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...dreams." The speaker spoke with great earnestness of the important place which this world of ideality should have among any body of broad minded men, and said that its presence was not lacking amongst us now. "These are the signs which shall mark the coming of the spirit of God, and which to-day shows the working of the divine power within us. Although these visions have often led to mistakes and excesses, yet the effect has always been, as a whole, good. They have remained as that which was permanent in the old Jewish system of theology...
...also in philosophy at Harvard, under Professor Palmer. During his pastorate of two years at the Auburn Street Congregational Church, Paterson, N. J., he has found time to publish two articles in the New Englander which have attracted notice. These are entitled: "The Metaphysical Basis of Belief in God," (September 1883), "An Analysis of Consciousness in its Relation to Eschatology," (November, 1884). Theologically, he is believed to be in the main in sympathy with advanced views of the so called Andover type. While without practical experience in teaching except as a private tutor, Mr. Hyde's influence on the boys...
...mean what compulsion means now. To-day there is no general sentiment either within or without the college which justifies a compulsory attendance at chapel. Religion has become utterly disassociated from any idea of compulsion. Prayer is held to be a matter between a man and his God, not between a man and the college authorities. Nevertheless, a course in chapel is still necessary for a degree...
...only reason that would have had any weight with those who established these prayers in the beginning - namely, that public prayer is the only seemly way for a student to begin his day, and that in trying to evade it, a man tries to evade his duty to God and to himself. Such a reason seems to all now inadmissable; the good reasons for making prayers compulsory are different now-a-days. It is now the necessity of not keeping away the children of religious parents; the propriety of making the students get up early; the utility of a daily...
...example of these confessions, we find that on "November 4, 1712, A - was publickly admonished in the College Hall, and there confessed his Sinfull Excess, and his enormous profanation of the Holy Name of Almighty God. And he demeaned himself so that the President and Fellows conceived great hopes that he will not be lost...