Word: soule
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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With every enlargement of the various departments of instruction announced in the elective pamphlet, the maze through which the man of "no particular bent of soul" must wander becomes denser and more labyrinthine. But this is one of the disadvantages that attends every growth of what modern sociologists term "the diversification of function." The choice which the individual must make be comes modified and motivated by the introduction of new fields that are opened to him. A recognition of this fact is forced on every man as he sits down to make out his electives for the ensuing year. Moreover...
...Symphonic Orchestra, under Damrosch. The president and Professors Dwight and Chandler were loudly cheered. After prayer by the chaplain of the college, Marshal Woodford opened the proceedings with an address, sketching the history of the college, and dwelling upon the glory of the future. Chorale, "Awake My Soul." Wagner, by the Oratorio and Symphonic societies followed...
...know God. Nature shows God, but some men do not see any divine agency, because God is not in them. They have schooled themselves not to see, and so they will remain, forever, in the dark. When the voice of duty is no longer heard, then the soul is dead, although the understanding may remain. The sin of to-day is the insensibility to spiritual life. Men are asking whether life is worth living, but the souls of such men are dead. "What profits it a man if he gain the whole world, but lose his own soul...
...Edward E. Hale conducted the service, the prevailing thought of which was that man's life is to be devoted, not to himself, but to the advancement of his fellow-mortals. The choir sang "Hark! My Soul," by Stuart, after which Dr. F. G. Peabody offered prayer. The soloist, Mr. C. F. Webber, sang "Oh! for a closer walk with God," an anthem for solo and chorus. Dr. Hale then delivered the address...
...church had always repented such remissness to what had always been a fundamental part of its doctrine. Religion-less humanitarianism could offer as a motive nothing more than a sense of the wrongs of humanity. Christianity had as its motive the stirring belief - the divinity of each human soul. The power of Christian humanitarianism lay in its threefold presentation - by the Gospel, Preaching and the Church. Christianity had proved in the past to be, and always would prove to be the sole permanent strength of humanitarianism...