Word: joyful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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During the evening the evening the choir sang the following: Christmas Carols; Once in Royal David City-Gauntlett; When Christ was Born-Brown; Joy fills our Inmost Hearts-Gadsly...
...address was jocular and entertaining though freighted with some points of serious interest. He said that at the instigation of some active spirits "some of us old fellows of New York" had been clubbing together their wealth and making a "jack pot" of it intending to add some new joy to the thirteen foot ball players already intoxicated by the ducat breath of victory. "Ube sunt, o pocula?" said he, "is a question I must ask of my friend Mr. Louis Clark, translating for his benefit, 'Where's them cups?' " He assured the guests that they had enough money collected...
...assured them that the enthusiasm of Harvard men in New York does not depend on victories or defeats for its favor, but on the steadiness and manliness with which the name of the university is upheld. They can bear every honest defeat with equanimity and greet with heartfelt joy success in any possible direction...
...translated, is "A Sister's Love." It is a novel full of power, and arouses one's sympathy to a wonderful degree. It is a scene from the lives of two Germans, a brother and a sister, between whom there existed the truest affection. The first break in the joy of their association comes when a suitor appears for Anna; but he, after a mental struggle on her part is put aside, for Anna has promised to remain always with Kiaus. Another cloud appears when the daughter of an old friend is taken to their home. Susanna is a pretty...
...Mary and Martha and the friends of their dead brother. In all the history of Jesus' life we find that he was by nature of a joyous disposition which made his moments of deep sorrow, like the one in the text, all the more intense. The mingling of joy and pain in his life is what all men should expect to find in their own lives and those of their fellows. The gloomy pessimist and the careless, selfish man who turns his back on suffering are the evil extremes. We should be happy, as it is what Christ wishes...