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...clock. The subject for this year is the second of the series of four prescribed by the founder, Judge Paul Dudley 1690 in 1750. "The confirmation, illustration, and improvement of the great articles of the Christian Religion properly so called, or the revelation which Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was pleased to make, first by himself, and afterwards by His holy Apostles, to His Church and the world for their salvation...
Professor Clifford H. Moore lectured last night on "The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus." There seems, he said, to be no reason to doubt that the old legends are correct when they state that the worship of the god originated in Thessaly and was carried to Argolis by men driven from home by pressure from the north. The shrine held an important place in ancient literature. Even Aristophanes, who burlesques the methods of the priests, seems to have believed in the power of the god. According to official records, lately discovered, the patient slept in the shrine over night...
...Epidaurus," in the Fogg Lecture Room at 8 o'clock this evening. Epidaurus is situated on the eastern coast of Greece and the shrine of Aesculapius located here is one of the most ancient of the old Greek temples still standing. The shrine was erected to Aesculapius, the Greek god of healing, and it is known that the temple was the principal place of worship of this deity from the sixth century B. C. until about the year 200 A. D. There are recorded about the shrine many interesting tales of miraculous healing performed during this period and Professor Moore...
...musical programme for the Vesper Service to be held in Appleton Chapel at 5 o'clock this afternoon is as follows: "O Sing unto god," D'Indy; "I Desired Wisdom," Stainer; "Sun of my Soul," Dunstan...
...though himself a great heretic in religion, but here again he exaggerated. Probably, indeed, he would have refused to accept any credal statement about the Christ, but he had nevertheless a deep reverence for the biblical story and a profound recognition of its influence and benefits. He believed in God and immortality and constantly avowed his belief in His works...