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Bishop Henry C. Potter, of New York, preached the Baccalaureate sermon to the members of the Senior class yesterday afternoon in Appleton Chapel, from the text: "Peter said unto him, thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money." Acts VIII, 20. He said in part...
...there, in like manner, moral implications to religion? This question may best be answered by considering for a moment the fear that forms an essential part of all religions, whether crude or highly developed. This fear of God grows upon us when we are weak, and by its influence we are led to see His power, and to take it into account in our daily life. In other words, it is the beginning of moral wisdom, and here again we find a close connection between the moral and the religious fields...
...hatred; and our constant effort should be imitation of the Revered Being. In the low forms of religion, the fear is abject, hopeless; and it is only with the help of Christian love that we can avoid this and realize that we are in a measure akin to God, however many feelings we may have...
...Here the similarity to religion and its laws is too clear to demand explanation. Finally, duty is always authoritative. It is the call of the whole world upon the individual, and for this reason it can never be avoided without some resulting misfortune. This call of duty issues from God...
...interest is that the spiritual life rises from ourselves, from our own thoughts and acts, and that it does not come from without. Indeed, the original and crude forms of religion all proceed from a natural instinct of self preservation. Our aim should be to harmonize our lives with God's, as far as this is possible, and this is what great prophets have always done...