Word: religion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...from a good home, but gradually drifting into follies through being unused to live entirely by his own judgment. He declared the association a great aid to such men, and highly praised its course in making itself not a church, but a Christian association, taking the broad view of religion, and carrying it through fellowship into every day life...
...MacKenzie then addressed the meeting. He delivered a speech of witty and interesting reminiscences of his former membership and then, passing to more serious matters, spoke of the terrible mistake that a college man makes in letting religion lie in abeyance during his four years in college...
...asked their opinion of Christ they are silent. They 'have not given much thought to that.' Some have a kind of shallow belief; some completely ignore Him. Few antagonize Him, because it is vulgar and contrary to public opinion. It is the Heronian view of Christ and His religion...
...Crothers spoke of the work of the society and its limits. He said that the liberal religion of the University demands a society to which belong all religious topics bearing upon life. The freedom of religious thought, however, should not influence men to turn the union into a philosophical debating club. It takes religion for granted, and every one in difference with this acceptation should reason it alone. The society should always be broad in its ideas but never vague...
...these societies, the only one to which a man with broad religious ideas can come, is the Religious Union. It is composed of men whose feelings will not permit them to join the other religious societies. In a work its object is mutual religious thought and unity of religion...