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Updated March 8, 2012, 1:28 pm
On March 8, 1917, Russia’s February Revolution (so called because of the Old Style calendar used by Russians at the time) began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg.
On March 8, 1841, Oliver Wendell Holmes, the United States Supreme Court justice, was born. Following his death on March 6, 1935, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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1702 England’s Queen Anne ascended the throne upon the death of King William III. 1782 The Gnadenhutten massacre took place as some 90 Indians were slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians. 1841 Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was born in Boston. 1874 Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, died in Buffalo, N.Y., at age 74. 1917 The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule. 1930 William Howard Taft, the 27th president and a former chief justice of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., at age 72. 1965 The United States landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam. 1971 Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali by decision at Madison Square Garden in New York in the first of three bouts between the heavyweights. 1999 Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died at age 84. 2005 Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was killed in northern Chechnya during a raid by Russian forces. 2008 President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods on suspected terrorists. Current Birthdays
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Rock musician-actor Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) turns 67 years old today.
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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward turns 36 years old today.
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1939 Jim Bouton, Baseball player, author, turns 73 1952 George Allen, Former U.S. senator, R-Va., turns 60 1953 Jim Rice, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 59 1958 Gary Numan, Rock singer, turns 54 1959 Lester Holt, News anchor (“Today”), turns 53 1959 Aidan Quinn, Actor, turns 53 1961 Camryn Manheim, Actress (“Ghost Whisperer,” “The Practice”), turns 51 1976 Freddie Prinze Jr., Actor, turns 36 1977 James Van Der Beek, Actor (“Dawson’s Creek”), turns 35
Historic Birthdays
Oliver Wendell Holmes 3/8/1841 – 3/6/1935 American Supreme Court justice and philosopher.Go to obituary »
45 Giovanni Rosso 3/8/1495 – 11/14/1540
Italian painter and decorator74 Carl P. E. Bach 3/8/1714 – 12/14/1788
German composer and son of J. S. Bach62 John Crerar 3/8/1827 – 10/19/1889
American railway industrialist73 William B. Booth 3/8/1856 – 6/16/1929
American general of the Salvation Army (1912-29)62 Ruggero Leoncavallo 3/8/1857 – 8/9/1919
Italian opera composer82 Frederic Goudy 3/8/1865 – 5/11/1947
American printer and typographer89 Otto Hahn 3/8/1879 – 7/28/1968
German Nobel Prize-winning chemist86 Edward Calvin Kendall 3/8/1886 – 5/4/1972
American Nobel Prize-winning chemist60 Louise Beavers 3/8/1902 – 10/26/1962
American film and television actress
MORNING
“Yea, he is altogether lovely.”
Song of Solomon 5:16The superlative beauty of Jesus is all-attracting; it is not so much to be admired as to be loved. He is more than pleasant and fair, he is lovely. Surely the people of God can fully justify the use of this golden word, for he is the object of their warmest love, a love founded on the intrinsic excellence of his person, the complete perfection of his charms. Look, O disciples of Jesus, to your Master’s lips, and say, “Are they not most sweet?” Do not his words cause your hearts to burn within you as he talks with you by the way? Ye worshippers of Immanuel, look up to his head of much fine gold, and tell me, are not his thoughts precious unto you? Is not your adoration sweetened with affection as ye humbly bow before that countenance which is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars? Is there not a charm in his every feature, and is not his whole person fragrant with such a savour of his good ointments, that therefore the virgins love him? Is there one member of his glorious body which is not attractive?–one portion of his person which is not a fresh lodestone to our souls?–one office which is not a strong cord to bind your heart? Our love is not as a seal set upon his heart of love alone; it is fastened upon his arm of power also; nor is there a single part of him upon which it does not fix itself. We anoint his whole person with the sweet spikenard of our fervent love. His whole life we would imitate; his whole character we would transcribe. In all other beings we see some lack, in him there is all perfection. The best even of his favoured saints have had blots upon their garments and wrinkles upon their brows; he is nothing but loveliness. All earthly suns have their spots: the fair world itself hath its wilderness; we cannot love the whole of the most lovely thing; but Christ Jesus is gold without alloy-light without darkness–glory without cloud–“Yea, he is altogether lovely.”
EVENING
“Abide in me.”
John 15:4Communion with Christ is a certain cure for every ill. Whether it be the wormwood of woe, or the cloying surfeit of earthly delight, close fellowship with the Lord Jesus will take bitterness from the one, and satiety from the other. Live near to Jesus, Christian, and it is a matter of secondary importance whether thou livest on the mountain of honour or in the valley of humiliation. Living near to Jesus, thou art covered with the wings of God, and underneath thee are the everlasting arms. Let nothing keep thee from that hallowed intercourse, which is the choice privilege of a soul wedded to the well-beloved. Be not content with an interview now and then, but seek always to retain his company, for only in his presence hast thou either comfort or safety. Jesus should not be unto us a friend who calls upon us now and then, but one with whom we walk evermore. Thou hast a difficult road before thee: see, O traveller to heaven, that thou go not without thy guide. Thou hast to pass through the fiery furnace; enter it not unless, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, thou hast the Son of God to be thy companion. Thou hast to storm the Jericho of thine own corruptions: attempt not the warfare until, like Joshua, thou hast seen the Captain of the Lord’s host, with his sword drawn in his hand. Thou art to meet the Esau of thy many temptations: meet him not until at Jabbok’s brook thou hast laid hold upon the angel, and prevailed. In every case, in every condition, thou wilt need Jesus; but most of all, when the iron gates of death shall open to thee. Keep thou close to thy soul’s Husband, lean thy head upon his bosom, ask to be refreshed with the spiced wine of his pomegranate, and thou shalt be found of him at the last, without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. Seeing thou hast lived with him, and lived in him here, thou shalt abide with him forever.
