Word: splendor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...return is made unconsciously. The revelation will of itself influence the character and, shining of its own accord, will make the receiver himself a bearer of the good news. In such a case all the effort it costs to give such eloquent thanks is merely that of comprehending the splendor of the gift...
...particular and for du ler ones in a less degree, the visible manifestations of the infinite Reason are the most familiar parts of human existence. There is little need of presenting any of these pictures, and yet their very familiarity makes them often unimpressive and obscures much of their splendor. The night, with its stars moving with in evitable accuracy or a day of sunlight or one of clouds and wind are too common, not for a man who has opened his eyes to the infinite System, but for one who takes it as a matter of course...
...College Conference yesterday evening Professor Goodwin, in a most interesting lecture, gave an account of the apostle Paul's visit to Athens. Athens at the time of Paul's visit retained all her ancient splendor and glory. The city was filled with the most beautiful works of art, and Paul, a native of obscure Tarsus, must have felt, as he looked about its streets, much as an obscure Yankee from a New England village would feel if he were set down before the art treasures of Florence, Rome and Venice...