Word: evening
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...does not dwell upon them with distorting emphasis. The Creek and Seminole wars, the battle of New Orleans, the history of Jackson in politics are entertamingly fold and one comes partly to understand that influence which he held over so many in his time, and which softened even his enemies, to their consternation...
...spiritual import. The Father must not mean Creator merely, but the Righteous Friend and Lover of men, the source of all beneficence. The position we claim for the Son must not be so much a metaphysical as a moral supremacy. The old creeds, if moral interpretation be given them, even the Athanasian Creed may be used for the support of a moral and social faith. Coming to the Confessions of the Reformation period, we must understand their watchword, "Faith" like St. Paul, as "Faith which worketh by love," and election as a call to service on behalf of mankind. Even...
...each hand. With a simultaneous use of both legs and body he can send the machine ahead at a great rate of speed, with little expenditure of force. The machine can be used by local muscles or by all at once, and is thus a better developer than even running or rowing. Dr. Sargent showed the uses of the inomotor in propelling boats, tricycles...
...Supper was social religion, to bind Christ's followers together. It was grafted on the Passover and, like it, was a family meal. All the names used for it, the Supper the Eucharist or thanksgiving (like Grace after meat) the Greek and Latin names, Synaxis and Collecta, and even Mass (which is Missus, the name for a course at a meal, preserved in our word Mess) show its social character: and this is the point of St. Paul's teaching about it in I Cor. XI, and also in the document called the Didache. Later on we find that what...
...Before the Incarnation; during and after the Crucifixion; and on the Judgment Day before dawn. Its story is mainly one of supernatural beings: Raphael's journey to earth is described, and also the effect of the Crucifixion on the Heavenly Hosts. The description of the celestial beings is very even and novel, while in form it is beautifully musical...