Word: christian
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Brooke Herford, of Boston, conducted the services at Appleton Chapel last evening. He took for his text the 27th verse of the first chapter of St. Mark's gospel: "What new doctrine is this?" It has been thought by a great many people that the doctrines of Christianity are new, but much that is noble is to be found in other religions. It is not a name, but a principle, that inspires people in religion. In certain respects Christianity may be considered a new doctrine, but in its fundamental principles, in its thought and feelings...
...number of the Advocate is without exception the worst for several years. Not only are some of the articles without merit but several have grave faults, and the number as a whole has no redeeming features.- except its copious clippings from the Christian Union. The first editorial discusses the football question in a spirit hardly compatible with the principles of fair play laid down by Harvard. The writer urges that our position should be maintained simply because we have adopted it, and concludes: "At any-rate whatever happens-since Harvard has taken a certain course we think men ought...
...long clipping from Dr. Lyman Abbott's contribution to the Christian Union, though interesting, looks much out of place in "The Week," if in fact it ought to be inserted in the Advocate at all. Dr. Abbott gives an account of his experience at Harvard, and shows that he received a very favorable impression of the college. He says that the average attendance at chapel during his stay was about three hundred, and that over fifty men visited him at Wadsworth House. He concludes that "this is pre-eminently a religious age, and especially thoughtful young men are thinking...
...accomplish the desired result; Andrew, on account of his lofty ideal of the service needed, has his energies paralyzed, and does not even strive for the desired end. Jesus answers the question by action simply, working through faith in God the fullness of His mercy. The choir also sang, "Christian, the evening waits before thee," by Shelley; "The souls of the righteous," by Foster...
...Princeton. The article does full justice to Professor Johnston's merits, and in a few pages it gives the reader an excellent idea of Professor Johnston's work. Professor A. L. Frothingham, jr., has contributed three admirable articles on art topics the "Introduction of Architecture into Italy," "An early Christian Rock-cut church at Sutri," and "An Architectural Tour in Central Italy." "The Cruise of the Grampus" by Professor William Libbey, jr., is an account of the investigations made last summer by a party sent by Princeton to observe the temperature and specific gravity of the ocean at different depths...