sparring between J. P. Roman, L. S., and H. L. Newman, '94. This was fought in three rounds of three minutes each. New-man started out with several face blows and Roman retaliated by landing some very clean hits on Newman's body. Both then sparred for wind until Roman led with his right and reached Newman's face. He tried it again but Newman ducked very prettily and escaped the blow. The second round was opened similarly to the first. Newman took the aggressive side and sent in several solid blows, for which...
...bread, man must work for intellectual supremacy, and man must work for spiritual supremacy. In this spiritual contest Jesus Christ is, by divine fitness, the leader. The essential qualities for this struggle are courage, obedience and discipline. Physical courage is largely a matter of organization, but the courage to face one's highest ideal, to acknowledge Jesus Christ is of a far higher kind. Emerson once said: "The best way to confess Jesus Christ is to say nothing about Him." I sympathize with Him because there is so much hypocricy and cant, but nevertheless we ought all to come...
...Moriturus" is a character sketch of a man who in a brief hour is brought abruptly by the merest accident from a healthy enjoyment of life face to face with death. The sketch has dramatic force...
...wash from her hands the blood stains, and Bill Sykes could not escape the eyes of Nancy. They gazed up in to his from the clear waters, they looked down from the blue sky, and as he threw himself in a frenzy on the ground and buried his face in his hands, they peered out of the depths of the earth. But the Christian need not fear remorse; his thoughts are not for the past but for the future. He knows that his sins are abundantly forgiven...
...influence of good men and good things. He mentioned an incident that once occurred at a meeting which one of the Wesleys was conducting. Two boys, who had a supply of stones and intended to help break up the meeting were much struck with the preacher's face and one said to the other that he was "no man." This boy, at the end of the meeting, went up and laid his hand on Wesley's arm and then said, in surprise, "he is a man" Wesley turned and laid his hand on the boy's head and through...