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...Owen himself bounced onto the stage with a shout of joy--his expensive suit and spacious bay window hinted that the path of righteousness hadn't been too thorny. "Aren't you glad for Jesus?" he shouted, but the audience remained silent. Owen admonished "If you don't say 'amen,' I'm gone come down and get you." Apparently the threat worked, for a little later, when Owen asked everyone who wasn't there to say 'amen,' there was a chorus of automatic amens from the audience...

Author: By William Burden, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 10/11/1951 | See Source »

...grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. Amen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Two Months with Pay | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

...week, worshipers streamed silently into St. Matthew's Evangelical Church. With none of the vestibule chatter common to most church crowds, they seated themselves on straight-backed wooden chairs facing a simple black cross above the plain altar. They did not sing, give hearty responses or even say amen. The only voice was that of elderly (59) Pastor Otto Bartel, who for 29 years has ministered to Berlin's deaf-mutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Gospel, with Gestures | 3/12/1951 | See Source »

...there is choas," "property subject to alienment," and "this report is purported to xplain." One student brashly wrote: "More specificly employers are almost unamimous in declaring that among all the college people they hire, very few have a well founded knowledge of the English language." Added Dean Johnston: "Amen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Employers Are Unanimous | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

...Supreme Commander called on all to recite with him the Lord's Prayer. After the "Amen," he turned to Syngman Rhee: "Mr. President, my officers and I will now resume our military duties and leave you and your government to the discharge of civil responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: Liberation | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

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