Word: creed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard Religious Union in Holden Chapel last night. The chapel was well filled. President Eliot discussed religious union, saying that a clear idea is needed of what it must aim at, and of what it must be. Many serious mistakes have been made in the matter. A creed as a basis of a union has been tried. Many recognize it to be impossible. A creed is an expression of theological belief, in fixed phrases, but since theological thoughts change from generation to generation, a creed cannot be a basis for union. He spoke of the differences that have existed regarding...
...thing which is everywhere noticeable in America is the prominence of denominational feeling in religion. A man's acts and his spirituality are the test by which he should be judged; and while we do not want a universal creed, we do want a feeling of the brotherhood of all men. Socialists, whose very motto is the fraternity of man, are the most inlined to be uncharitable to those outside of their own class. It is for this reason that the cause of the nihilist is not to be commended, because he tries to level society by violence instead...
...that no religious man shall interfere with the college amusements or with the college work. On the contrary, they try to interest the busiest men, with the feeling that these can do their work and yet find time to help their fellows. They never interfere with a student's creed; what they want in his life; and they have thus widened a door which might have shut out many...
...epitaph, "said Bishop Clark, "His name is already inscribed on the hearts of thousands. Though he was not a man whose office would make him respected by all men alike, yet when the news of his death was made known, all men were alike stunned. Men of all creeds and men of no creed exclaimed: 'What a man was this' Business of state and city and the private individual was suspended during the hour of his funeral. The whole land honored him, and through him itself, for it recognized a type of true and mighty manhood...
...than he found it. Though not pretending to the art of elocution, he held all men's attention, and for that all elocution strives. He could preach because he liked to preach. Whenever he spoke, whether to high or low, he always ennobled his hearers. He cared not for creed or doctrinal controversy so long as he could feed the hungry soul He wanted all men to come to know Christ so well that they could not be shaken. Thousands have stopped at his words and have obeyed his personality, thousands have been led by him to better lives...