The Smith College Monthly, Vol. 20: October, 1912-June, 1913 (Classic Reprint)
- ISBN-10
- 0243431791
- ISBN-13
- 9780243431793
- Pages
- 608
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-02-19
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Author
- Gretchen Todd
Description
Excerpt from The Smith College Monthly, Vol. 20: October, 1912-June, 1913 If there are those who doubt this power, they have not rightly understood the nature of the gift we have received - its magnitude or possibilities. For there are gifts so large they overwhelm, like Nature, Art, or - God; yet reaching out and up for gifts so large, believing that some day we may attain, we needs must grow in wisdom and in Spirit-stature, till we are one with that we once had tried to cramp into our poor selves. For we can but receive according as our own capacity is large or small - its measure being belief, conviction of divinity in us, whereby we may be great if we so will, yet not ourselves but that which worketh in us. What is failure but the lack of faith P If God's in His Heaven, all's right with the world 1 If God's in man, all's right with him, and strong, and powerful, and large. Belief in this reality, this is the secret charm, the Open Sesame of that treasure-house where strength abides and Wisdom flourishes and sunshine waits to gladden later years. Such is the nature of our Alma Mater's gift! Herein have we received instruction when morning after morning through these four Short years We have gathered at our morning chapel service. Here daily have we heard from the Greatest Book the doctrine Of belief, love, noble works, and in the singing of the great Our Father, have daily pledged our loyalty to Him. Indeed this great service of ours, joining all in one common allegiance, is the unit and type of the college. Here are We taught that there can be no greatness without service, and he is greatest who has served the most. Here daily do we illus trate our motto: To Virtue, knowledge; for learning first the laws of Virtue here, we daily pass to knowledge, virtue's laboratory, Where we experiment, and test the truth of laws we took on faith, by multitudinous facts, and find them true. And if in our study of history, or astronomy, or music, ethics, or biology, we find the selfsame principles at work, and see the essential unity in all, we marvel at that Master-mind whose works He has permitted us to penetrate, that we, through knowledge, might perform His will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
