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There are various sects and doctrines in India, said Vivekananda, some of which accept the theory of a personal God, and others which believe that God and the universe are one; but whatever sect the Hindoo belongs to he does not say that his is the only right belief, and that all others must be wrong. He believes that there are many ways of coming to God; that a man who is truly religious rises above the petty quarrels of sect or creed. In India if a man believes that he is a spirit, a soul, and not a body...
...club shows a man's devotion to the principles in which he believes-principles which seem to him essential to the welfare of his country. Politics and religion are both vital subjects. The rule of the University has not been to disallow privileges to religious organizations of one sect or another, on the ground that some of them must be wrong, and therefore all must be excluded. The rule has been, rather, that all should be given the use of the University buildings, in order to allow free play of opinion and contact of antagonistic ideas; all this to further...
...itself to the primitive methods of the early Christians which would very naturally be now utterly impracticable. That this is true was conclusively shown about twelve years ago when a manuscript was found showing how the church was managed in the first century. When the discovery was announced every sect, Baptist, Unitarian, Episcopalian, and all the others were sure that it was going to show that they were following in the steps of the fathers and that the others were all wrong. When the manuscript was translated and printed, no one had a word to say. As might have been...
...Sect. I. 1, C. B. Earle, F. F. Dresser; 2, D. Tooker, R. L. Manning; 3, A. D. Salinger, W. T. Gunnison; 4, B. C. Jutten, E. A. Howes...
...Sect. II. 1, H. H. Cook, S. M. Friedman; 2, C. D. Booth, W. T. Denison; 3, G. A. Gray, J. T. Whicher; 4, F. Katzmann, F. H. Rathburn...