Word: loved
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...descriptive writing. The Swiss landscape in all its peacefulness and silent grandeur seems lying stretched out before the reader, while the account of the little guide has in it a vein of pathos which adds greatly to the sketch. The fate of an artist who fell in love with a ghostly maiden is told in "A New England Legend." It is very concisely written and does not lack interest. "Topics of the Day" is a new departure in the Advocate. It is not to appear in every number; but it is to be devoted to live subjects of discussion among...
...promised to all sorts and conditions of men if they will yield obedience to the laws which God has established. We are measured not by the situations in which we find ourselves, nor by the possessions we have, but by the growth our souls make in faith, hope and love. It is well for us if we make use of the matchless opportunities given us. God will promote his faithful servants according to the means of their deserts. The anthem: "Come now, and let us reason," by Wareing, was sung by the chapel choir. Mr. Geo. J. Parker, of Boston...
...which the merchant is exposed. The young clergyman, lawyer, or physician often has a hard struggle to earn his daily bread but an author who is even decently equipped rarely spends the year without earning something. The profession of literature is very attractive, and contains more men who love their work than any other. The fame of an author is far-reaching, and extends wherever there are active intellects. In this it has a great advantage over the limited range of the greatest legal or medical reputations. One brilliant story gives a young man a position and influence which cannot...
...poet only the one which he thought most doubtful, namely his own reputation, still endures. We have no evidence that his friend had a son, and the sonnets have not preserved for us his name or even his appearance. The words "Time will come and take my love away" have indeed proved truly prophetic...
...believe in God because the theory of his existence is the best hypothesis to account for creation; but we believe in Him because our consciousness finds Him interwoven in our lives, because we find a power in us not of ourselves. We have experience every day of the undying love of God. The music rendered by the choir was unusually good; it included the anthems "Hearken unto My voice," by Smart, and "Christian, the evening waits before thee," by Shelley...