Word: god
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...primitive peoples. There has been something of mechanical skill in them all, and this instinct has in many cases been brought to a great degree of practical perfection. In the great majority of cases, in primitive folk-lore, the origin of all invention has been attributed directly to the God or Great Spirit. His very name has in many cases meant simply maker, shaper or in some cases even potter. He has been thought to have originated every single thing and men simply to have learned from him. From the Zulus and Polynesians to the American Indians, beliefs of this...
...Peabody conducted the first Vesper Service of the year in Appleton Chapel yesterday afternoon. The two anthems sung by the choir were "With Faith, O Lord, in Thee" (Garrett), and "The God of Harvest Praise" (Pearce). The solo, sung by E. M. Waterhouse '97, was from Elijah; the music was by Mendelssohn...
...Faunce, D. D., of New York city preached last night to a large congregation at Appleton Chapel, taking as his text, "Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of God unto a perfect man," Ephesians...
...only does Nature furnish us the foundation on which to build; she also gives us the forces wherewith the hard work of the world shall be done. Men are studying and mastering the forces of Nature to make them do their drudgery. God grinds our grist for us if we will...
Other entertaining stories are "For Unknown Reasons," by A. S. Pier '95; "On the Way to Sweet Auburn," by Townsend Walsh '95; "The Sleeping Car," Willis Munro '95; "The Restoration of the Pipes," H. H. Chamberlin '95; "Little Sister," Louis How '95; "God, Man and the Devil," L. W. Mott '96; "On a Paris Omnibus," J. A. Gade '96, "The Law Breaker," by Phillip Richards '96, and "The Wrong Scent," A. C. Train '96. Perhaps no collection of stories has ever been published that so truly represents different phases and characteristics of college life, particularly of Harvard life. The book...