Word: faith
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...does to all of us. But we are all conscious of the incompleteness, the fragmentary character of our life, and there is an underlying conviction that there is something which will unify the fragments and make our lives complete. With this question comes a dawning consciousness that it is faith in Christ which will accomplish this. In his answer the man displays that receptive spirit which is essential in the Christian, for the Christian is inclusive, not exclusive. The personal element in Christ's relationship to each of us was the lesson drawn from his reply, "Thou hast seen...
...Bates, '92, continued the debate for the affirmative. He claimed that the Germans were not acting in good faith; they were only trying to acquire more property. The lives and property of Americans are not safe, but have been outraged by the Germans. The speaker took an opposite view of the importance and character of the islands from that of his predecessor. He related several incidents showing the violent and unjust actions of the Germans, and declared that such outrages should be stopped by the United States...
...wilder tribes, for these railroads naturally bring civilization with them. The lecturer also gave words of praise to the missionaries for the work they have done and are doing. The Indian, contrary to general opinion, is deeply religious, and all that is necessary is to exchange his present faith for a deeper and purer one. General Armstrong also said that the Indian is slow to acquire a knowledge of English, but can readily solve mathematical problems if the conditions are not too complicated. In conclusion the lecturer said that there is no fear that those Indians, who have been carefully...
...present unsatisfactory state of railroad affairs is due, not to the interstate Commerce Act, but to the lack of good faith among railroad officials.- C. F. Adams, Boston Globe, Dec. 16; Cooley, as above; Bradstreet's, Dec. 8, opinions of Sterne, Stone, and others; Dec. 15, J. F. Hudson; Dec. 22, "Rate Wars and Pools...
...which we have the slightest historical knowledge of Greece, the oracle at Delphi has been an object of peculiar importance. To the ancient Greeks it was a real source of communication between this and another world. They were sincere in the divinity of the oracle, and they had perfect faith that the communications which they received through the lips of the priestess came from a god whose powers of prophecy were unlimited. The communications received through the lips of the Pythia undoubtedly contained much of truth and falsity mixed together; but they were, nevertheless, of ten times marvels of common...