Word: church
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...been ejected for loudly disputing a friend who asserted that Rome was in Egypt. Here I was addressed by a person who began a voluntary monologue upon the evils of Catholicism. "Beginning," he said, "with Asia, and spreading through England, Italy, and its islands, the bigotry of the Catholic church came over to - " His geography failing him, I suggested Samoa. Unhappy venture! He began with Samoa, and opened a controversy upon the question of our country's buying it. As he turned his head, however, at the sound of the Introit, I slipped out. As I followed in the steps...
...Arthur C. A. Hall, of the Church of the Advent, will deliver a course of lectures on the Early Christian Church, before the S. Paul's Society, Wednesday evenings during Lent. The first lecture will be given Wednesday next, March 13, at 7 P.M. All are invited to be present. The subjects of the lectures are: 1. The Preparation for the Christian Church. 2. The Apostolic Age. 3. The Martyrs. 4. The Apologists. 5. The Councils...
...Father Hall of the Church of the Advent, Boston, will deliver a series of lectures on "The Early History of the Christian Church," before the St. Paul's Society, 17 Grays, on Wednesday Evenings during Lent. All are cordially invited to attend...
...Undergraduates who fail in the duties, or commit the offences, pointed out in this chapter, incur fines as follows: For coming, after the exercises are begun, to daily prayers, two cents; for absence from prayers, without sufficient reason, three cents; for absence from church without sufficient reason, offered before the ringing of the second bell, and allowed by the President, or one of the professors or tutors, thirty-three cents...
...observance of the "Lord's day," among them being this: "No one shall profane the day by unnecessary business, or visiting or receiving visits, or walking on the common or in the streets or fields." It might be well also to remember that they were obliged to attend church on Thanksgiving. Prayers were twice a day, at night as well as morning, by which means, I presume, the fines were vastly increased...