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...preach mere sentiment on matters of law, but to talk reasonably and to influence his congregation in the right way, he must understand thoroughly such points as are likely to arise. It is sometimes said that ministers should not concern themselves with the laws of this world but should rather seek to teach the people the laws of the spirit. This is a very wrong point of view. The minister has always stood and will always stand as the head and guiding power of public opinion. Ministers are usually better educated than their congregations and must therefore place certain important...
...regard to the disposition of the grandstands, we are heartily in favor of having them moved to Holmes rather than to Soldiers Field. The cost of removal would be less, and both fields need grandstands. Those on Holmes are old, rickety, much repaired, and must soon be torn down. The stands at present on Jarvis would make an excellent substitute and would probably last as long as the field can be devoted to athletics. With Soldiers Field, the conditions are different. There grandstands of the first order ought to be erected. We think that much better ones even than those...
...amount of the paid subscriptions to the Frank Bolles Memorial Fund to date is $802.75. At first glance this sum seems rather disappointing, yet it represents a much larger number of subscriptions than one would naturally think. Many men who have not been able to give much have given what they could to show their interest in the Fund. No contribution is too small to be of service. The Fund will not be handed to the University authorities till June and subscriptions of any amount will be welcome at any time...
...natural to suppose that in the spiritual world a spirit that has been developing for many years, that is the result of immeasurable labor and the effect of many influences can all be destroyed and blotted out of existence by the blow of a dagger? Is it not rather natural that what is so infinitely more valuable in the sight of God than the energy of the sun should be preserved...
...number. The same might be said of "Thomas Hardy's Fatalism as Art," by W. T. Denison. Both articles are of the kind of which each Monthly contains one or more specimens,- serious subjects well treated, but without doubt intended to appeal to the individual or specialist rather than to the general class of readers...