Word: jesus
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...When Jesus spoke these words, commented Mr. Crothers, he was not thinking so much of the place, as of the condition of the sould. He urged simplicity of thought and singleness of desire. Choose your part, he says; let the heart be fixed once and forever upon its true aim. Thus fixed, men will find in their aims their sufficient treasure and come to the real liberty of the children...
Greatest among those whom we must emulate is Jesus Christ. He came and left, but only that He might come again. We must reproduce his spirit, not by vain yearnings after ideals, but by act and deed...
...following selections were sung: "Blessed are They," Tours; "Hail ! Gladdening Light," Field; and "Jesus Grant me this I Pray," Sponholtz. The latter was a tenor solo, sung by E. M. Waterhouse...
...Tucker spoke upon the subject of repentance, illustrating his sermon by telling how John the Baptist and Jesus Christ called their hearers to repentance. He went on to show how difficult it is for all classes of men to really repent. Some cannot reach the individuality of their sin because they are a part of a great army which sweeps them on in its progress and restrains them from acting independently as they might if they were alone. Others fall into a kind of mental indifference from which they seem to be unable to rouse themselves; they can not throw...
...very interesting to divine the feelings of Jesus on his return to his old home after his long absence, to imagine his thoughts and emotions as he confronted the old familiar places. I wish to point out in a few words how he was received by his own people. St. Luke tells us that at first they were charmed and touched, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?" But when he began to disclose his message to them, their prejudices were aroused. They looked...