Word: religion
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This afternoon Dr. Chapman and Mr. Alexander will conduct an evangelistic meeting in Sanders Theatre for the members of the University. Their coming, sanctioned by authoritative consent, indicates in Harvard a desirable toleration in matters of religion and a belief that a common spirit may be expressed in many ways and in many creeds. They are not the first evangelists who have visited the University, for Moody, Booth, Drummond and others have preceded them...
...KING'S CHAPEL LECTURES. "Some Modern Interpretations of Christianity in the Light of the History of Religion." I. Professor E. C. Moore. King's Chapel, Boston...
...Lyman Abbott, D.D., h.'90, will speak under the joint auspices of the Christian Association and the St. Paul's Society in the parlor of Phillips Brooks House this evening at 7 o'clock. Dr. Abbott will talk informally on religion and will answer any questions that may be asked...
...Eastman's knowledge of Indian folk-lore and religion has been refreshed by frequent visits to various tribes, where he has learned many stories never confided to a white man. His first book, "Indian Boyhood," written in 1902, has met with hearty appreciation. Since then he has written other books on the same subject...
...comfortable circumstances for their pastors. The problem of giving an influential position to a minister is largely analogous to doing the same for a teacher, which has been accomplished to a great extent by state support. This, however, is impossible in the case of a clergyman, because a state religion is forbidden by the Constitution. The benefit which teachers derive from state support is surpassed to no small degree by their support by large endowments, and it is here that we find the key to the problem of the country churches...