Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...tempted the Lord it was with the suggestion that He was not the Son of God. All temptations must be answered in the strength of this suggestion. The independent power to gratify oneself is the basis of morality. Men too often thin that religion and morality differ and the idea causes much forced religion. Satan is our personal enemy and pledged to destroy us; this we must keep in mind. He hates us because humanity represents God. There is also a tendency to attribute all evil to influences; this is a dangerous fault. In fighting temptation one must remember...
...Paul regarded himself as a member of the body of Christ, and held his body sacred because it was of Christ. He said we should assist each other because we are the children of God. Men hold this idea too loosely now. St. Paul spoke more broadly about temptation than any other, and believed that one of the great causes of immorality is that we do not call things by their right names...
...Study in Physiognomy" by William Loyd Widdemer is a good story and is very cleverly told. The idea is nothing new but it is in a pleasing form. It is the story of a man who pretends to fall in love with a girl merely that he may accuse her of a crime, that he has himself committed, with some semblance of sincerity...
...French of the B. C. A. spoke to the club at its last meeting, giving many valuable suggestions for the work it has in hand. In about a week all the pictures will be taken, and when mounted and framed they will give a very excellent idea of the college as it looks in winter...
Manliness is a quality that every lad longs to possess; it is his aspiration to be manly. And as he gets into school, he there tries to exemplify his conception of the word. But unfortunately he often gets a wrong idea, and comes to think it manly to frequent the bar-room, or gambling places. It is an evil that is common to most men at certain stages of their lives, an evil for which society is responsible. A man's idea will conform not to what he ought to be, but to what he is allowed...