Word: baptiste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Krishnamurti may be "an old story" but he can scarcely be said to "titillate sewing circles." It might interest you to know that men like Bernard Shaw, James Montgomery Flagg and George Lansbury be said to have appointed persons to be apostles, any more than John the Baptist appointed Jesus to be the Christ. You cannot appoint a sunrise nor stop it, though you can throw dust in people's eyes so they...
...sole survivor of the many knightly orders established during the Crusades. A well supported legend ascribes its foundation to Pope Gregory the Great (540-604), who established numerous hospices in the Holy Land. After the capture of Jerusalem in 1099, the Order of St. John the Baptist at that place became the cradle of the numerous orders of St. John of Jerusalem, of which a still surviving offshoot exists in England, Germany, Italy, Silesia...
Those who have accused Mr. John D. Rockefeller Jr. of inconsiderateness, selfishness, because the loud though melodious tones of the carillon which he donated to the Park Avenue Baptist Church disturbed their holiday slumbers (TIME, Dec. 7) do not number among them August Heckscher, philanthropist. Moved to characteristic benignancy by Mr. Rockefeller's carillon, Mr. Heckscher made a proposal to the Mayor of New York. He would like to give a carillon to the city. Indeed, if the city would build a tower for the purpose in Central Park, he would order the bells forthwith. He said: "The flexibility...
...Charles W. Gilkey '03, minister of the Hyde Park Baptist Church of Chicago, will conduct the services in Appleton Chapel at 8.45 o'clock this morning...
...Charles W. Gilkey '03, minister of the Hyde Park Baptist Church of Chicago, will conduct the services in Appleton Chapel at 8.45 o'clock this morning...