Word: amenability
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...leadership for the community in all of its aspects." The school was nonsectarian, but most of the preacher-students were Methodists. Instructors skirted doctrinal mat ters, stressed the cold facts of soil conservation, health, education. Classes were highly informal, with the preachers lounging in overstuffed chairs and enthusiastically shouting "Amen!" when a speaker made a telling point. After two weeks of hard study, most of them took a night off to see the Atlanta Crackers baseball club wallop Nashville...
...voices joined in another hymn: Faith of Our Fathers. Bishop Angus Dun repeated once more the remembered words from the President's first inaugural address: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Then: "Through Jesus Christ to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen...
...most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee . . . to restrain these immoderate rains. . .. Grant us fair weather for battle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory . . . and establish Thy justice among men and nations. Amen...
...which still prevail among us. Preserve our Union against all the divisions of race and class which threaten us. ... May the blessing of God Almighty rest upon the whole land. May He give us light to guide us, courage to support us, charity to unite us, now and forever. Amen...
...Chicago last week an attractive young woman named Betty Ryan climbed up on a speaker's stand, crossed herself and said: "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Good evening, folks, I am glad to see you here tonight because I am going to talk about the Bible. You people love the Bible. You read it every day, I know. Now we Catholics love the Bible, too, and that is what I want to tell you about tonight...