Word: humanation
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...spite of failures Jesus saw that an idea of humble service was dominant in all social evolution. He stood for the kingdom of Heaven, which meant the communion of all human lives and interests. He had to loose the world before he could save it. He could only lodge his idea in the world through individual failure. It was absolutely necessary that he should choose either the cross or the sword, by which to get his idea into the world. Jesus gave himself up to sacrifice, believing that his idea, once in the universe, would become the most powerful factor...
...problem of his life the bearing away of the sin of the world. This is not the denial of life, but the denial of self. The things of life are made sacred by being consecrated to the common good. By sacrifice the life is saved, and made morally whole. Human progress has tracked its every step in the blood of those who have been outlawed and put to shame in the world's behalf...
...Herron is an apostle of social reform from the standpoint of Christian Idealism. The church, the state, man, human relations are Christian only as they embody a sacrificial quality of life. The whole social order is measured and tested from the standpoint of sacrifice. In the application of this doctrine, Dr. Herron is logical and unflinching. His results, are, in certain cases, extreme, and to some, his conclusions seem even to be unsafe. But the directness of his teaching, his earnestness, his insight and his eloquence give him a large hearing wherever he speaks. He has travelled all through...
...Herron is an apostle of social reform from the standpoint of Christian Idealism. The church, the state, man, human relations are Christian only as they embody a sacrificial quality of life. The whole social order is measured and tested from the standpoint of sacrifice. In the application of this doctrine, Dr. Herron is logical and unflinching. His results are, in certain cases, extreme, and to some, his conclusions seem even to be unsafe. But the directness of his teaching, his earnestness, his insight and his eloquence give him a large hearing wherever he speaks. He has travelled all through...
...seek out in person the objects of their charity and labor to raise them to a higher life. It is safe to say that in no other college is there such effective organization of charitable and philanthropic work. "Harvard is not likely to bother about the idle fancies of human brotherhood or the dignity of man." Yet it is the Harvard undergraduates who have for years supported the Prospect Union; who, under the watchword of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," have furnished an eager corps of instructors to hundreds of the artisan class who longed for the education they could...