Word: saith
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Phillips Brooks preached in the chapel last evening to a congregation which filled every part of the building. The theme of the sermon was the utterance of Mary, the mother of Jesus, to the assembled guests at the wedding feast in Canaan: "Whatever He saith unto you, do it." Mary had been dwelling with her Son in Nazareth and there she had studied Him and had gradually come to understand Him. She trusted so completely that, not knowing what Christ would do, she bade the guests do whatever He said to them. She struck the note that has come down...
...103rd Psalm was read responsively; after which the choir rendered Martin's Holy Spirit Come. Dr. Brooks, the speaker of the afternoon, then read from the 21st chapter of Revelations and spoke for a few minutes on the thoughts contained in this verse: "He that sitteth upon the throne, saith, behold I make all things...
...president of Dartmouth College caught one of the students helping himself to wood from the presidential pile. 'Young man,' saith the venerable officer, 'what authority have you for taking away that wood?' To which the youthful rogue, mindful of his Latin syntax, replied, 'Opus and Usus, signifying 'need,' require the 'Ablative.' 'Take it, my son, take it,' said the old man; 'but when you have need again come to me and I will give you better authority than that...
...cometh the young man who purchaseth the admission ticket for the frivolous showhouse, for a shekel that is of the value of one dollar, and wanteth to sell it to his companions for skekels of the value of three dollars. When the prophet saith, "put money in thy purse," he meaneth not that thou shouldst strive to found a national bank in thy vest pocket. Selah...
...prayer of agony love saith...