Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Finally, Jesus pitied the multitude because they had no leader, and He lead then till he died. Never were leaders of men more needed than now. There is no nobler, no more satisfying work than that of helping and guiding mankind - men weary of all professions, however successful they may be; but there is no wearying of the feeling that you have helped some slipping soul to regain lost ground, or have even checked the slipping. This help must be the work of the young men. The older generation, with some bright exceptions, is deaf to any call...
...Church itself feels this influence; it has made mistakes but now looks forward to the time when by the cooperative effort of every religion, it may be helped to relieve mankind of its burdens. Thus victory is certain. In the blackness of the night the day dawns...
There is evidence, in the way of gold and silver decorations, carvings and clothes, of a civilization existing among these people rivalled only by that of Greece or Rome. The introduction of Christianity, which in other parts of the civilized world had such an ennobling effect upon mankind in general, is here marked by the fall of women from her position of the equal of man to that of his slave. She had previously been able to hold property in her own name and when thus held it could not be touched by the husband...
...beauties, but it is still most interesting from a psychological standpoint for the French artists of this period devoted all their energies to the development of the varying moods of the heart: it was suffering and torment which these men strove so successfully to paint and these characteristics of mankind have always had a most human interest, not that man might revel in the sufferings of others, but that he might learn how another has endured what he in his turn may have to bear...
...were taken up by the people, the national church began. Its creed is now that of sixty-nine of the seventy millions inhabitants of the United States. Of these the great majority believe that the soul is immortal, and that God, in his love, sent Jesus Christ to save mankind; all unite in firm belief in a God who is a mighty power of law and love to his children; and the creed of the national church, whose head is the American people, is maintained by them in defiance of all theological dogmas...