Word: abbott
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Lyman Abbott gave a very interesting informal talk to a large number of students at the Christian Association rooms last evening. He spoke briefly of some of the problems of city life as he had seen them. The tendency he said, of people to herd together is as marked abroad as in our own country. The common opinion that this is a great evil is a mistaken one. The evils in the large cities, as they are more concentrated, are of course more apparent, but he average is not much if any worse in the cities than in the towns...
...Christian Association will hold its monthly reception from seven to nine, Tuesday evening. Dr. Lyman Abbott will make an address on "Our great cities...
...members of the University are cordially invited, and it is hoped that all students as well as instructors who are interested in the religious life of the university may find opportunity to attend these Association receptions. Dr. Abbott's address will come shortly after seven...
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. - The monthly social will be held this evening in Holden Chapel. Owing to the reception given by the St. Pauls Society, the hour will be not 8.00 as usual but 7.00. Dr. Lyman Abbott will speak and the Banjo Club will play. All members of the University are cordially invited...
Nobody who attended chapel last evening felt unrewarded. Dr. Abbott preached a sermon that held throughout the attention of his hearers. His text was from the twenty-third chapter of Matthew; "Be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren." In this text are found the three doctrines that govern the progress of humanity, the rise of democracy, the history of Christianity, three developments dependent upon one another. These doctrines are that we have one "Master, even Christ," that no man is master, that all men are brethren...