Word: creed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...offer that will compensate for the precious belief he already holds. He will find that worship of man himself, disbelief of all forgiveness, of reward of virtue and punishment of vice, of soul, of future life, of Heaven, and of Divinity are the tenets of the unbelievers; that this creed and the blackness of an eternal grave to look forward to, are what unbelievers offer as an alternative for the Christian religion with all its beauty, of hope in future happiness and trust in a loving...
Notwithstanding the creed which Bishop Keane so ably represents, his appearance at Cambridge did not arouse much discussion. Students criticised his talk, but the unusual sight of a Roman Catholic in Appleton Chaple excited no comment. This fact seems to us worthy of attention, for it is evidence of the breadth of thought which now exists at Harvard, but which is likely to be misconstrued by outsiders. Harvard is essentially liberal in all its ideas. It is our most earnest wish to look at questions from all points of view, and in matters of religion as well as other subjects...
...heads: 1, Man's place in Nature; 2, The evolution of morals, 3, The nature of God; 4, Life and immortality. Every great religion has asserted that the arrival of man marked the final and highest stage of creation. In fact, the promise of immortality held out by every creed depends directly upon this assumption; for unless man is of more importance than all other living creatures we have no reason for believing that he alone is destined to eternal life. The speaker then showed that there is imminent in the universe an infinite, immaterial Spirit. This Spirit, acting through...