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...Frantz '03, the last speaker, emphasized again the duty of college men to do their best to help one another and their college. He outlined also the Bible courses which are conducted in the Association and urged upon all the men present, of whatever creed, the importance of regular Bible study in character building...
...primary and avowed purpose of the conference is of course spiritual. Whatever a man's faith of creed, if he really wishes to possess a greater, deeper knowledge of the Christian religion, he is welcome at Northfield. For this purpose there are meetings and conferences during the forenoons for those who wish to specialize in some form of religious activity, as, for instance, mission work, a Bible Study course, and so on. At eleven o'clock there is a general "plat from meeting, " at which an address is made by some speaker of national reputation and real power...
...desire to bring to the attention of the members of the University a meeting for all men, irrespective of creed, seeking as did the late Bishop Phillips Brooks to know the truth. In accordance with our purpose to have at our monthly meetings during the winter men of world-wide reputation we have secured for the address tonight Mr. John R. Mott of New York. We deem ourselves peculiarly fortunate in bringing to Harvard a man who has a wider acquaintance with student classes of all countries than any other man of this generation. Signed. H. W. FOOTE 2D., chairman...
...Aposties' Creed is praised because it is a statement of facts; but the facts need to be shown as having a spiritual import. The Father must not mean Creator merely, but the Righteous Friend and Lover of men, the source of all beneficence. The position we claim for the Son must not be so much a metaphysical as a moral supremacy. The old creeds, if moral interpretation be given them, even the Athanasian Creed may be used for the support of a moral and social faith. Coming to the Confessions of the Reformation period, we must understand their watchword, "Faith...
...Samuel A. Eliot, D.D., spoke in Appleton Chapel last evening, on the general subject of the nature of Christianity. He said in part: "Christianity has been variously defined as a belief or creed, to be judged largely from an intellectual point in view, or as a life, to consist of good works. Both definitions seem inadequate, for the nature of Christianity includes both and has an additional element. This may perhaps best be referred to as a feeling, inherited or spontaneous, of which faith and good works are but the fruit...