Word: worship
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...lecture under the auspices of the Anthropological Society will be given at 8 o'clock this evening in the Fogg Lecture Room by Dr. James H. Woods, on "Ghost Worship and Buddhism in India." Dr. Woods, who is a member of the department of philosophy, is now editing the "Yoga-Chasya" for the Harvard Oriental Series. He has studied in the Pundit schools in Benares, has practiced the methods of inducing the trances of Yoga, and has travelled extensively with Buddhist scholars in the Himalayas, on the borders of Thibet...
...Anthropological Club has arranged a series of four lectures, to be given in the Fogg Lecture Room on the following dates: November 2, "The Art of the American Indian," by Dr. Clark Wisler, of Columbia; November 16, "Ghost Worship and Buddhism in India," by Dr. J. H. Woods '87, instructor of Indic Philology; December 2. "The Characteristics of Primitive Culture," by Dr. Franz Boas, of Columbia, and head of the Field Columbian Expedition; December 7, "The Maya Hieroglyphs," by Mr. C. P. Bowditch...
Professor Clifford H. Moore lectured last night on "The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus." There seems, he said, to be no reason to doubt that the old legends are correct when they state that the worship of the god originated in Thessaly and was carried to Argolis by men driven from home by pressure from the north. The shrine held an important place in ancient literature. Even Aristophanes, who burlesques the methods of the priests, seems to have believed in the power of the god. According to official records, lately discovered, the patient slept in the shrine over night...
...eastern coast of Greece and the shrine of Aesculapius located here is one of the most ancient of the old Greek temples still standing. The shrine was erected to Aesculapius, the Greek god of healing, and it is known that the temple was the principal place of worship of this deity from the sixth century B. C. until about the year 200 A. D. There are recorded about the shrine many interesting tales of miraculous healing performed during this period and Professor Moore will comment on these, illustrating his remarks with the stereopticon. The lecture is the second...
...real and difficult vocation; being a Christian is, indeed, a life work, one which embraces and rises above all other callings. The Christian's first duty is the duty of a witness; he should witness to God, not only by word of mouth, but also by cheerful worship and by faithful and sincere service. The doctrine of Christianity has always been the doctrine of energy and of work, and though it presents the ideal, it is eminently practical; the Christian is called, not to evolve new explanations of truth, but to live up to the truth...