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...those humanitarians who cry out at the use of horses in war and such gory pastimes as Spanish bullfights and bear-baiting, betake themselves to the Boston Skating Club some afternoon this week and they will view that which passeth all description as far as atrocious pastimes go. For on the ice of this handsome rink are perpetrated the most horrible crimes ever seen by bird, beast, or fish...
...generation passeth away, and another cometh; but the earth abideth forever...
...said of no man who wantonly passeth by That here was Beauty where Beauty no more will...
...have that within which passeth show...
...chancel, Miss Schirmer postured, gestured and attitudinized. The organ played Schubert's "Great Is Jehovah," and by consulting their programs the congregation knew that Miss Schirmer was interpreting "The Greatness of God." Registering wonder, adoration, obeisance, awe, supplication she continued with "The Peace of God That Passeth All Understanding" (music by Gluck); "The Universality of God" (Beethoven); "The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness" (Bach); "The Deep Sense of Abiding in God" (Beethoven); "Angels Announcing the Coming of the Messiah" (Bach). The whole thing was a "Sermon in Six Dances" meant to portray "The Coming of the Messiah...