Word: christian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Saint John's College, Cambridge, England, will give the last of the Dowse Institute lectures on "St. Paul" in the New Lecture Hall at 8 o'clock tonight. His subject will be "The Love of Christ." Dr. Glover's powers as a historian, his compendious knowledge of the early Christian Church, and the simplicity, force, and the quiet humor of his style have upheld in this series the high standard which the Dowse Institute lectures have maintained since their establishment...
...Edward Caldwell Moore, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Chairman of the Board of Preachers, will conduct the services. Under the direction of Professor A. T. Davison '06, organist and choirmaster, a program of Christmas music will be sung by the choir of Appleton Chapel and the choral society of Radcliffe College...
...certain bishops, which has created such a stir in church circles during the last few days, Removing the vestments of a priest, and putting on an academic gown, he took his stand for liberty of thought within the church; for the right to interpret and to preach the Christian religion in a way consistent with the dictates of conscience and of reason. Dr. Parks does not ordinarily use sensational methods to carry his message. Yesterday, however, his action was dramatic, symbolical. The restraints of the church on honest thought were getting too great for one who had served it faithfully...
According to a recent report by John R. Mott, chairman of the organization, the World Student Christian Federation, under whose auspices the European Relief Association administers the Funds undertook the work of relief in 1920 as a temporary measure to alleviate the extreme distress among European students. Each year succeeding, it has been constrained to continue the work by the fact that, without it, higher education in the striken countries would virtually, have to be abandoned. The contributions of American colleges have largely made this continuation possible...
...Glover, who lectured at the Lowell Institute two years ago, is recognized as one of the highest authorities on Greek literature and history, on the Jewish religion, and on the early Christian Church. He is the author of a number of a notable books on these subjects, among them "Life and Letters in the Fourth Century", "The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire", and "Progress in Religion", which contained his Lowell Institute lectures...