Sentences with phrase «with great despair»

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These statistics depict an extent of deprivation, a degree of misery, a sense of hopelessness and despair, a fundamental alienation that is difficult for that great majority of Americans who lack direct experience with this social stratum to comprehend.

With classic terminology but with an emotional insistence not common in the earlier generations of New England Puritans, Cotton Mather preached that the only hope of reform from these various forms of wickedness was to be born again in Christ, to rise again, not with one's own strength but with his.8 As Mather began to despair that any general reformation of this sort would occur — it would not until Jonathan Edwards» Great Awakening of 1740, 12 years after Cotton Mather's death — he dwelt more and more on prophecies of the end of tiWith classic terminology but with an emotional insistence not common in the earlier generations of New England Puritans, Cotton Mather preached that the only hope of reform from these various forms of wickedness was to be born again in Christ, to rise again, not with one's own strength but with his.8 As Mather began to despair that any general reformation of this sort would occur — it would not until Jonathan Edwards» Great Awakening of 1740, 12 years after Cotton Mather's death — he dwelt more and more on prophecies of the end of tiwith an emotional insistence not common in the earlier generations of New England Puritans, Cotton Mather preached that the only hope of reform from these various forms of wickedness was to be born again in Christ, to rise again, not with one's own strength but with his.8 As Mather began to despair that any general reformation of this sort would occur — it would not until Jonathan Edwards» Great Awakening of 1740, 12 years after Cotton Mather's death — he dwelt more and more on prophecies of the end of tiwith one's own strength but with his.8 As Mather began to despair that any general reformation of this sort would occur — it would not until Jonathan Edwards» Great Awakening of 1740, 12 years after Cotton Mather's death — he dwelt more and more on prophecies of the end of tiwith his.8 As Mather began to despair that any general reformation of this sort would occur — it would not until Jonathan Edwards» Great Awakening of 1740, 12 years after Cotton Mather's death — he dwelt more and more on prophecies of the end of times.

If in the ruins of Rome, St. Augustine dreamed of a civilisation that should be the City of God on earth, and penned, even while weighted with despair and expectation of the end of the world, the noble outline of the Christian order which inspired so much of mediaeval thought, how much more reason have we today, with so much greater resources, to expect for our civilisation a resurrection out of our decay.

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

A great many different motives may lead to an action of this kind; indeed in cases where it is an act of despair, performed in circumstances of extreme human or economic destitution and misery, the guilt may often lie rather with the community than with the individual.

The mystery of the incarnation holds our greatest solace and comfort, namely that wherever we go in suffering, in hurt and sorrow and despair, God has gone there first, goes with us, shows up -LRB-!)

As a psychotherapist and parenting expert, Alyson Schafer has worked with a great many mothers who, in the quest to be «good mothers,» have ended up on the doorstep of despair.

It's a great rollercoaster of hope and despair with a climax that made me sit back and think about everything that just happened.

With Great Speeches from a Dying World, documentarist Linas Phillips evokes the despair of the Seattle homeless with an unusual approWith Great Speeches from a Dying World, documentarist Linas Phillips evokes the despair of the Seattle homeless with an unusual approwith an unusual approach.

For its authentic engagement with despair, Hannibal earns its wrenching nihilism: It's a great, epic vision of American horror.

Never in the past decade we've seen such a well - built comedy / fantasy adventure game, filled to the brim with great narration, sense of purpose and feelings of joy and despair.

Epic battles with gruesome enemies and blood - thirsty bosses await adventurers as they traverse through a devastated world filled with death and despair; only those who are strong willed or cunning can survive this journey to achieve great glory.

The movie wasn't a great sequel; it felt like Iron Man 2 but with a stronger villain, basically rehashing the same internal issues of distrust and despair in the first film.

Perhaps it is watching George Bailey grow up, agonizing with him when his slapped deaf ear starts to bleed, sympathizing with his desire to see the world, appreciating the great personal sacrifices he makes for those he loves, chuckling over his romantic endeavors, admiring his commitment to values, or understanding the despair that has him contemplating suicide.

Hailed by the New York Times on its Paris release as «one of the great films in motion picture history,» Raymond Bernard's Wooden Crosses, France's answer to All Quiet on the Western Front, still stuns with its depiction of the travails of one French regiment during World War I. Using a masterful arsenal of film techniques, from haunting matte paintings to jarring documentary - like camerawork in the film's battle sequences, Bernard created a pacifist work of enormous empathy and chilling despair.

Through [her] prose we feel the loneliness of Christina and the despair and worry of Andrew, who is trying to come to terms with his desire to produce great art, and to stay true to his vision (Terye B).

With much happiness you bring the dog home and to your greatest despair, it relieves in front of you.

The voice acting in particular really struck a chord with me, and it's funny how characters with so few speaking roles can nevertheless have such a presence in the game, conveying a sense of emotion and despair to great effect.

We know that the developers have done a great job with the graphics when a hellish, despair - ridden world like Yharnam actually looks beautiful.

She portrays the citizens of New York with great affection, but also with feelings of amusement, disgruntlement, anger, sorrow, even despair.

The despair of the artist is that he can only work on one at a time».7 The very moving nature of the London show of Motherwell's works on paper is in keeping with the opinion of one of his greatest champions, Robert Hughes, long standing art critic for Time magazine.

With the greatest respect for you and your hard work, it is near impossible not to feel despair after this week's list of articles pertaining to our declining biodiversity.

No one we spoke with or who was present in any of the functions had actually known anyone on the flight; yet the state of anxiety, numbness and despair were textbook responses to great loss, even verging on PTSD in several circumstances.

Don't despair: Apple sells great MacBooks today, the company just launched a new iPad, and it plans to release as many as three new Macs with custom, Apple guts in 2018.

learning Skills to deal with difficult emotions giving kindness and understanding self compassion can lead us greater ease and well being in our daily lives, especially with feelings of inadequacy, despair confusion and all forms of stress.

Psychotherapy has a long successful track record in treating depression, and Laurie Grengs has 35 years of experience treating patients with great care and understanding to pull them from the depths of despair into a life of inner peace and happiness.