Word: sermons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...moral triumph for all. We can fortify ourselves every day by prayer, by keeping our souls open to influences coming from above. We can shield ourselves in the compassionate love of God, whose power can turn aside the insidious as well as the open attacks of evil. The sermon was very impressive, particularly in the part in which the preacher described the power of the presence of God. The music sung by the choir included the familiar anthems: "I will always give thanks," by Calkin and "Enter not into Judgment," by Attwood, with the beautiful hymn...
...regular meeting of the senior class of Columbia was held a few days ago, and the committee on the Class Day and Commencement exercises recommended the following: 1. That on the Sunday preceding Commencement, a Baccalaureate Sermon should be delivered by some prominent Divine. 2. That to the most popular of the lower classes a slight but significant gift should be presented on Class Day. 3. That an informal dance should succeed the Class Day exercises. 4. That in case the Valedictory were omitted from the Commencement exercises, it should take the place of the Class Day oration. 5. That...
Professor F. G. Peabody conducted the customary services at Appleton Chapel last evening. He took as his text the familiar passage, "Wake to yourselves, friends of the mammon of unrighteousness." The sermon was scholarly, impressive and full of interest. Professor Peabody said by the mammon of unrighteousness was meant the temporal business affairs of every-day life. We must regard them as an enemy, or a master, or a friend. Treating these matters as inimical, we violate the divine injunction to be faithful in the best of things. By allowing them to lead and control us we no longer serve...
...vespers last evening. The galleries were well-filled, but the pews in the body of the chapel were for the most part empty. After the opening voluntary by Mr. Locke, Dr. Hale made the introductory prayer and read the xci. Psalm. The Rev. Mr. Gordon then delivered a short sermon, taking as his text, "Seek and Ye Shall Find." A portion of the speaker's remarks were substantially as follows: "Many men come near certain moral truths in the course of their lives, but because they are not in search of these truths they slip by unheeded...
...changes in the government of the college. The news of his election created great enthusiasm, as those undergraduates who have been under his instruction are devoted to him. He preached yesterday in the college chapel, which was filled to overflowing by strangers who wished to hear his first sermon since his election, and by many it was thought to be the most powerful sermon ever delivered in Princeton...