Word: lightness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...speaker taking his text from Col. 3, 1 and 2, made an earnest appeal against the use of earthly motives in our lives. We are too apt to look at events which have spiritual significance for us only in the light of historical fates. The resurrection means to many of us merely that Christ arose as victor over death, and that we who are his followers will arise likewise; but the true meaning for us should be as Paul said it was-an actual experience of our present life. God is ever with us, and we should feel his presence...
Yale won the toss and chose the north end of the field, taking advantage of the light wind. The ball was passed to Hodge from the kick-off, but he was downed before he gained ten yards. A sharp rush by Channing advanced the ball twenty yards and short runs by Black and Cowan carried it close to Yale's goal line. Here the ball went to Yale, and Gill getting it, carried it well toward the centre of the field. Bull punted and Ames returned. After kicking by both backs the ball went finally to Yale on Princeton...
...Many yield to authority since they know the law will be enforced and for no other reason. We should in every case give obedience to the laws, and always hold them sacred. The choir rendered in an appropriate manner, the following anthems: "There is spring up a light for the righteous," by Armes; "For his wrath endures but for a moment," by Smart; for adult voices; "God who madest earth and heaven...
...freshman crew will commence light training this afternoon. The candidates will meet at the gymnasium at 3 o'clock...
...part of the apparatus which will be carried to Peru is a light portable frame building of one story with a ground area of three hundred square feet, which is to be the observatory of the party; the scarcity of wood and carpenters in Peru makes it prudent to build this here. The class of work which the expedition will undertake comes under the terms of the Boyden bequest. The cost of the work upon the Stella spectra is sustained by the Draper Memorial Fund...