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...Edward Everett Hale delivered an address on "The National Church of America." He explained that while we have here no established church, the religious thought of the whole American people unifies itself into a national church, of which the fundamental principle is the denial of the old Puritan dogma that man is by nature depraved, and a child of the devil. If Americans had believed this, they would never have allowed universal suffrage...
...sons of God, are heirs of almighty power? Religion is a law of life, an infinite purpose, commanding in the end an infinite success. To be a religious man one may be a thelogian or not, but if he control flesh and spirit he needs no ritual or dogma. The University offers a field for the training of a man in this control of flesh and spirit. We develope our bodies enough but perhaps pay too little attention to the exercise of our spiritual natures. Any exercise which enlarges faith, hope or love, is a spiritual exercise...
...Free Wool Club held last evening, the proposition of the executive committee to change the name of the organization to the "Harvard Reform Club" was thoroughly discussed. The president of the club, Mr. Gray, stated that the proposed change would in no way weaken the past support of the dogma of free raw materials but would include other reform doctrineswhich are now attracting widespread attention and which are claiming the support of all persons interested in the welfare of our national institutions...
...executive committee of the club will bring before the meeting a proposition to make certain changes which will tend to widen the interests the interests and extend the membership of the organization. This proposed change is not intended to weaken in any way the past support of the dogma of free raw materials, the platform on which the club was founded when the excitement over the tariff question was at its height, but to include other reform doctrines which are attracting general attention and which are claiming the support of all persons interested in the welfare of our national institutions...
Turning to Arnold's writings on the Bible, the speaker said that the reception of "Literature and Dogma" was the old story of Faust and Marguerite over again. The book was one which would never make converts, but which would strengthen and delight those inclined to think with its author...