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...Aposties' Creed is praised because it is a statement of facts; but the facts need to be shown as having a spiritual import. The Father must not mean Creator merely, but the Righteous Friend and Lover of men, the source of all beneficence. The position we claim for the Son must not be so much a metaphysical as a moral supremacy. The old creeds, if moral interpretation be given them, even the Athanasian Creed may be used for the support of a moral and social faith. Coming to the Confessions of the Reformation period, we must understand their watchword, "Faith...
...Vespers this afternoon the address will be given by Rev. Endicott Peabody. The following selections will be sung by the choir: "Be glad, O ye Righteous", Smarl; "If with all your hearts", from Mendelssohn's "Elijah"; solo by E. M. Waterhouse; "Turn thy face from thy sins", Attwoood...
Phillips Brooks was essentially human in his character. He was easily provoked to righteous anger; but at the bottom of his character there was an infinite sweetness. It was in the great prayer in July, 1865, in commemoration and thanksgiving for those Harvard men, who had taken part in the war, that Phillips Brooks revealed himself to Harvard graduates. It was through him that freedom and liberalness of religion was established at Harvard. Prayer was his great power. Through prayer addressed solely to the Almighty he reached human hearts...
...nations. Our aim will then be a steady, healthful evolution, for the unfolding of a better future. First should be placed the evolution of the individual man. It is the duty of every one to develop his own powers truly and fully. Until there is a preponderating mass of righteous men we cannot hope for high standards of government. The first quality needed is will power. It makes the difference between the strong man and the weak...
...stop the massacres long ago (Bliss, 559-564). (b) The people of England are demanding action only for reasons of humanity. (2) The United States, as every one knows, has no desire to acquire territory, or to do more than to secure to the people of Armenia a righteous and orderly government, and to its own citizens undisturbed possession of their rights...