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...service, which will be held in their churches on May 21, Congregationalists will sign the 1944 Compact. From all over the U.S. the signed Compacts will go to Grand Rapids, where they will be dedicated during the biennial General Council (June 25). The Compact: "In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten, loyal members of Church of do solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together to work for a just and cooperative world order. We pray that our nation shall help to establish an international organization...
United Nations citizens could still recall the flat predictions of two good U.S. fighting men, Admiral Ernest King and General Dwight Eisenhower, that Germany would be finished off this year. But last week Winston Churchill told Commons he could make no such promise. In Washington, Franklin Roosevelt said amen...
...heard these words had not expected, nor was it accustomed to hear such language, such human hopes, invoked by its leaders, and at such a time. But the world was glad to hear them. These words proclaimed a hope that all men, of all languages, could understand and say amen...
...William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, once observed: "The singing of Amen at the end of a hymn always is a bore-why do we keep on doing...
...great German chorals whose sweep and power make them ideal for congregational singing. Many an old hymn has changed its tune. Hymns that were too high-pitched for most singers have been set in a lower key. Except in cases where the hymn is one of praise or prayer, Amen has been dropped from endings...