Word: nobler
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...Abbott closed with an earnest appeal to his hearers to enter the broad life of action with the burning desire to be rich only in the meaning given by Christ to the word, and to stir the souls of men to nobler, higher service...
...conclusion, Professor Goodwin spoke of the advantages and pleasures in studying Greek Philosophy. Through such writings all men are stimulated to better and nobler lives...
...mended. It must give place to a new order. Either there must come a religion such as the prophets never dreamed of, or rivers of blood must flow-the result of the competition which is grinding and crushing men to death. Sooner or later they who stand for a nobler social order will meet the existing order of things in clearly defined conflict...
...spoke of Christ as a hero and model, ana said in part: Nearly all men are compelled to admire some great character which they recognize as nobler than they. They are bound to respect this feeling for otherwise they cannot regard themselves except as small and loathesome in a certain...
...prophet was trying to arouse the people to higher ambitions and a nobler life. He had reasoned with them, had spurred them with a fear of God's judgments, had fired them with a glimpse of the future and of the promises to those that seek the Lord. And then, in the text, he struck their sense of honor and loyalty by an appeal to the past. Their history though checquered had been an honorable one; their father, Abraham, had in the spirit of faith migrated to the west and settled in a new country. From small beginnings they...