Word: baptiste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Council of the Baptist Union in London was holding one of its regular meetings. The "Grand Old Man of Nonconformity"?John Clifford (87)?was present. He was pro- posing a vote of sympathy for the union's secretary, Mr. De Shakespere, soon to undergo a delicate operation on the eyes. "I commend my friend to God," said John Clifford. He stopped, paled, collapsed, almost instantly died...
...Clifford has been one of England's leaders. Said Lloyd George once: "I would rather ring a coin on the conscience of John Clifford than on that of any other man in England." Ten years ago he became widely known in the U. S. when he presided at the Baptist World Conference in Philadelphia and spoke with long-remembered eloquence. The universities of the U. S., led by that of Chicago, heaped honors upon...
Born in a grimy village in the factory district of Derbyshire, son of a "hardfisted, Methodist, blacksmith father," his dark youth was lightened by a gentle mother from whom he learned the Baptist faith...
William D. Upshaw, Congressman from Georgia, Baptist, author of Earnest Willie, or Echoes from a Recluse, formerly a Vice President of the Anti-Saloon League, last Winter caused an Upshaw uproar. He protested against drinking of spirituous refreshments, even in the Capitol, by members of Congress. Indications are that he will renew his efforts in the next Congress, for, addressing the W. C. T. U. last week, he reiterated his opinions and laid out a program...
...Wednesday, October 17, three groups will be started, one under the Rev. K. C. MacArthur '05 of the Old Cambridge Baptist Church, one by Reverend Allen W. Clark '18 of St. Paul's Cathedral, Boston, assisted by Mr. F. C. Lawrence, and one by Mr. W. A. Shimer '18 of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...