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...paper by Mr. John Trowbridge on "Economy in College Work" should interest every student of Harvard University, for we are to a great extent the subject of his criticisms. Mr. Trowbridge condemns severely the custom among us of selecting four college courses wich call for entirely different states of mind. Earnest work, in his opinion, can not be accomplished unless a man can give his whole thought to one subject for a certain time, at least three months. He advises selection of courses, which demands like states of mind, philosophy and political economy for example. The writer plainly shows...
...doubtful, however, whether such a succession can be made out. The question is largely one of history, and not of religion. We find in the early church no definite organization, the members merely gathered together in fraternities. Afterwards deacons and deaconesses were instituted to care for the poor. From among the numerous pastors in each town several were selected to superintednd the church. These men were called indiscriminately elders, in Greek, presbyters, or bishops, and were all on an equality. There was no bishop above the elders, and the only higher officers were the apostles. In later times...
...work and report that their efforts have met with gratifying success. A rally under the auspices of the club will be held at Tremont Temple in Boston on Friday evening next a 8 o'clock. The Chairman of the meeting will be the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, and among the speakers will be the Hon. Geo. F. Hoar. Ex-Gov. Geo. D. Robinson, Ex-Gov. John D. Long, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge and a number of other Harvard men. It is believed that the rally will be one of the largest and most enthusiastic ever held in Boston...
...England from the first beginning of it, and so continued at this day.- Not that I would any ways invalidate Episcopal ordination as it is commonly called and practised in the Church of England: but I do esteem the method of ordination as practised in Scotland, at Geneva, and among the dissenters in England, and in the churches in this country, to be very safe, scriptural and valid: and that the great Head of the church, by his blessed spirit, hath owned, sanctified and blessed them accordingly, and will continue so to do to the end of the world. Amen...
...England from the first beginning of it, and so continued at this day.- Not that I would any ways invalidate Episcopal ordination as it is commonly called and practised in the Church of England: but I do esteem the method of ordination as practised in Scotland, at Geneva, and among the dissenters in England, and in the churches in this country, to be very safe, scriptural and valid: and that the great Head of the church, by his blessed spirit, hath owned, sanctified and blessed them accordingly, and will continue so to do to the end of the world. Amen...