Word: christian
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...worship they offered among other things the time which naturally would be devoted to business; and the natural opposite of labor was enjoyment. So that, to a Roman, attendance upon a spectacle of any kind was an act of worship just as going to church is to a Christian. To have brought before us a spectacle, which was also a rite, in a form resembling that used by the Romans, is to make a study of their religion as well as of their amusements...
...CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.- Regular meeting tonight at 6.45 in Holden Chapel. All members of the University are invited...
...regular meeting of the Christian Association was conducted in Holden Chapel last evening by P. H. Savage, of the Divinity School, in place of Mr. J. M. W. Hall, who was unable to be present. Mr. Savage dwelt upon the pessimism of the age in which we live, and spoke of the many ways of overcoming the difficulties which are constantly besetting us. We must, said he, learn to face the world and receive its abuse and censure. Our only help at such times is in the Lord. If we trust in Him, He is willing...
...present the entire power in all matters of weight lies in the hands of the Christians, and these Christians are for the most part willing to support the church, and yet on all sides are crying municipal abuses and social evils which crouch on our threshold while the church remains unmoved. In these wrongs the Catholic church shares the blame of all Christian organizations, for no man can neglect any of the daily duties of life and still be included under the Catholic church...
While skepticism broods discord and discontent, faith cannot fail to bring peace and quiet to man for that which we believe the world to be, it becomes to us. The Christian is characteristically a believer, and has ceased trying to solve those spiritual problems which are beyond the reach of the finite mind...