Word: worshiping
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...meteorite which is probably the oldest ever preserved. It was discovered by Professor Putnam of the Peabody Museum on the altar of one of the mounds in the Little Miami Valley. The discovery of this stone has confirmed many students in the belief that these meteorites were worshipped by the mound builders, and that the worship of skystones was the earliest form of idolatry...
...lecture of last week. In his previous lecture he had spoken of New Testament times, showing different phases of the life of the world in which Christianity shaped itself. He spoke last week of the Greek language and Roman rule that dominated the world, and also of the universal worship of the Roman emperor. Last evening he continued his description of the age of the New Testament, by speaking of the philosophy of the period and then going on to show the influence that the expatriated Jews had over the people among whom they lived...
Professor Thayer spoke of the two external particulars, told how the Greek was the predominant language in all classes, and how the peaceable rule of Rome spread over the Mediterranean. He referred to the relation to religion as the introduction of a new worship-that of the emperor...
...December number of the New England Magazine contains an article by William Reed Bigelow on "Harvard's Better Self." It consists of a survey of the moral advantages which Harvard students enjoy and the use they make of them. The author discusses at length the worship which centers in Appleton Chapel: The morning prayers, the Sunday evening services, Vespers, the conference with the members of the Board of Preachers, etc. With the aid of quotations from articles by Professor Peabody and Rev. D. N. Beach as well as from statistics, the writer establishes the fact, well known...
...religion, one heavy with the thoughts of self, the other strong with love. There are some who use christianity as a narcotic,- it gives sweet dreams and lovely visions. The world has no need of them. The religion that follows and listens to Christ, that has a desire to worship God and help man, is pure and undefilable. If we are willing to come down at the voice of duty, and engage in distasteful menial work for men, then we know what transfiguration...