Word: sermons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Phillips Brooks preached last evening in Appleton Chapel on "Am I my brother's keeper?" The sermon was an earnest and powerful protest against "indifference," and closed with a strong plea to the students of Harvard...
...sermon last Sunday night Archdeacon Farrar, referred to Williams College as "among the remote hills of North America...
...instructor. Long may he live to teach before his classes, and to impress, by his example, those lessons of culture, generosity and uprightness, for which his life has been eminent. It is with mingled feelings of pride and regret that the present senior class reflects that her baccalaureate sermon will be the last from his lips, and her graduating exercises the last at which he will preside...
...seven, but those who trusted to the announcement of the bulletin found, upon investigation, that the doors had been locked at ten minutes past the hour. We do not wish to criticise this action, but we cannot feel that to deprive the students of the opportunity to hear a sermon preached presumably to them in order that our suburban friends might occupy their places is much of an advancement in the fostering of a spirit of devotedness in Harvard students. Nothing could please a Harvard student more, perhaps, than the anomaly of a crowded chapel, but he asks that...
...taken advantage of by many, not only of the students but of the residents of Cambridge. Canon Farrar possesses a peculiar faculty for holding the attention of students, and his influence upon them is always very marked. His recognized scholarly attainments lend a deep significance to his words. His sermon last evening in Appleton Chapel was received with great attention and excited a profound interest in all who ere fortunate enough to hear it. We trust that the students may enjoy an opportunity of hearing the gentleman lecture, we hardly need to add that should such an occasian be possible...