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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...lack of a Semitic museum in Harvard-a lack that some of us have long felt-now seems likely to be supplied. A beginning has been made by the generous gift of ten thousand dollars by Mr. Jacob Schiff of New York; we may hope that this gift will be followed by others till a sufficient sum shall have been raised to tablish a museum on a satisfactory basis...
Surely the donors of these books intended them for the students' use and it is only the duty of the library authorities to grant us this privilege rather than to put the books away to mould, leaving but one dictionary on the reference shelves...
...presence. We can stand in the presence of God by "standing in the way of his commandments." Dr. Brooks spoke of the habit of making good resolves at this season of the year. Let all things be done in the love of God instead of love of self. Let us make our resolutions to enter upon a new life of religion and of love rather than merely to break off some habit or fault. The choir sang, "Doth not Wisdom Cry," by Haking, and "Our Soul in God with Patience Wait," by Garret...
...well founded complaint has come to us from many quarters relative to the poor condition of the bath accommodations of the gymnasium. It has happened not merely once, but many times, of late that the supply of hot water was entirely exhausted so that men were left the choice of waiting half an hour for a warm water bath, or of bathing at the time in cold water. Now all this would be pardonable if the gymnasium were poorly or insufficiently equipped; but when such excellent facilities are at hand as those we have the case is decidedly different...
...preacher said, construe as literal this prayer of Johua that the sun may stand still. It is really a prayer not for more light, out for a better understanding of the preciousness of time. With that it shall be as if the sun stood still. The problem for us to solve is how we shall use the time that we have to better advantage. We must use all our life, use it with all our might, and with all the available might of God. For getting and doing good, one day of our life, with all the advantages...