Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way?" Here we have a perfect illustration of the agnostic spirit of this age, a spirit the fault of which is that it is of the intellect rather than of the heart. There is a lack of faith. And so in the last scene in which Thomas appears, the one of the text, there is a lack of faith in all things which the testimony of the senses does not confirm. And this is the gravest fault of this age which is continually demanding a sign...
...from within the corporation. In this In this connection the Boston Herald recently said; It is the hope of many that when the next clerical vacancy is the corporation occurs, the place may be filled by one who is not a Congregationalist minister, or by a minister of that faith who resides out of the state, This would give an opportunity of bringing before the supreme court of the state a friendly suit to determine whether the corporation had exceeded its powers, and, if the case were heard before the full bench, it is possible that a change might...
...real truth, and not in the mass of doctrine accumalated by years. Man should not have many beliefs, but much belief in something. Let the essentials for religious conviction grow less as man grows older, but let them grow larger; that would not show a decline of faith, but a renewed stability...
...value of ideals in the life of man as an individual, then in his narrowest circle of association-the home; and next in his broader association with his fellow man-the city. He also said that in our very ideals we find a pledge of their reality, and that faith furnishes a still more satisfactory pledge. The last lesson drawn from the text was that with our ideals, the uplifting of our souls, comes the power for their accomplishment...
...McKenzie read as the lesson the sixteenth chapter of Hebrews. He said that nothing is more inspiring in the character of Abraham than his sublime faith. He then spoke of the reasonableness of our faith in God and what it means to us in this life and the life to come. So far from making us dissatisfied with the life here and long for the joys of the heavenly home, the truly-balanced mind will be affected just the other way, for faith teaches us that the life yonder has its beginning here, and everything to which we look forward...