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...anything to cause in him a worthy self-respect. Dr. Peabody applied the thought to the student, and in a broader sense to the University. He spoke also, of the ideal Harvard, which shall be, not a bulwark against ignorance, not a hall of learning, but a temple of God...
...instinct sympathy of the young with the divine thought, unite to rouse reverence in him. If this spirit were permanent there would never be any gratifying of the lusts of the flesh. But as we grow old, we lose our delicate susceptibility to the breathing spirit of God. We quench the spirit often by indifference. A great many lives have no room for God. Their worldly ambitions quench the spirit. Power, reverence and joy all have their origin in this spirit of reverence, and if we desire these qualities we must not quench the spirit...
...highest for the lowest. The most insignificant things become essential when there is a demand for them. So in life, there is a place for everyone; no one should become discouraged because he does not see the value of his work. It has a place in the plan of God. If students could only realize that their own individuality is essential to the complete fulfillment of God's plan, and that His plan envelops all theirs, conceit and self-consciousness would no longer be characteristic of University life. Dr. Brooks closed his remarks with a plea for higher ideas...
...discoveries were being made also in the southern part of Babylonia. Huge mounds were being dug out in which were buried palaces, temples and ruined cities. After this time until 1872 there was very little discovery. At that date, George Smith, an Englishman, discovered the temple of the sun-god, and in it was found immense numbers of the so-called Babylonian books...
...describes his feeling by symbols, and so it is with John; he had a vision which he embodied in a revelation. By symbols he tells what the vision means to him. He sees first in the Lord strength and round about that strength beauty. Man has not always seen God as John saw him. There was a time when some men saw but the sovereign quality in him, and they were either defiant or distrustful; others saw but the beauty and mercy, there was a cross for no one, a caress for everyone. But we must see both the cross...