Word: wanting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Lord Jesus Christ," and Hell by disbelieving. Why do not all believe? Because this idea is a pagan idea grafted upon the pure stem of Christian faith. Christ does not offer anything so easy or so tempting. He offers to the world what the world, does not want. "Follow thou Me!" What does this mean? Do as I do; serve not yourself, serve the world. To this spirit the world opposes the precepts; blessed are the warmakers, for they shall inherit the kingdoms of the earth, etc., etc. The world does not want what Christ offers. The choir sang...
...tank they are sure to have the faults of having a bad hang at full reach, a great splash at the catch, a great jerk at the finish, and a general feeling of helplessness. The faults of the crew at present are a lack of life, a want of stretcher work, and a hang at the full reach. To be sure the men are not trying to row hard but there is a very glaring want of any use of the stretcher. It is early in the year to talk of leg-work but some of the men have...
While we are on this matter we want to say just a word in regard to the management of the winter meetings. Last year they were hardly considered eminently successful. The cause of this lack of success lay in the small number of entries. This year the management has taken pains to publish the list of events fully three weeks earlier than last year in order that men may see what the contests are to be in, and may have enough time in which to prepare themselves. The men intending to enter will do well to consider that this year...
...first editorial continues one begun in a recent issue; the subject is "athletic management which should have for its aim the gratification of the undergraduates' lives for out-of-door sport." Athleties should be managed, as far as games are concerned, to favor the undergraduates. The undergraduate wants "convenience;" he does not want to suffer the least bit of inconvenience in connection with athletic contests. Convenience is his due and "he wont be happy until he gets...
Problems of charity belong to large cities. In small towns cases of want are helped by the neighbors because all the people know each other. As the town grows into a large city people are no longer neighbors to each other; poverty, want and crime segregate to the lower and more unhealthy portions of the city and it becomes necessary in order to relieve distress to establish relief societies. These societies simply give alms to the people who apply for them and concern themselves very little in any other means of helping the poor. In the last report...