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...purpose is to awaken the minds of all Christians, beginning with the members of the Episcopal Church, to the social problems of the present day and to the fact that their solution is to be found in the earnest study of present conditions viewed in the light of Christ's teaching. In the problems which confront the student the members of the Union are bound to no principles but those of the Christian law. They are exhorted to study and investigate. To aid in this work, the Union publishes bimonthly monographs from prominent authorities treating the religious and economic phases...
...strong efforts towards unity now being made show that spirit of Jesus Christ is striving to a fuller expression in the hearts of men. These are welcome for they point to a new day in the world, when, having gotten free from dogmas, the church will live in the spirit of the Lord as personified in Jesus Christ...
...earlier Gospels, the works and sayings of Christ are put before the world as miracles and wonders, powerful in themselves, and bearing witness to His divinity. But St. John presents these acts as signs of a power behind, and lays special stress upon Christ's mission as a messenger to transmit the thoughts of God who sent...
Bishop John H. Vincent's latest Chautauqua project is a "Hall of Christ." The hall is to contain a room where the life of Christ can be studied. A library containing only lives of Christ by various authors, and a gallery containing paintings and engravings illustrating scenes in the life of Christ will take up the remaining space in the building...
...seek to take away worldly possessions and objects of love from his followers; he rather wished to put them in a position to know the true relations between earthly possessions and spiritual life. As Copernicus was the first to consider the sun the centre of the universe, so Christ put God in the centre of the great universe of human life...