Word: fleshly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Winchester Donald, D.D., of Boston, preached last evening at Chapel. He took as his text "And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God." (Galatians II, 20th v.). The substance of the sermon was as follows...
This then is the life that we all live in the flesh. Faith in the Son of God is the source of all truly successful living. The faith which characterized every attitude of Jesus toward life is still the faith with which to meet the life which confronts us today. Trusting implicitly in God, we can toil on, knowing that all will be well. "Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest," is surely a message more winsome than any other the world has ever heard. Faith in God will...
...welcome them into the life eternal. Faith in Jesus makes it possible to possess God when He seems farthest away. Into this faith we are all thrown, and by it we are to live, until we can all say with Paul, "This life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith...
...distinct reticence. Few things, too, could have been more difficult than to conduct Sir Gawain through these adventures without making him appear ridiculous. He is pictured as modest, brave, courteous and steadfast in faith. Even King Arthur is not the shadowy phantom we usually meet with, but real flesh and blood. The descriptions of the hunts are unsurpassed in English poetry and lend color and reality to the plot. Not the least remarkable characteristic of this poem is its elevated morality, a great contrast to the loose morals of most romances. This beautiful poem shows us what a genius could...
...shown more hospitality than when on this novel trip. When I started, I was unused to any kind of physical exercise to speak of, so that I could not ride fast nor long, but that was not my object. After a day or two I began to gain in flesh, and when I arrived in Cambridge, Sept. 9, I had gained 14 pounds...