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...Donald preached last night on the spirit of Christianity. He took as his text the works with which Christ describes the purpose of his ministry "to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord...
...psalm, full of the elaborate wording and solemn tone of the oriental style. Three immutable "facts" were laid down concerning the "constituents of being;" first, that they were "transitory;" secondly, "miserable;" third, "lacking in the ego." As the doctrine of faith and works may be considered the characteristic of Christ's religion, so knowledge was the basis of Buddha's teaching. The aim of life was to get rid of existence; existence was a simple illusion; therefore knowledge was what was most needed...
Criticism has tended to strengthen the faith of mankind in God. Behind the Bible stands Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. Christ makes the Bible what it has been to man and without him it sinks to the level of the world's literature. Our faith rests not on the silence of the critics, for they are never silent, but on the Christ who is revealed to us, whose word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path...
...hardly recall this alternating life of Jesus Christ without remembering a dear spirit, Frank Bolles, taken from us but a short week ago. His vocation was with men and his work dry and parching enough to have shrivelled the enthusiasm and imagination of any man. But called by God, it would seem, to fill this position, he turned it into an office of kindness and humanity. Many a poor student felt through him the very kindliest influence of the University. He made the position what it now is and yet without an avocation he would have been unable to carry...
...than any others. He meant that he wanted to give the Thessalonians everything that was in his power, even to his own life. This is the sort of men needed today, men who can forget their own welfare and dedicate themselves to the service of others. The words of Christ, "We are members of one another," are better understood now than they were fifty years ago. The only way that a man can do any good is by remembering that he is a member of the whole body of the people of God and by putting his best effort into...