Word: broadness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...majority of peoples among whom missionaries are sent, not only are not destitute of morals, but they are to a great extent, well educated. To accomplish the object of missions, the Christianization of nations an atmosphere of Christian thought must be created; and this can only be by broad educational work. To do this work, instead of ignorant missionaries whose coarseness conflicts with the fine sensibilities of the peoples, the most intellectual men should be sent out; and until this class of men is sent out the greatest object of missions can not be obtained...
...coming to college from a good home, but gradually drifting into follies through being unused to live entirely by his own judgment. He declared the association a great aid to such men, and highly praised its course in making itself not a church, but a Christian association, taking the broad view of religion, and carrying it through fellowship into every day life...
Among the many incidental advantages of life at Harvard, that is of those not specifically set down in the catalogue, the increased number of public lectures by well-known and able men on subjects of broad interest are coming to take a very important place. Such courses as that of Dr. Fiske, and those given under the auspices of the French Department and the Cercle Francais, of the Memorial Society, of the Civil Service Reform Club, and of other societies, all tend to make the intellectual life here mean more to every member of the University than it has ever...
...which belong all religious topics bearing upon life. The freedom of religious thought, however, should not influence men to turn the union into a philosophical debating club. It takes religion for granted, and every one in difference with this acceptation should reason it alone. The society should always be broad in its ideas but never vague...
Professor Peabody, speaking of the foundation of the union, said that during the last twenty years there has been a large uprising of religious societies at Harvard; and of all these societies, the only one to which a man with broad religious ideas can come, is the Religious Union. It is composed of men whose feelings will not permit them to join the other religious societies. In a work its object is mutual religious thought and unity of religion...