Word: faiths
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...personal qualifications, and his natural bent. Our country has accomplished practically nothing permanent in this line, while maintenance of high standards is necessary to progress. A man should have a good education and fair ability, but this latter attribute is sure to increase by the aid of faith. A man must decide for himself whether he is called to the ministry. It has the advantage of surely bringing peace and satisfaction...
...extraordinary and wide-spread interest in the drama, an interest of real value, since it has led to accomplishment. Of this interest the current Monthly is primarily an expression. It contains three essays on matters connected with contemporary drama: a criticism of Mr. W. V. Moody's "The Faith Healer," a condemnation of Mr. Hagedorn's "The Witch," and "A Study of the Influences of the Cinematograph on the Stage." The first, by Mr. G. L. Harding, tries to explain rather too many things at once, with the result that no single point is very forcibly made; but the essay...
...Charles Edwards Park, of the First Unitarian Church, Boston, will preach in Appleton. Chapel tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. His subject will be "Christ, Faith, and Christian Works." Seats on the floor will be reserved for students and officers of the University. No seats except in the galleries will be open to the public...
...audience sits hushed during the first act, trying to get into the situation. An understanding of the character of the "Faith Healer" is difficult to many and the failure to comprehend and unquestioningly accept the fundamental thesis will make a full appreciation of the play impossible. The point, the accumulative effect of the play is apt to be lost because Mr. Moody has chosen, for the central figure, a man, so little a type and so much an individual that he has too little in common with human nature at large to be readily understood. What we fail to understand...
...play, since its first production, has been rearranged. The first and second acts have been partially telescoped and the ending altered. Those changes not only make the play more effective for acting purposes but seem, psychologically, better. The "Faith Healer" is a notable advance upon Mr. Moody's earlier, excellent play, "The Great Divide." Even now he stands high among our dramatic writers: should he produce more plays, fulfilling the promise of these two, we may be certain of great drama