Word: progressivity
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...souls is losing its primary importance. The theory, started by the Oxford movement sixty years ago, that Christianity should study to better the economic and social conditions of great bodies of men, considered as wholes, is growing. All true philanthropy belongs to Christianity, because all movements that stimulate social progress are the working out, whether directly or indirectly, of Christ's spirit in the world...
...course of lectures, in general, is intended to show the bearing of Christian ordinances on social life and progress. The lecture tonight will deal with the church system itself...
...William Belden Noble Lectures for 1900--01 will be given by the Hon. and Very Rev. William Henry Fremantle, D. D., Dean of Ripon, England: General Subject. "The Bearing of Christian Ordinances on Social Progress." These lectures will be open to the public, and will be given in Phillips Brooks House, at 8 p. m., on the following dates...
...last ten days there has been a double force of men at work on the Harvard Union in order that rapid progress may be made before winter sets in. Within a week the building will be entirely roofed over, and the interior work will then be pushed forward. The contract calls for the building to be finished by June, but it will undoubtedly be ready before that time...
...second touchdown. Soon after the next kick-off the team changed sides near the second's goal and the first team was put on the defense. The first took the ball on downs and started to rush the ball down the field. Slow and spiritless playing made the progress slow, until Devens circled left end and ran forty yards for the third touchdown...