Word: religion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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President Patton of Princeton University preached the sermon in Appleton Chapel last evening. His subject may be said to be the essential and unessential elements of belief in the Christian religion. He said in substance...
...Gordon spoke on the religious life of Harvard, calling attention to the fact that it was entirely voluntary. It is the feeling of the authorities that compulsion is degrading when applied to religion. Religion is an essential in itself and is sure, on a voluntary basis, of a permanent life in the University. The cooperation of all new students is desired, that the success of this system may continue...
...Philip S. Moxom said on behalf of the board of preachers that it was with pleasure and diffidence that he brought their greeting at the beginning of the year. It is true today that the hope of America in politics as well as in religion is in its youth; in those who are getting moulded into noble form...
...speaking of the system of voluntary chapel exercises Dr. Moxom said that the method which was adopted a few years ago with fear and trembling is based upon the profound conviction of the importance of religion as the basis of character. The board of preachers believe that the voluntary method shows larger faith in forming character and manhood in America than any other...
...Leighton Parks closed the services with a few remarks on the passage: "I come not to destroy but to fulfill." Many men come to Harvard and find that the very things they were taught to respect are scoffed at. It may seem to some that religion had come to an end. One man wraps his religion in the napkin of orthodoxy and will not have it touched or made more effective for fear of losing it entirely, while another flings it away and says: "Harvard destroyed my religion...