Word: religion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...divine spirit, nature can not be its revelation to man, because visible nature is too indifferent to command our worship. We look then to a greater universe of which nature is only a part. Of this universe man's religious faith is only the scaffolding, and so must religion involve the idea that in some way one must die to this world before he can enter the eternal world...
...McPherson of Chicago delivered the annual Dudleian lecture last evening in Appleton Chapel. His subject was "Revealed Religion," and the substance of his lecture was as follows...
...religion is largely personal and depends not on institutions like the church, or on the Bible, but on Christ as He is there described. At the same time even today in spite of His revelation to the world, He is the mystery of our religion. Although in the present age we are inclined to look as much as possible to exact science, we are forced to admit that we can not understand the world or even our own lives. In the same way much of religion is a mystery, and this indeed gives it much of its strength. Upon...
...integral, and the resurrection as a necessary part of it. The facts can not be accounted for except by the theory of Christ's divinity. Although often tempted, He remained unconscious of sin, and was finally made perfect through His sufferings. Thus He is the incarnation of revealed religion...
Dudleian Lecture. Revealed Religion. Rev. Dr. S. J. McPherson, of Chicago. Appleton Chapel...