Word: glorious
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...able to speak to the nine, we want to express the gratitude which the college feels for the tireless work that it has been through, and its thorough appreciation of the meaning of yesterday's victory. The work which the nine has done deserves to be crowned with equally glorious success next week...
...whole soul into his work. The last captain has set him a splendid example to work up to and we believe that if the college gives Captain Thompson the support that he deserves, the success of the team of 1893 will not be second to that of the glorious team...
...emotions of the human character. From the romantic reveries of the imaginative, poetic Manfred overture, through the life portrayed in Schubert's unfinished symphony, a life beautifully calm, yet with its moments of sorrow, finally, to that magnificent expression of manhood in Beethoven's grandest symphony, culminating in the glorious burst of triumph of the last movement, through all the picture of varied experience, there ran a spirit that brought back to mind the beautiful character of the great man in whose memory, the concert was given...
Professor Lyon, in his remarks at Vespers yesterday, emphasized the necessity of a life of service. He said: There are two views of life. The one magnifies the individual, delights in war because there may be found great generals and glorious achievements. The other allows the individual to lapse into the back-ground and applauds good works, deeds of charity and service. The way in which history has been written is largely responsible for the former view. We are, however, just beginning to understand the new Testament. More and more we are beginning to realize that the truly great...
...other they can be great comforters, in the Scriptural sense of the word. This meaning denotes "helpers" by action rather than by mere expression of sympathy. The Holy Spirit is the Comforter not only by telling truths but by really strengthening and upholding them. And the minister has a glorious opportunity to transmit the help so bountifully given him. It is the minister's privilege, oftener than any other man's, to help his fellows through temptation and perplexity and to realize that, but for him, they might have fallen or taken the wrong path...