Word: christian
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Will you permit me to call the attention of members of the University to the three lectures by Professor Harnack of Berlin on "Early Christian Thought." the first of which will be given today at 11 o'clock in the Semitic Museum. Dr. Harnack is not only one of the most distinguished German theologians, but a master of German oratory, and his lectures offer an unusual opportunity, not only to students of theology, but also to advanced students of German. The second lecture is on Wednesday, and the third on Thursday also at 11 o'clock in the Semitic Museum...
...meeting held in Phillips Brooks House last evening E. C. Carter '00, G. M. Fisher and F. S. Brockman, national secretaries of the Young Men's Christian Association, in India, Japan and China, respectively, spoke on the changed political and social conditions in the Far East, the unusual opportunity now presented for educational and missionary work there, and the part that Harvard men may take in supplying this demand. R. H. Bollard '05, described the plan that has been formulated for arousing general interest in the situation in the East, for sending men from the University to do educational...
...Fisher next told how Young Men's Christian Associations have been established in the Japanese army through co-operation of certain government officials. These associations endeavor to minister to the physical, social and moral needs of the soldiers in camps on the main lines of supply, and thus a large part of the troops come into contact with them. The effect will be to spread Western ideas among the peasant class from whom the soldiers come...
Moral standards, Mr. Fisher said, are among the higher classes almost on a par with those of any Western nation. The mass of people, however, are largely lacking in moral control. Hence the significance of the common soldiers' contact with the Christian Associations. The destruction of feudalism took away with other restraints moral restraint on the masses of people. Japan is thus in as moral as well as political crisis. Its result will depend largely on the West, to which Japan is looking for leadership. In conclusion, the speaker called attention to the opportunity for influencing the destiny of Japan...
...next speaker, Mr. Mott, emphasized the fact that Western impress on the East must be made through the young men of the countries in question. He gave many illustrations of the active support given the Christian Associations by army and other departmental officers, particularly in India. Forty-four men-four of them Harvard men--from the universities of Europe, the United States and Canada have charge of the establishment and conduct of Associations in India, China and Japan...