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...studding. "Friend," said Amos Pease, when at last the agony was over, "thee's been an instrument of the Lord this night. . . . Thy prayer carried us so near to heaven's gates that now and again I thought I could hear . . . the sound of heavenly harps." "Amen, Brother. Amen to that!" cried the rest of the committee, tottering exhausted through the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Music on the Muscatatuck | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

...Wisely, but Too Well. In Brookings, S.D., trustees of the Church of Christ petitioned the circuit court to keep Mr. & Mrs. Allen R. McMillan from attending services, because they disrupted worship by shouting "amen" too loudly and often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 14, 1946 | 1/14/1946 | See Source »

Muttering In the Chorus. In various harsh words, other C.I.O. leaders shouted amen. John Lewis called the Truman proposal "an evil, vile-smelling mess . . . full of dozens of loopholes that would make it unworkable." Even mild Bill Green cheeped: "Unacceptable to labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Open Break? | 12/17/1945 | See Source »

...Friends live up to their principles there is no line of race to them. All men are brothers. Planner House offers a valuable opportunity for Friends to demonstrate the thing they claim to believe." To which Dr. Robert M. Hopkins, president of the United Christian Missionary Society, offered as amen: "Religion is interested in better relations between men, and Planner House provides the means by which this is done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Brotherhood of Man | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

...gratitude for all those who paid the price of victory we now ask Thy guidance as we dedicate ourselves to that cause for which they gave their last whole measure of devotion. Lord of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget! Amen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Wainwright's Prayer | 12/3/1945 | See Source »

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