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...understand a religion we must know its growth, and the three things we should consider about christianity are its original principles, its promulgators, and its interpreters. Chief among the interpreters stands St. Paul. I shall speak of only one aspect of the career of this wonderful man; his public speeches; and tonight shall take up some of the most striking features of his enviroment...
...letter from the Yale baseball management, cancelling the games with Harvard, is one of the most surprising communications we have ever seen. It is impossible to see how Yale could, in a spirit of justice, assume such a position; and it is equally hard to understand her tone of personal attack upon Captain Dean. However ill-advised his conduct may have been in trying to arrange his games with Princeton without consulting the advisory committee in baseball, it is perfectly certain that he arranged the games in good faith, and equally certain that his arrangements with Yale were made...
...Conference Francaise, at its annual theatricals, is, we understand, to attempt this year something more elaborate than usual. The Conference has always been remarkably successful in its efforts, and we are glad that it is to attempt something where it will be able to show better its abilities. The work which the modern language clubs are doing is increasing each year. They seem to have well defined purposes before them, and are not only carrying out these purposes successfully, but are greatly widening their field of influence. Their energetic work of the past year has been especially noteworthy...
...principle is taken and then is shown a case of its working. In a parable a fact stands solidly on its legs, it is a true story, not that it has happened in the past but because the very principle is true. Christ said, "If you would rightly understand spiritual crises be able to understand common things." Parables were addressed to the will and not to the understanding. An example of Christ's parables is as follows: David, who was all powerful, had seized the wife of one of his officers just to show that he had power. The Lord...
...such accidents are liable to happen every day unless those who have control of that field understand that to their negligence of their duty such accidents...