Word: worshiped
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...animated discussion of Yale's compulsory chapel exercises, the principle of which it undertakes to defend, though finding severe fault with its working in practice. The facts brought out by the discussion furnish a basis for interesting comparison between the Yale compulsory and the Harvard voluntary system of religious worship...
...gather each morning in Appleton Chapel, on the contrary, are there for a purpose of their own and not from any disagreeable necessity. They come because they wish to take part in the service, and accordingly do take part so earnestly that it becomes a real act of worship instead of a mere formality devoid of significance...
...stories, myths, and traditions, so that the field for investigation is exceedingly wide. The religion of the American races was esoteric. Secret religious brotherhoods, like those which existed in Greece and Rome, are found today among the Pueblo, Zuni, and Moqui tribes, absolutely controlling all the worship of the people...
...invite friends to visit the University should choose an afternoon which offers some centre of interest. At present, the only afternoon of special interest is Thursday, on which the Vesper service is held; and as a result, Appleton Chapel is crowded by those who go there not to worship but to "look around." All true idea of Vespers, as far as they are concerned, is gone. If, however, there could be established a series of short afternoon lectures or readings, conducted by such men as Mr. Copeland and Mr. Hayes, not only would Vespers be freed from the many...
...Battle of the Books. I cannot bring myself to look upon the literatures of the ancient and modern worlds as antagonists, but rather as friendly rivals in the effort to tear as many as may be from the barbarizing plutolatry which seems to be so rapidly supplanting the worship of what alone is lovely and enduring. No, they are not antagonists, but by their points of disparity, of likeness, or contrast, they can be best understood, perhaps understood only through each other. The scholar must have them both, but may not he who has not leisure to be a scholar...