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Church unity, said Bishop Vincent, is only truly secured when the various sects and denominations through their dissentions and discussions promote the search for truth. The influence of the pulpit is still strong; it is the pulpit that takes the lead in the discussion of the social questions and in the amelioration of life...
...paper on Harvard Meteorological Stations in Peru, Mr. Ward Said: Various expeditions have been made to find a suitable place for a meteorological laboratory in high altitudes, one to Colorado in 1888 and another to California in 1889. Mr. Bailey in his search hit upon the Andes at a place in about 16 degrees south latitude. In this region it is very dry, there being an annual rainfall of but about four inches. The rain all falls between January and March and during nearly all the rest of the year the sky is clear and unobscured...
...Christ that we see the two forces, perfectly combined. By His whole life we are taught respect for the past, firmness to adapt the old truth to the search for new truth. Yet His radicalism is living; not passive, but active. The old testament "Thou shalt not do evil" becomes the new testament "Thou shalt do good...
...favor? Is it not plain that nothing can more impede a rational conclusion, or more lower our dignity in our own eyes, than to approach such questions in a feverish heat, or to let professions of patriotism or savage praise of war frighten us away from a deliberate search for the right? It is to resist such impulses, and to insist on a critical study of all questions, that universities exist...
From the opening scene of Faust's studio, where the pale, ascetic student, wearying of his search after truth, calls upon the arch fiend to aid him, the audience is carried through a bewildering array of scenes, each one a master-piece. Scenic artist Frank King has worked unceasingly for two weeks past and professes himself satisfied with the result. The electrical effects form a very large part of the production, and these are adequately supplied by Electrician Murphy...