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...George F. Moore, of Andover, preached in Appleton Chapel last night, choosing as his text the twenty-sixth verse of the sixteenth chapter of St. Matthew: "For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul." In the religions of the ancient world, men had many different conceptions of what the soul is. The Egyptians believed that the soul remained with the body after death, and so invented a means of preserving the body. In the Odyssey we hear of the souls inhabiting a region of shadowy caves beneath the earth...
...development of Christian life these three things are essential: First, good food--the study of the word of God; second pure air--daily prayer with God; and third, exercise--in working for others. Greatness in this world consists in service, and we shall gain our lives by giving them up willingly to others. We cannot control our feelings but we can our will. Therefore we can all become Christians by allowing Christ to be our pilot...
Coburn shows great improvement in form since last season, especially in starting the ball higher. He needs a great deal of hard work to gain any sort of control. At present his work seems nervous and erratic...
Leif asks aid of Minna, the prophetess, that he may gain the Jarl's consent to his suit. Accordingly Minna tells Magnus that his daughter must marry Leif. Magnus does not dare to thwart the decree of the prophetness and accepts Leif as Sylvia's lover. The Jarl then buys Bjarne's ship and the act closes as Leif sets sail across the Atlantic. Sigurd goes with him, hoping that he can cause the crew to mutiny, kill Leif, and return to win Sylvia...
...contend with evil, either through thoughtlessness or because they have been defeated; and the last class, those who, overcome by temptation, are going to places in their moral and perhaps their physical nature. The question to be solved then is, how can those in the last three classes gain entrance into the coveted first class...