Word: jesus
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Christ's answer to this question,. that what man has given up on earth shall be increased one hundred fold in heaven, cannot be taken literally. Jesus did not mean it as a reward or price for what had been given...
...different sects and denominations which have grouped themselves under the name of religion; we see nothing but conflict and bad feeling, each party accusing the others of heresy or inconsistency; but Christ is watching over the struggle and will direct man to that ideal time when each lover of Jesus shall count his fellow Christian as a brother...
...striking are the events in Jesus' life. He feeds the multitude and then goes off to the mountain alone in His turn to be fed and refreshed by communion with God and nature. It is only at such a time as this when, exhausted and parched by his constant labors with with men, He turns to God that He may acquire new strength and to nature that He may receive again that wonderful freshness of inspiration and beauty which the study of His purity brings to all. In the morning He returns to His work strong in His confidence...
...hardly recall this alternating life of Jesus Christ without remembering a dear spirit, Frank Bolles, taken from us but a short week ago. His vocation was with men and his work dry and parching enough to have shrivelled the enthusiasm and imagination of any man. But called by God, it would seem, to fill this position, he turned it into an office of kindness and humanity. Many a poor student felt through him the very kindliest influence of the University. He made the position what it now is and yet without an avocation he would have been unable to carry...
...spring is not in the soil, but in the sun; I believe in the fulfillment of this prayer because I believe in God. My hope for the future is because of my faith in God. True prayer is the prayer of life. One cannot offer the prayer which Jesus taught us to use without embracing all humanity in his thoughts. To be a Christian one must be broad in his sympathies...