Word: godly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...chapel, last evening, Dr. Hale preached upon the importance and necessity to a moral man of a healthy body and a pure mind. The music, which was unusually good, included the anthems, "O God, have Mercy," by Calkin, and "Let not your Hearts be Troubled," by Trembath...
...Brooks spoke of the necessity for the strong man of reverence, of obedience and of self-sacrifice. The reverence which men feel toward God must be more than a pleasing sentiment: it must be a deep, powerful influence coming from a sense of the incomprehensibility of God and working to save the world from shallowness and failure. It is to be left neither to saints nor to cranks. The child must have it; the scientist and the mechanic. By reverence alone, which is the hiding of the eyes before the mystery and the majesty of God, can we know...
...Israel was invaded many times by great armies-first by the Assyrians, then by the Babylonians, and still later by the Persians. At the same time there was great corruption, social and moral, within the Hebrew nation. These men, believing themselves the mouth-pieces of God, kept the old Jewish faith and patriotism alive by denouncing the wretchedness of the rulers and painting the glorious future of the Jewish people. They declared that all the misfortunes of the nation were manifestations of God's displeasure. Their prophecies concerning the brilliant future of the nation the so-called Messianic prophecies- were...
...large, true, Christian ends. The forces at present at work on young life are a craving for serious results in thought and a desire to make the most of one's self. With the last generation it was method; with the coming it will be motive. Christianity is God working in every conceivable direction...
...anthems "Oh, for a closer walk with God," by Foster, and "O give thanks unto the Lord," by Watson, were sung by the choir, Mr. J. D. Merrill taking the solo parts...