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...chatter it was easy to forget the one question that matters to every man: How do I myself feel about the picture? Shock and confusion would not be surprising reactions; they occur as naturally as before the coruscating words of John of Patmos: "I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God. and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
...Blue Period work in which the elongations and winding curves of the Art Nouveau and the flat picture plane and pure colors of Gauguin are employed to render a mood which is Picasso's alone. The other painting, the Maternite, is a great masterpiece of the Blue Period, an altar-piece of modern painting. Its cool blues, El Grecoesque modeling of the light on the draperies, and monumental rendering add up to the finest work by Picasso I can remember having seen--for good measure I'm even tempted to throw in Guernica! This painting is seen to best advantage...
...that we claim for the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches we would lay on the altar. We offer it all to our fellow Christians for whatever use it may be to the whole Church. With the whole Church we hold ourselves alert for the surprises with which the Lord of history can alter the tempo of our renewal, and for the new forms with which an eternally recreating God can startle us while he secures his Church. And we strain ahead toward the great day when the richness of our joined memories will be a small sign of the strength...
...University has become a sanctuary where one can avoid sectarian evangelism--a temple where the representatives of all creeds say prayers before the altar of Tolerance before laying their votive scholarship on the altar of Truth...
...increased from 307 to 412; tireless Fund Raiser Spellman has chalked up $41,322,074 through his annual fund appeal for Catholic Charities. Born in Whitman, Mass., moonfaced, articulate Frank Spellman ran errands for his father's grocery, played sandlot baseball, boxed in a village barn, became an altar boy at the local church. After graduating from Fordham University ('11), he studied for the priesthood at Rome's North American College. He served in the Boston archdiocese before the Vatican summoned him in 1925. As first U.S.-born staff member of the State Secretariate, Spellman translated...