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...Eddy, Yale '91, said that the present unrest in India was most encouraging to the interests of Missions. All the various sects have united into one Church and are now doing much to raise the condition of the outcasts...
...present there is a growing unrest in the country, due to the agitation aroused by the educated Hindoos for a share in the government. As yet the movement has not reached great proportions, but there is danger of a repetition of the great massacre of 1857 if there is no immediate redress of the grievances which the natives have against the English governing party...
Beginning with the importance of ethics in the conduct of every of everyday affairs President Eliot pointed out the evil of over-capitalization which, because of its effect on the state of mind of wage earners is one of the main causes of the existing industrial unrest. The promoting of companies, he said, should be rewarded for is skill and success in proportion to the amount of skill required to develop a new enterprise and to the gravity of the risks to be run, as well as in proportion to the amount of money invested in it. And directors...
This was quiet world spoken in a noisy time, said Dr. Van Dyke, for Egypt and Assyria were striving for supremacy and Israel was tossed between the opposing factions. There was also religious unrest, and men were tossed back and forth like shuttle cocks between superstition and atheism. In the midst of this confusion, the prophet, Isaiah, tells the people not to worry about political and social troubles, but to have faith and confidence in God. This faith lifts men up from the tumult and confusion of the world about them...
...study of all religions, he said, shows among men of every race a sense of uneasiness or unrest, joined with a conviction of the need of harmony with God. Christianity alone of the world's religions has shown the way to meet this recognized need. It is the part of Christianity, therefore, to make this contribution to the universal life of humanity, leaving to each nation the creation of its own organization and methods of development...