“The world once thought that Christianity was a failure. When they saw Christ hung upon the cross, even the apostles thought their Master was defeated. But, while his enemies were rejoicing that the dangerous doctrines should disturb their peace no more, Christianity was gathering new powers for the conflict; and the very hour they sought [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 27, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #184
“I believe, then, in God, my father. I feel in my heart that I have access to and communion with him, as Abraham and David did. Let us endeavor to walk with him as our friend, step by step in our way of life. Let us feel, that like a good, wise father, he appreciates [...]
February 26, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #183
“‘The larger hope’ is the staff on which men lean in hard times. It may be influentional in making life brighter under ordinary conditions; it must of necessity be the stay of man when the heart is bowed under any serious grief, or death invades the household. The touch of affliction–who has not seen it [...]
February 25, 2009
More Amusing Student Answers from Courses on Religion
Let’s face it: no matter how hard you try, some students stubbornly refuse to learn what you teach them in class. Or, more to the point, they manage to learn things that you didn’t teach them. Two recent examples from a course on sacred sites:
a) a student declared in his paper that Catholics worship the [...]
February 25, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #182
“Through many of these years, marked by varied experiences, I have been a believer in the doctrines as held by our beloved Church.
It has ever been my great desire to live these doctrines in all life’s varied relations, so as to commend them to the earnest consideration and acceptance of mankind, believing in their great [...]
February 24, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #181
“Hell is an evidence, therefore, of God’s interest in the welfare of his children. Every smart of pain, every burning remorse, is a message direct from the Father, saying, ‘My child, you are doing wrong to yourself and to others by your sinful courses, you are imperilling the welfare of many with your own; you [...]
February 23, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #180
“Christ will still remain the most perfect spiritual example of man’s nature, permanently uplifted above the horizon of history until obscured by the greater light of some more august personality. And, till such personality appears, there is no danger of the decay and supersedure of the ministry and church, for want of a field and [...]
February 22, 2009
A Universalist Service
Prelude: “Prelude and Fugue in E Flat” by Bach (Carolyn Halsted, organist)
Words of Welcome (Rev. Sarah K. Pearson)
Call to Worship, by Rev. Theodore Parker (in unison):
“Be ours a religion which, like sunshine,
goes everywhere;
its temple, all space;
its shrine, the good heart;
its creed, all truth;
its ritual, works of love;
its profession of faith, divine living.”
Hymn #347 (in unison): [...]
February 22, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #179
“While ignorant of God, we have him not. The sabbath invites us to the study of his character, and therefore to the attainment of his knowledge, which will lead to love of him. It invites us to the story of the common brotherhood of man, that we may love one another, and find that pure [...]
February 21, 2009
Universalist Quote of the Day #178
“But Thanksgiving Day is a day of glad re-unions, of joyous home-gatherings. From near and from afar, the children and grandchildren flock to the old home-nest. But often joy is tinged with sadness. Some loved one is missing; death has invaded the family circle, and there is a broken link. Alas! oftimes the faith entertained [...]
