Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...greatly to be regretted that the faculty have seen fit to delay action on the petition presented by the Alumni on the question of playing with professionals. If the question is to be decided at all, it is much better that it should be decided at once. We have faith enough in the members of the faculty to know that they are unwilling to decide such a momentous question without due deliberation, but we cannot see why the faculty should wait till the Overseers make their report. As we understand it, the petition was presented to the faculty...
...Globe of yesterday morning there appeared the usual predictions as to the winner of the Mott Haven cup. In the estimation of the writer of that article Harvard is sure to win, while Yale has no chance at all. Now we have sufficient faith in the officers of the H. A. A. to know that they are not likely to be taken in by such reports, but nevertheless a word of warning will not be amiss. We all know the old cry which goes up every year to the effect that the Yale crew or the Yale nine...
...invaded many times by great armies-first by the Assyrians, then by the Babylonians, and still later by the Persians. At the same time there was great corruption, social and moral, within the Hebrew nation. These men, believing themselves the mouth-pieces of God, kept the old Jewish faith and patriotism alive by denouncing the wretchedness of the rulers and painting the glorious future of the Jewish people. They declared that all the misfortunes of the nation were manifestations of God's displeasure. Their prophecies concerning the brilliant future of the nation the so-called Messianic prophecies- were couched...
...Essay: "Faith and Conduct." Nichol: "Tables of European History...
...existence is promised to all sorts and conditions of men if they will yield obedience to the laws which God has established. We are measured not by the situations in which we find ourselves, nor by the possessions we have, but by the growth our souls make in faith, hope and love. It is well for us if we make use of the matchless opportunities given us. God will promote his faithful servants according to the means of their deserts. The anthem: "Come now, and let us reason," by Wareing, was sung by the chapel choir. Mr. Geo. J. Parker...