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...societies express great appreciation of the clothing sent, as there is great need during this cold weather...
...purpose of the organization is to conduct services among the large number of sailors in Boston harbor on Sunday who do not attend church in the city, either from the fear that their clothes are not suitable to wear at church services or from the feeling that they need the entire day for rest. The services were at first held on the wharves in the open air or on the vessels in the harbor. But it was soon thought best by the members of the mission to limit their efforts to the sailors at T wharf and to secure...
...give a man the name of drunkard or tramp, said the general, and then turn away in disgust and think we have done with him. Yet the tramp is still a man; he can feel cold and the gnawing pangs of hunger; he is still suffering and in need of sympathy. There are three classes of people whom the Salvation Army means to labor for. The first is the destitute, hungry and distressed; those who are forced from poverty to live in the slums. The second is the vicious and drunken class. We should give to these certainly as much...
...bring out the principle underlying the text rather than to point out its historic significance. Jesus did destroy, but His purpose was to plant, to create. If He destroyed existing institutions He established still better ones. He was no iconoclast. Especially at the present day was there a need for paying heed to this constructive side of Christ's work. Young men were inclined at present to be iconoclastic. They forgot that though destruction is easy, construction is a slow and painful process. A man's religion might be fetichism but it might be the best that he was able...
...Torrey addressed the Boylston Chemical Club last evening on the subject of the measurement of high temperatures. He gave an interesting account of the various methods and showed the need of increased accuracy...