Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...given his name to the sect, began to preach a new faith in Persia in 1844, proclaiming himself to be but the forerunner of one who should be the manifestation of God on earth. Twelve years after the martyrdom of the Bab at the hands of the Mohammedan clergy, Baha 'Ullah, a man of noble birth, who had already been exiled for his faith, declared himself to be the one foretold by the Bah, who had come to fulfil the prophecies of the past concerning the brotherhood of mankind and the fatherhood of God. Baha 'Ullah, who was, after this...
Israel, said Dr. Faunce, was long an object of ridicule to the surrounding peoples as a nation whose one possession was a faith in God and a true religion. A nation or a man that has not learned to be laughed at with composure can never accomplish anything. The scoffer shuts himself up in the dungeon of his own mind. Knowledge and love and truth can come only to him that keeps his heart and mind open to receive them. It is pitiful to see a man who deliberately scorns the beauties of art or nature. Infinitely more pitiful...
...would also offer you the prizes in life which all men crave, for I would paint the pictures in true, warm colors and thus win you to the true faith--I mean the conviction that life is happiest for the man whose every faculty is well developed...
...finally, the leader must be a man of faith. In every department the country needs strong and honest workers, scrupulous politicians, business men who can unite the great organizations of labor and capital, journalists who care more for truth than for subscribers, doctors who are regardless of fees won in practice--men, in short, who care more for principles than for victory, and who must have implicit faith in a hidden power which is constantly working for the ultimate victory of good...
...Certificate Method as Related to the Educational Ideal. Tomorrow morning he will address the New York Schoolmasters' Association on a subject not yet announced, and in the evening, in Cooper Union, he will speak under the auspices of the New York Department of Education, on "The Characteristic American Faith in Education...