Word: growths
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lives. A higher level of existence is promised to all sorts and conditions of men if they will yield obedience to the laws which God has established. We are measured not by the situations in which we find ourselves, nor by the possessions we have, but by the growth our souls make in faith, hope and love. It is well for us if we make use of the matchless opportunities given us. God will promote his faithful servants according to the means of their deserts. The anthem: "Come now, and let us reason," by Wareing, was sung by the chapel...
...mind take on a new meaning; the soul weakens to itself. This is the greatest experience a soul can pass through. The impulse towards this transition is not a mere physical reaction; it is the influence of the revelation of a living God calling to us. Like the growth of the flowers in spring is the development of the soul answering to the gentle sunshine of God's spirit...
...theistic form of evolution seems never to have disturbed Asa Gray's faith. I wish to say that through his whole life Asa Gray was a student of theology; but Darwin said he had no time for studying religious truths. Gray observed Sunday; Darwin did not. As to the growth of the soul in old age these men stand in great contrast. Darwin was a mighty river, but ran on one side of the island and could not run on the other. He was one-sided. Asa Gray retained, on the whole, a better grasp of modern thought...
...pages and shows clearly the progress of the school. The number of students has increased from 279 to 282, the gain being in the undergraduate department, the number of specials and post-graduates remaining about the same. The circular of the graduate department is more extended, showing a steady growth, and the list of laboratories, collections, etc., shows what means are placed at the disposal of students in chemistry, zoology and engineering. At the close of the volume is a complete set of the examination papers given at the examinations last June and September. The professorship of analytical chemistry...
Such an educational centre must necessarily be of slow growth. It cannot be puffed up by money alone, but it needs a recognized intellectual superiority; neither can it flourish if it lacks financial support. Millionaires about to dial If you wish to leave a university behind you, take note of the fable of the frog and the ox. Puff not up the frog, but give good pasture to the ox.- Advertiser...