Word: religion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Epochal Transitions in Religion...
...worship is a necessary factor in any liberal form of government. And moreover, on the score that the influence here is toward indidelity we emphatically deny the charge. There is every good influence at work here if a man will only take them, in culture, in education and in religion...
...sharpers in the elevens. There was never a set of rules yet in any athletic sport which did not prohibit unfair play, because it is always possible that some "rough" or "sharper" may make unfair plays. One might as well, following their line of thought, give up the Christian religion because of the ten commandments; or like St. Simon Shylites, withdraw from the society of mankind and sit on the top of a pillar because of our criminal laws. Foot-ball can never be anything but a rough, manly sport. For my part I am unwilling to believe that...
...institution. We don't propose to rival them immediately, but we hope to begin the movement now from which may spring the university of the future. As I am represented as having said "the higher branches at Yale and Harvard are calculated to alienate Catholic young men from their religion," it is proper for me to state that I said no such thing. What I did say was that Catholics could obtain the higher branches at Yale and Harvard, but what I did not clearly explain perhaps, was the additional fact that our prelates wisely hold that we should direct...
...James McCosh of Princeton will deliver two lectures on "The Evangelistic Work Devolving upon Ministers of Religion" before the Yale divinity students...