Word: shalt
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Chapel services last night were conducted by Rev. E. E. Hale '39, who took as his text: "If thou shalt seek the Lord the God, thou shalt find...
...imaginary reasoning with a fellow-mortal who is on such terms with life that the only comfort left him is to brood on the assurance "you may end it when you will." Ordinary Christians reasoning with would-be suicides, have little to offer them beyond the usual negative "thou shalt not." Professor James goes on to show the means whereby the suicide may actually be made to see that in spite of adverse circumstances life is worth living still; and his final appeal is to nothing more recondite than religious faith...
...Christ that we see the two forces, perfectly combined. By His whole life we are taught respect for the past, firmness to adapt the old truth to the search for new truth. Yet His radicalism is living; not passive, but active. The old testament "Thou shalt not do evil" becomes the new testament "Thou shalt do good...
Some years ago, Congress, influenced by the public indignation, passed an Act providing for a committee to do away with these abuses, which were clearly pointed out. This committee, with the authority of the government behind it, said with unqualified and absolute prohibition, "Thou shalt not." But in railroad matters "prohibition does not prohibit." The provisions of the Act and of its later amendments were all ingeniously evaded by shippers...
Strength is the power that ought to be impressed upon the world by all teachers and expounders of religion. Christianity exists on a positive statement "Thou shalt," and the cultivation of such precepts together with the daily trying to improve one's condition tend to produce in one renewed strength. These are the central things of religion. Some ecclesiastics forbid dancing, going to the theatres and like amusements. These are but side issues, It is the broader principles, those that cover larger bounds which will give one increased physical and mental power and so more strength...