Word: seeks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Donald of Trinity Church, Boston, preached last night in Appleton chapel from the text "Seek ye first the kingdom of God," taken from the sixth chapter of Matthew...
...have lived virtuous lives. Christ never said exactly what it was. He compared it to many things but never defined it. If we study his teachings we learn that he is preparing a kingdom of all those who are trying to lead a pure, true life, and who seek to serve God, and love Him with all their hearts...
...also may it steep itself in a noble and victorious mood, may sweeten itself with a refinement that feels a vulgar thought like a stain, and store up sunshine against darker days. It is the books which heighten and clarify the character, whose seciety I would bid you seek. I think they tend to keep us pure. They disinfect the imagination; they fill the memory with light and fragrance. Whatever a man's station, whatever his other opportunities, there is one Company from which he can never be excluded, and it is that of the master-spirits...
...magnifying of unessential things. If we would observe the true proportion of things as their natural relation suggests instead of following our own hasty impulses and opinions, we should avoid a great deal of worry and trouble. The thing for us to do is to place ourselves, or seek to be placed, at some central point of view from which we can get the true perspective of the relations of life; and this we believe to be the hand of God. He alone is the good, the beautiful. So long as our lives are not in adjustment with the divine...
...mere sentiment on matters of law, but to talk reasonably and to influence his congregation in the right way, he must understand thoroughly such points as are likely to arise. It is sometimes said that ministers should not concern themselves with the laws of this world but should rather seek to teach the people the laws of the spirit. This is a very wrong point of view. The minister has always stood and will always stand as the head and guiding power of public opinion. Ministers are usually better educated than their congregations and must therefore place certain important questions...