Word: faith
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...apparent paradox. Yet on further consideration the difficulty disappears. By means of light, objects about us form images on the retinas of our eyes and we see these images, not the objects themselves. All things are taken by themselves invisible. Seeing, then, has in it an element of faith...
...Edward Everett Hale took for his sermon: Ephesians iv: 13, "Till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a full grown man." Following is a synopsis of the sermon...
...flesh and spirit he needs no ritual or dogma. The University offers a field for the training of a man in this control of flesh and spirit. We develope our bodies enough but perhaps pay too little attention to the exercise of our spiritual natures. Any exercise which enlarges faith, hope or love, is a spiritual exercise...
...Bible times one hundred and twenty men, having an absolute faith and trust in God, set out to subvert and did subvert, the thought of the world. It is impossible then, in this enlightened age, to conceive of the influence which three hundred educated men, if they so chose, might have upon the life of their time. The condition, then, of success is that one should put himself in harmony with the infinite Will...
Yesterday, as in most of the class races of the last few years, the college was treated to surprises of the most unexpected kind. Rowing experts who had watched the crews carefully and placed their money accordingly, went home sadly disappointed, and with far less faith in their judgment in such uncertain events as those of the class races. Most of the orders with Ninety-five second were considered worthless and few had the confidence to name Ninety-four a winner. The favorite crew was, by all means, Ninety-three, though the seniors were for the most part loyal...