Word: kingdoms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...order that he may produce more, rather than that he may produce more, rather than that he may enjoy what he has already produced. Man's egotism is opposed by his will and turned into altruism, and his intelligence, which distinguishes him from other members of the animal kingdom and raises him to the realm of a divine being tends to offset his lack of efficiency in producing happiness. As the intelligence is developed, the human race will tend to become a "race of gods," which is the ultimate end of the universe...
...they were heathens, worshiping many minor gods and one supreme deity, until the coming of missionaries in the early part of the nineteenth century. Up to 1750, each island was a separate monarchy, but in that year one king succeeded in conquering the others, and Hawaii remained one united kingdom until 1895, when a republic was established. The Spanish-American war undoubtedly hastened its annexation to the United States, as a coaling station in the east was a necessity at that time; but eventually the islands would have applied for admittance to the Union on account of the prevailing preference...
...Japan. The modern improvements are not confined to the steamers, for electric cars and telephones are as common in Hawaii as in the cities of the western United States. The old natives, and the ancient church, built of solid coral blocks, are now the only remains of the native kingdom. The climate is that of the tropics and the bathing is unusual. One of the sports which no tourist should miss is that of "surfing." To do this one mans a dug-out canoe built with an outrigger, and paddles about half a mile off shore. The ride...
...MORNING PRAYER. Rev. Prof. P. M. Rhinelander. Subject: Humility Leading to a Kingdom. Appleton Chapel...
...excavations carried out by the Harvard expedition to Samaria were made possible by Mr. Jacob H. Schiff who, in 1905 offered to provide the money for excavating the mound which buries Samaria, the capital of the Kingdom of Israel. Professor Lyon, who left last spring on leave of absence to supervise the excavations, returned recently and reports gratifying results. The work was carried on at two sites intermittently from the middle of April until August 21. The first site is near the modern village of Sebastiyeh, and is marked by a cluster of columns, belonging, supposedly, to a temple erected...