Word: bishops
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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February 24.--Bishop Lawrence '79 on "Social Infection and the Community...
...have heard what opinion Louis XIV would have held of the initiative and referendum; it has even been suggested how Isaiah would have received Billy Sunday. Strangely, however, no one has ever informed us of Phillips Brooks' words, should he enter Phillips Brooks House. For the Bishop was an inveterate smoker. He purchased a brand of long, black cigars, which were not labeled Colorado Claro, and these he did not use sparingly. But think of the utter chaos which would result from Phillips Brooks lighting a cheroot in Phillips Brooks House in the year 1917. No mild reproval or honey...
Last evening Bishop Lawrence spoke to the Freshmen in Smith Halls Common Room. Out of a class of 550, 75 men were present. We realize that the hour examinations are here and that much has to be done in a hurry which should have been done long ago. Such an excuse to offer for not hearing one of the great figures in America's religious work, however, is ridiculous. The sponsors of these weekly talks for Freshmen have secured the most brilliant speakers obtainable. They have set the time of each meeting from 7 until 7.35 o'clock. In addition...
...fifth Monday evening meeting for Freshman held in the Smith Halls Common Room last night, Bishop William Lawrence '71, delivered a short but impressive talk to members of the class of 1921. His words were on the subject which he himself announced as "Prayer as a Fighting Force," and were partly called forth by the fact that last Sunday had been set aside by President Wilson as a day of general prayer for the success of our armies in France...
...Bishop Lawrence stated, "I have at present a book by an American general on the training of soldiers, which says that prayer is a necessary part of a good soldier's equipment. Spiritual force is just as much needed as physical force. It was spiritual force that bought those bonds for five billions last week--the spirit of liberty, and the determination to maintain...