Word: morals
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...George H. Gordon conducted services in Appleton Chapel last evening. He said that one man might serve another, but each and every one is responsible to God. There is no being in fact who is not under obligation. Moral and not sensual satisfaction is the aim of life and duty toward God is the only path way to preservation. The service closed with the 262d hymn. The choir sang the following selections: Anthem-Forth to the Fight, Ye Ransomed,- Heywood. Anthem-Lift up Your Heads-Hopkins. Anthem-Out of the Deep,- Mozart...
...Peabody, D. D., spoke last evening in Appleton Chapel from a text chosen from Psalms 19: vii., "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul." He dwelt upon the "moral law." If a man does all that he ought to do, he will do more good than he will do by some special service. The choir sang, "Christ is risen," Sullivan; "The Lord is my strength," Smart; "Allehele, Sing praises," Whitney...
...considering how funds can be raised with the least interference with the moral and material development of the citizen, we must eliminate the objectionable methods and reduce the problem to its simplest form. The first principle is that all inquisitorial and arbitrary methods are abhorrent to the people and inconsistent with the maintenance of honor and freedom, for they foster selfishness and encourage perjury. The second principle is that no power should tax property out of its own territory and out of reach of its protection. Some property in this country is taxed both where it is and where...
Ethics deal with ideal conceptions; not with what men actually do, but with what they should do, and much as we may regret it, moral ideas do not depend on fact but on what should be. So the first service of ethics is the enlarging of our philosophy. Ethics cannot take the place of all philosophy but it can endow us with the great gift of moral truth...
...come to think that beneficence exists behind all wrong, but how differently religion shapes itself when ethics comes to its help, showing right and wrong in their true colors, and impressing upon men their duty in putting down evil. With a religion of this kind life becomes serious and moral indifference comes to an end. To the ethical believer God is the strengthener of the conscience not the soother...