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...lecture in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory last evening was "The History and Theory of the Steam Engine." The lecture was illustrated by stereopticon views and drawings. The history of the steam engine was traced from the early age down to its present state of perfection. Two hundred years before Christ, a primitive steam engine was used by priests to perform miracles. It took eighteen hundred years to make any advance from this apparatus...
...witness from time to time his trial under the various events of life and would still find, whether they looked above or below, that he rose higher and was based deeper than they could ascertain by measurement. Then, at length, with astonishment and fear, they would become aware that Christ's presence was before them and would glorify God in His servant.' There can be no better words to describe, the power of Newman's own personality over the generation which loved him and mourns for him. True, we can no longer cry Credo in Newmanum. We cannot take...
...word became flesh and dwelt among us," John I, 14, was the text yesterday evening of Professor Everett's sermon. He said: What does the world owe to Christ, - and what do we owe to Him? I shall make, only incidentally, reference to the larger theme, and glance at certain of the larger aspects of the lesser theme...
These were the most revolutionary thoughts ever uttered; the living of them brought Jesus Christ to the cross. However imperfectly recognized they have been transforming the world ever since...
...Everett spoke at vespers yesterday on the text "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." He said: We are not to infer from this that Jesus was a pessimist. On the contrary He had faith that conquered the world. Christ means simply not to look ahead and dread what is to come. A man thinks for instance that he can't spare a very dear friend. Yet when that friend is taken away he finds himself able to bear the loss, for there are resources in us unknown, and, in such trying circumstances, these come to our aid. Most...