Word: communion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...American Republican College League will hold its third annual convention at Syracuse, New York, on April 6th. The object of the league is to bring together college men into communion with the Republican party with a view to stimulating their appetite for improved citzenship, as outlined by the platforms of that party. There is no doubt that the league has contributed considerable strength to the Republican party since the plan was introduced. An effort will probably be made this year to further perfect the organization by the formation of state leagues, and thus to better systematize the work. Each college...
...unrestrained outpouring of the soul towards the Father of all. The highest civilization which the world knows is one which depends on prayer and which builds edifices for purposes of prayer. In such a civilization there is the most prayer, for the men of genius, unsatisfied by communion with human beings, reach out toward God, that they may be inspired by His lofty spirit...
...legitimate branch of the Church of God. It is natural to look up to the power and splendor of churches so long established and to be dissatisfied with the newness of the Methodist sect. Yet the creeds of these denominations express belief in the Holy Catholic Church and the Communion of Saints. The Catholic Church denotes in its broadest sense all who are saints in Christ. The phrase, "Communion of Saints," also should be taken in its broadest meaning. It does not refer to monks and anchorites alone, but to all who now or at any time since the creation...
...denomination can claim to be exclusively Christian. Since the Holy Catholic Church embraces the whole body of the church of God, it must include every branch. The communion of saints implies no identity of denomination, but sympathy of purpose and belief. We must recognize our relation to the disembodied spirit of saints in Heaven. It is from them that our true succession comes, a succession far more important than an apostolic transmission of sanctification. It is better that we cannot hold intercourse with them. Our belief in them and reverence for them gives inspiration and strength to our Christian faith...
...striking are the events in Jesus' life. He feeds the multitude and then goes off to the mountain alone in His turn to be fed and refreshed by communion with God and nature. It is only at such a time as this when, exhausted and parched by his constant labors with with men, He turns to God that He may acquire new strength and to nature that He may receive again that wonderful freshness of inspiration and beauty which the study of His purity brings to all. In the morning He returns to His work strong in His confidence...