Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Black then read some reminiscences of Edinburgh University by J. M. Barrie, and Robert Louis Stevenson; and extracts from "The Stickett Minister," and "Why David Oliphant Remained in the Faith of his Fathers," by S. L. Crockett," and "A Window in Thrums," by J. M. Barrie...
...remonstrants are that a certificate attached to a degree is a confession of inferiority, and that the Annex because of insufficient endowment may be abandoned by the University. Yet the present endowment of the Annex conpares favorably with that of other institutions, and, as to the good faith of the University, the liberal protection that the Annex has received in the past, and the unanimous spirit in favor of the change that is expressed by the overseers of the University, ought to be sufficient earnest of fair treatment in the future. There is no objection to the legislature's providing...
...saints in Heaven. It is from them that our true succession comes, a succession far more important than an apostolic transmission of sanctification. It is better that we cannot hold intercourse with them. Our belief in them and reverence for them gives inspiration and strength to our Christian faith...
...Buddhistic theory. It was expressed in a sort of psalm, full of the elaborate wording and solemn tone of the oriental style. Three immutable "facts" were laid down concerning the "constituents of being;" first, that they were "transitory;" secondly, "miserable;" third, "lacking in the ego." As the doctrine of faith and works may be considered the characteristic of Christ's religion, so knowledge was the basis of Buddha's teaching. The aim of life was to get rid of existence; existence was a simple illusion; therefore knowledge was what was most needed...
...rich man nor the very poor is in the contest at all. The poor man cannot train for a scholarship and earn his living at the same time. Yet this same poor fellow, Mr. Bolles recognized, often brought to the University that pluck, all round activity, and tenacity of faith that we needed together with our spirit of acquisition and sense of culture. The meagre addition of a scholarship to the already large list, regarded as prizes, would be a kind of cold irony upon Mr. Bolles's love of seeing the unequipped fellow grow braver with his sympathy, rich...