Word: concerns
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...belief that religion should concern itself with the salvation of individual souls is losing its primary importance. The theory, started by the Oxford movement sixty years ago, that Christianity should study to better the economic and social conditions of great bodies of men, considered as wholes, is growing. All true philanthropy belongs to Christianity, because all movements that stimulate social progress are the working out, whether directly or indirectly, of Christ's spirit in the world...
These difficulties are aggravated by the varying rates of wages which are paid in the same manufacturing concern. In some mills, for instance, weavers are paid from 60 cents to $1.49 a day, there being perhaps fifty rates between the two extremes. Calculations can be made here only on the basis of average. The United States Census deals only with the statistics of wages relating to manufacturing but even here the method used is faulty and is a makeshift for the correct system, which is impossible of consumtion. The problems of collecting railroad wage statistics are also perplexing on account...
...last omissions concern the foreign policy of the parties: "President McKinley and Mr. Bryan use different phrases in describing their foreign policies; but when it came to action, in all probability their policies would be much alike. Practically they agreed about the treaty of peace with Spain. . . . President McKinley is now surrounded by Cabinet officers of capacity and experience; and he has put good men at the head of affairs in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines; while in case of a change in the Presidency nobody can tell to what sort of persons the great offices of the government...
...Committee, Young Men's Christian Association, Prospect Union, St. Paul's Society, Catholic Club, Committee on University Meetings, and the Religious Union. Dean Briggs will preside and representatives of the different organizations will speak. It is earnestly hoped that a large number will attend this meeting as it will concern matters of interest and importance to most students of the University...
...information with regard to Oxford at the service of the intending student, and (2) of becoming sufficiently well-informed to advance any project on foot for adapting Oxford conditions to the needs of the American members of the University. To accomplish the first object, which is of more immediate concern, the club intends to print a circular in which it will try to anticipate the questions likely to be asked about the Oxford University system in general, the opportunities and conditions of study in the University, and the advisability of connecting one's self with one of the Colleges...