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...business here following Christianity means aiding the poor, ministering to the sick, in a word bearing glad tidings to the afflicted. The sure way to aid one's self in such tasks is by a close intimacy with Christ and this can best be attained by daily prayer, which enlarges life and gives strength...
...burial. In all life there are these two opposite processions, the one bearing death and the other life. If it is our fortune to be in the happier of the two, it is a wickedness to turn aside from the gloomy and death-bearing company. Compassion was shown by Christ to the widow and he raised her son from death. Compassion is what the rich and happy should show to the wretched. The temptation is always strong to pass by any sight of misery and do one's best to forget it, but one has only to read this chapter...
...Brooke Herford preached in Appleton Chapel last evening, taking as a text Paul's words, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthened me." Paul does not seem to imply that he is miraculously gifted with strength of mind and purpose but simply that an entire dependence on Christ is strength of itself although separate from any tangible manifestation of assistance. Paul saw Christ in his dreams and the vision always helped him, but even these appearances probably came to him because he thought of his divine leader so often, and always as a leader who was anxious...
...members of the Young Men's Christian Association were fortunate in listening to a short talk from the Rev. Brooke Herford last evening. Dr. Herford spoke on the excitement and passion of the times into which Christ was born. The Jews were looking forward eagerly to the coming...
...Judea on to the position that was then held by Rome. The Jews thoroughly hated Rome and had a firm conviction that their Messiah would be a king of war to lift them above their rival. It was into this world of violent passion that the calm character of Christ came, Dr. Herford advised a careful study of this interesting history, recommending Haustath's New Testament Times...