Word: jesus
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Moxom, D. D., preached last night in Appleton Chapel from the text: "He that has been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. But Jesus suffered him not." St. Mark v, 18-20. Dr. Moxom spoke as follows: "All the cases of demoniacal possession mentioned in the New Testament were doubtless cases of insanity. The one mentioned in the text was especially violent, and was regarded with a kind of superstitious veneration peculiar to the East. When the man was healed of his infirmity, he wished to show his devotion to Jesus and to follow...
...services in Appleton Chapel last night were conducted by Bishop J. H. Vincent, D. D., who took for his text part of the eighteenth verse of the twenty-eighth chapter of St. Matthew: "And Jesus came and spake unto them...
This ideal of manhood which the world needs we find in Jesus. He has the character and the divine authority; above all, he gives no divine companionship. For this we have his own words: "And, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." When men have this gospel they need care little for greater power than God already grants...
There are, said Dr. Vincent, certain questions which arise everywhere, to all men at all times: Is there a God whom we should worship and obey? Does death end all? Is there another world all about us and of which we are a part? Jesus gives us a solution in his ministry, of an open heaven, of the Father's witness, and of the ideal of true manhood. No man can compare with him in his relations...
...moral hold which the religion of Jesus has upon the minds of men comes from the fact that it appeals to their hearts. It supplies to men just the inspiration which they need in every-day life, and as they continue to love God they will grow into the fullness of the divine life...