Word: graces
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Frederick Brooks, of Grace Church, South Boston, addressed the St. Paul's Society last night. He took as his text, "Give and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down and shaken together, and running over, shall men give it into your bosom." Sacrifice, he said, is the fundamental principle of Christianity. It must not be a useless sacrifice like the heathen offerings to idols but it must be rather...
...BARRY, Tem. Leader.ST. PAUL'S SOCIETY.- Rev. Frederick Brooks of Grace Church, South Boston, will address the St. Paul's Society this evening in 17 Grays, at 7 o'clock. All members of the University are invited...
After Farquaar came Goldsmith. One may well feel proud that such a play as "She Stoops to Conquer" was written in his language. The sympathy with life and the knowledge of character which it shows together with the grace of its English are irresistible...
...person Booth was singularly good to look at. He was of middle height and more closely knit than most Americans, but his body, though so compact, was grace itself. Every muscle, every feature was under perfect control, and it was this that enabled him to be his best characters rather than to act them. His beauty was of a manly kind and showed the intellect which lay behind it; but his voice was perhaps his chief charm. He was a model for all speakers of English, and he gave Shakespeare's lines with as little effort as if they were...
After graduation he entered the Cambridge Episcopal Theological School and took his degree in 1875. After eight years service in Grace Church, Lawrence, he was appointed professor in Loniclities at the Theological School and four years later was made vice-dean and then dean of the School. Since 1889 he has served on Harvard's Board of Preachers...