Word: harvester
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...plains of Galilee, Jesus saw a sower about his work, scattering his seed with lavish hand, careless of those that fell on barren ground, in the confidence of the rich harvest which would spring from those that fell on fertile soil. "There" said Jesus, "is the symbol of the Kingdom of Heaven; with such lavishness God scatters blessings on fruitful and unfruitful soil." And what Jesus meant by the lavishness and prodigality of God was revealed in his own life--a life that never spared its energies, that gave of its richest and fullest powers to the outcast woman...
...lost his place in men's hearts. Again, there is the other type of man, who while striving for his own definite purpose yet turns aside to give his energies to others, who finds his unselfish efforts often misunderstood, often rebuffed, but once in a while sees some great harvest spring from some little act or word, finding in the prodigality of return the reward for his own prodigality of service. This is the type of man that the teaching of Jesus approves...
...theatre goer. In creating gaiety and laughter for this audience, Labiche followed Rabelais more than Moliere, who was apt to censure the vices of his time in thoughtful and didactic works. Labiche, nevertheless, borrowed much from Moliere, and, in fact he and his contemporaries were "gleaners of Moliere's harvest." One of Moliere's most successful types, that of the bourgeois who is bold abroad but with his wife "timide," is often well used by Labiche. "L'Auvergnat," acted by the Cercle Francais in 1888--"Le Voyage de M. Perrichon" and "La Poudre aux Yeux," also produced by the Cercle...
...come together to hear truth and who have a modest shrinking from all self-expression; that from the Wadsworth House, shows the personal revelation of young men to the preacher. Harvard men have not only a mighty work before them, but they have a prospect of a mighty harvest...
...regular Thursday afternoon Vesper Service will be held this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Gounod's "O Divine Redeemer" will be sung by Henry Donlan, soprano; Luetzel's "Machet die Thore Weit" will be sung by a chorus of men alone, and Dr. Pierce's "God of Harvest Praise" will be sung by the full choir...