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...place to give the interpretation of the second motto, given by Dr. Hedge in his now famous address to the Alumni, on the subject of University Reform (Atlantic, Sept. 1866): "The secularization of the College," he says, "is no violation of its motto, Christo et Ecclesioe. For, as I interpret these sacred ideas, the cause of Christ and the Church is advanced by whatever liberalizes and enriches and enlarges the mind. All study, scientifically pursued, is a study of theology; for all scientific study is the study of Law; and 'of Law nothing less can be acknowledged than that...
...Harvard Club dinner in New York. In an explanatory note, Dr. Holmes tells us that the original seal of the College was "a shield, with three open books, bearing the word Veritas." This motto was afterwards changed, probably during the presidency of Increase Mather, a strong Congregationalist, to "Christo et Ecclesiae." The object of the sonnets is best shown by their author's own remarks...
...When Harvard was true to her seal, Christo et Ecclesiae, her halls were filled with the brain and brawn of New England. Now that she is, in the words of Henry Martyn, 'crucifying Christ between two thieves, the classics and mathematics,' how has she fallen from her former position...
...charge. The commodious gallery, which extends along three sides and contains three rows of seats, has greatly increased the seating capacity of the Chapel, and we think has not marred the beauty of its proportions. The windows of stained glass, each of which bears' upon it the University motto, "Christo et Ecclesiae," admit a very soft and mellow light. The fresco work, though of a plain and unassuming style, greatly improves the general appearance...