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We published a few days ago a statement of the possible future condition of religious matters at Harvard. The scheme, as proposed, is not original with the committee, as it is essentially the same plan as that which is at present pursued at Cambridge, England. The idea, if carried out, will obviate many difficulties at present attending our religious observances. The plan ought to meet with the approval of every friend of the university. Each pastor will come to his work full of enthusiasm and his stay with the students will be long enough to allow him to reach some definite end in his work. The result of this recurring change will undoubtedly be in the highest degree beneficial to the general work. Let the rebuke of the ardent west against godless Harvard now be modified in tone. What if university prayer meetings are less attractive to the students than evening celebrations, as our contemporary the Clarion complains? The liberality shown in the plan by which each leading denomination will be represented is worthy of more general observance, even among critics. The plan may not provoke a revival, but it will certainly strengthen a healthy spirit of religion. We wish the plan all success.

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