Word: lenten
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were admitted to membership: From '91, N. P. Stokes, Andrew Oliver, C. C. Smith; from 92, H. R. Wadleigh, Percy Dodge, R. B. Greenough. Rev. M. L. Kellner, of the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, then conducted the services, and made a short address on the duties of the Lenten Season, taking his text from the tenth verse of Psalm 46. Communion with God comes only through retirement, and Lent is the time to acquire that condition, and to study seriously and carefully the nature of God and the universe...
...organization, a society paper was published, and each member was obliged to serve in turn as editor of it; this paper was after wards given up and the society devoted itself entirely to meetings of worship, at which, preachefs invited by the society officiated. During Advent and the Lenten season, in the days of the compulsory prayers, services were held daily at twenty minutes of two, and all members who attended them were exempted by the college faculty from attendance at morning chapel. After the voluntary prayer system came into practice, these daily services of the society were given...
...PAUL'S SOCIETY.The last of Lenten services, held in St. John's Chapel under the auspices of this society, will take place on Monday evening, when the Rt. Rev. W. C. Doane, Bishop of Albany, will officiate...
...have noticed with pleasure the new departure which has been made by the St. Paul's Society this year in its observance of the Lenten season. We are informed that arrangements have been made to hold a series of services in the Chapel of the Episcopal Theological School, at which four bishops of the church will officiate. In accordance with the notice published in another column, Bishop Huntington of Central New York will preach at the opening service this evening. It is not often that members of the University have a privilege like this offered them, and we have...
This week is the dividing line of the two half-years, when society defers to the Lenten season, and the long line of class and society dinners begins. Everybody recognizes this to be the free time of the college year, the calm in the midst of the storm. In spite of the theses which were "sprung" uponsome of us immediately after mid-years, college work now presses very lightly upon us. It sat thus lightly on our shoulders at the beginning of the fall term; but the settlement of ourselves and our winter's work claimed much of our spare...