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President Eliot said that it seems to him there is only one ground for religious union. Through all religious matters there will be found a commonness of conception of human character. There is a tendency among preachers to leave off doctrinal preaching and to preach the following of Jesus, and even those persons who have no religious belief have a standard of living, which ideal cannot be divided from the idea of following Christ...
...make progress towards religious union by bringing people of all kinds together. It need never be feared that religion is losing its power. It is a permanent motive. If we are to seek union, it may best be sought through the lifting up of one ideal of human character...
...make out, rather the influence of gentlemanly manners than any active intellectual work. Father Field asks for the presence of two gentlemen each evening. Men who have never seen such work will find it interesting and instructive, even if it reminds them of their own selfishness and want of human sympathy. As a means near at hand of doing a kindly act, this new mission should find its place among students...
...text says we have found these things for which the world has been looking. Foremost among these are the laws of society, high human ideals, knowledge of God, and power to make ourselves what we wish to be. We have found one who fulfils these aspirations, whose teachings, if applied, will solve the whole social problem. Socialists, Anarchists and all have their plans, but in Christ and the New Testament we find the principles and spirit which will make the world what we wish...
...general lectures and instructors for the course will be as follows: Dr. H. P. Bowditch, dean of the medical school, on "The Growth of Children and the Importance of Making Physical Observations During School Life;" Dr. Thomas Dwight. "Observations on the Growth and Development of the Human Skeleton," with illustrations showing the mechanism of bone and anatomical peculiarities; Dr. Clarence Blake on "Testing the Hearing;" Dr. Myles Standish, on "Testing the Vision;" Dr Elliot G. Brackett, on "Spinal Curvature and Its Treatment by Aid of Gymnastics;" Dr. Edward Cowles, on "The Physical Basis of Mental Life;" Dr. George W. Fitz...