Word: christs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...corner stones of this studio foundation consists in the doctrines of the relation of God to man, and in the doctrine of true christian conduct, or as Paul puts it, "the Lord knoweth them that are His," and "Let everything that nameth Christ depart from iniquity." Character without creed, ethics without religion, one side of the cornerstone without the other, the other, the apostle says, is impossible: they are both the same thing, looked at from a different point of view...
...Professor William T. Tucker of the Andover Theological Seminary, preached at Appleton Chapel last evening. He took his text from Matthew vi:2, where Christ, speaking of the Pharisees, says, "Verily I say unto you, they have their reward." He said that often where a principle finds an apt illustration as here, we bound the principle by the illustration. But here the principle is so important that we must not lose it thus. It is Christ's purpose to teach that the personal reward of an action corresponds, and is proportionate to the motive. He applied this princilpe...
...beauty is added unto strength. Dr. Gordon made some very practical applications of the proper use and control of the appetites. We get from the text the knowledge of the way in which we may see the beauty of God. As the rainbow is the prism of nature, so Christ is the prism of God. Through him we may see the beauties of the Father's character revealed and interpreted...
...here unusual vigor of religious life;" the religion of the college is, unquestionably, thoroughly healthy and reverential, and of great depth. The scoffer is an unknown quantity, for unbelievers find nothing to attack because they find no one creed upheld and championed. The ministers of the University preach Christ, not theology. There is an agreement in condemnation of all cant and austerity; all exaggeration, undue emotionality and misrepresentation of feeling. The attitude towards religion is one of common sense and concession; and an attitude so respectful cannot but inspire reverence in those who understand...
There will be services today at St. John's Chapel and Christ's Church...