Word: knowing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...reply, is not faith in God the very essence of religion? If we turn to one of the pagan religions we find that this is not true, for their faith in God exists without true religion. A man may believe in God as he believes in gravitation and yet know no religion. A man often believes in God because he can conceive of no other First Cause. The difference between faith in God and religion is that one is cold and the other a passion, an expression of the heart's longing to give all that it has to give...
...think of ourselves, we cannot but be conscious that we are a part of the working of the great power of the universe, and that we have some kinship with it. This is surely not anthropomorphism. When the poet says that could he but know the secret of "the flower in the crannied wall" he could know what God is, he does not make God something greater of the same kind; he means that the flower has the secret of the divine power which is manifest in its life. So we can say of the soul that if we know...
...University who have any ability as athletes. In the first place as many men and more men is possible than were present at a similar meeting last year should present themselves as candidates. It is very important that Mr. Lathrop and the Captain should know from the very beginning of the training season just how much material is available and just where the strength or lack of strength of the material lies, that they may make their plans accordingly. In the second place men who have never done anything in general athletics but who feel themselves physically suited...
...WASHBURN, Sec.HARVARD BANJO CLUB.- Important rehearsal at 5. Everybody must know the two new pieces...
...precise date of these lectures will be announced from time to time in the University Calendar. The lectures will be grouped so that each lecturer will cover his ground within a fortnight. It is of interest to know that these lectures are provided by the generosity of Mr. James A. Garland, the well-known New York banker, whose gifts of gems to the Harvard Museum have already made him one of the University's benefactors...