Word: jesus
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...acts of the Apostles and with the growth and development of the early church. W. E. Dowty, Jr., '97, will lead the course for Juniors in "Old Testament Characters." The Juniors will study the biographies of the leading characters in Hebrew history. A Senior course in "The Teachings of Jesus and His Apostles," designed for upper-classmen and graduates, will be held with more detail than either the Freshmen or Sophomore classes. The leader for this course has not yet been chosen. These classes will meet once a week, on a night to be announced later...
...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...
...world for men to use, while in their ignorance they dreaded it or toyed with it, until at last one mind grasped its meaning. For centuries God's offers of the power and nobility of the spiritual life were lavished upon every man, unaccepted, until at last Jesus Christ grasped them and lived them out in his wonderful life of leadership and service...
...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...
...woods and sky and stars and sea, because they were vast and awful and unknown, and there has been the religion of introspection, of brooding over the mysteries of men's own souls; and lastly there has been the religion of work. This is the religion of which Jesus spoke when he said: "My Father worketh hitherto and I work," it is the religion that teaches the doing of ordinary work with extraordinary and spiritual power. This is the religion of today, and pre-eminently the religion for young men. But the best inspiration for work comes through occasional services...