Word: christian
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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WALTER OAKES, Sec'y.CHRISTIAN BRETHREN. There will be a very important business meeting of the Society of Christian Brethren this evening, at 6.45, in Lawrence Hall, at which an amendment to the constitution of the society will be brought up. Past members are entitled to vote on the amendment, and they, as well as all present members, are earnestly requested to be present...
...most "solid" man in his class; physically also he was athletic, especially at base-ball. He was one of the founders of the Harvard Philosophical Club, president of the two senior literary societies, the "O. K.' and the "Signet," and also president of the evangelical religious society, "The Christian Brethren." Graduating with honors in Philosophy, he was given a place on the commencement stage, and was also made Phi Beta Kappa marshal of his class for the day. His commencement oration, on "The Modern Worship of Culture," was a brilliant and caustic arraignment of the tendencies at Harvard which militate...
...facts in the recent contradictory statements about the action of the Christian Brethren on the prayer petition are these: At the request of President Eliot a census was taken of Christian men in the college; only 31 men were seen: 15 were for the petition, and 14 against; 2 were undecided...
...rooms of the Christian Brethren were crowded last evening by those who went to hear Dr. Brooks...
...following has been received from a member of the Society of Christian Brethren: "The statement in the CRIMSON yesterday that by request of the Overseers the Christian Brethren had taken a vote on the prayer question has no foundation. No communication has been received from the Overseers, and no vote has ever been taken by the society...