When a Particular person or Group Stops Being Bananas for Jesus, They Turn into the Slippery Peel

What a distinction a century makes. Nicely, technically, a century and a half, however nonetheless.

Dr. James McCosh was the president of Princeton College from 1868 to 1888. Earlier than each senior graduated, he referred to as the scholar into his workplace and prayed over them one after the other. One yr, a scholar refused, proclaiming his atheism.

Years later, a person discovered Dr. McCosh in a lodge foyer, proper earlier than he was to lecture, difficult him, “What is that this I hear, Dr. McCosh, about your turning out infidels at Princeton?” He then instructed Dr. McCosh what this former scholar was doing, heading up an area highschool with an atheistic mindset.

To chop the story brief, that scholar finally got here to religion and returned to Princeton’s seminary to grow to be a minister of the Gospel, however think about what a world it was when it was thought-about unlucky when Princeton turned out one “infidel.” I requested Copilot what number of Princeton college students determine as Christians right this moment, and Copilot says about 34%, solely 11% who’re protestant. Princeton was based by “New Mild Presbyterians through the Nice Awakening, a spiritual revival motion, to coach ministers aligned with their beliefs.” Which suggests, not less than ninety p.c of right this moment’s scholar physique don’t ascribe to Princeton’s unique constitution.

It’s not simply Princeton. How completely happy would John Wesley be with right this moment’s United Methodist Church? About as sad and unwelcoming as right this moment’s United Methodist Church can be with him, I think about!

Harvard College was based in 1636, with a big bequest from John Harvard, a Puritan minister who donated a bunch of cash and all his library to create a college to coach Christian clergy within the New England colonies.

A fellow creator instructed me that in her time at Harvard (within the 90s) she skilled a number of the most anti-Christian sentiment she’s ever recognized, although there have been encouraging “pockets of religion” alongside the way in which. I used to be at a Harvard graduation ceremony a couple of decade in the past (in fact not mine!) and one of many prayers was supplied by an Imam.

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