Word: mission
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Pierre de Coubertin, sent by the French government to investigate athletics in American universities, is visiting Yale in the interests of his mission...
...Mission Legend" is the best story in this number. As the writer states, it is written entirely without regard to style or effect, and this same unpretentiousness lends a great charm to it. The tale is that of the love of an Indian princess for a Mission Father with its tragic and unexpected...
...Mohammed displayed in using the Jewish traditions for his own advantage. These traditions had worked their way into the Arabic language so Mohammed was using material familiar to his audience. The translation of the suras in which he uses the story of Moses to justify and define his own mission was one of the most interesting portion of the lecture...
...work and appealed to those before him. The Boys' Clubs offer an opportunity of most interesting and satisfactory work. The Sunday Schools, too, offer work that will tax the intelligence of even the brightest young men. The clergy need the help of many more laymen in carrying out their mission work in various parts of Boston. From all over the country, especially from the West, and from the large cities comes the call for more clergymen. Every college man should answer fairly the question, "Is my life intended for work in the ministry...
...selection of a chorister was left as usual to the president. A vote of thanks was extended to the committee having charge of the new pamphlet, and to the retiring officers. A gavel suitably inscribed was presented to the retiring president. Notice was given of the mission which is being conducted at St. Andrews Church, Boston, to which a cordial invitation is extended...