Word: visions
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lack of the sympathetic and ready counsel that he gave. Dr. Peabody spoke feelingly of the unconstrained relations between the Dean and his pupils, and gave an appreciative description of Dr. Everett as he appeared to his friends. He was a man of great clearness and loftiness of moral vision. He seemed to see and realize better than other men the high spiritual mysteries and truths of theology and poetry; he was one of the pure in heart who "shall see God." "Simplicity of character, charity of mind, purity of heart," were Dean Everett's characteristics. "The life...
...most forcible lessons of the Bible is in the sudden change of Paul's life after the vision which came to him during his journey to Damascus. From this moment he worked with a hope and purpose as noble as his former life had been...
What was true in Paul's case is true in that of every man. There is no life, however evil in outward aspect that has not some thread of purpose running through it, and it is our duty to accept this as Paul accepted the vision, and to crystallize it by earnest work toward some high end. Because there is present in every soul a serious purpose, we can see further that it must be God's purpose and God's will that we are fulfilling by our labor. Many of us, to be sure, are afraid to admit this...
...truly that he has never been offered a share in this inter-course. All of us have had some opportunity, some flash of Paul's vision, but too often we have let it slip past. And with every such opportunity lost, our natures become more callous, less open to these appeals. Paul seized his chance and made of it the inspiration for a grand life; we should do the same, remembering that the only useful life is that which has in it the realization of a high purpose bestowed...
...luxury, splendor, the enervating power of wealth what the apostle means by the gift of God? What are the gifts of God? Three are typical of all the rest. They are Vision, Love, Self-sacrifice. And these,--it may take you a long time to find it out, but find it out in God's good time and way I pray you may,--these are all that make life worth living