Word: baptists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...being the lone Jew in a Southern town: "The folks automatically identify him with Jeremiah, Isaiah. Amos, and the Second Coming . . . When the Baptist Sunday School teacher is puzzled by some involved Biblical problems he immediately runs over to Goldstein's to get the information, right from the original source . . . Poor Goldstein; with the bottom falling out of the textile machinery market, this fellow keeps worrying him about the Ark of the Covenant...
Will the South support a Catholic nominee? On the heels of Alabama Governor John Patterson's recent endorsement of Jack Kennedy for 1960 came the first dark imprints, looming ominously for any Catholic candidate. The Alabama Baptist, noting that Patterson did not speak for a majority of Alabamans, pronounced Kennedy hopelessly dominated by the Catholic hierarchy. And the Methodist Christian Advocate, official mouthpiece of Alabama's Methodists, denounced Patterson, conceded that Kennedy was a good man but that "the people of Alabama ... do not intend to jeopardize their democratic liberties by opening the doors of the White House...
...First Baptist Church...
...Have you ever heard of the Supreme Ruler of the Universe?" the judge asked each of them. Puzzled, each replied, "No, sir." Advised Baptist Walker: "The Supreme Ruler of the Universe is God. He is the one to whom you should direct your appeal for comfort and advice. I commend him to you as one who can be a great benefactor to each of you if you call on him humbly and prayerfully...
...Paris last week, after five days of Intourist tourism, Baptist Graham told reporters he had not been surprised when Russian religious leaders told him that atheism was declining and religion rising in the U.S.S.R. "I could read on the faces of the people a great spiritual hunger, and the sort of insecurity that only God can solve," he said. "We don't like Communism, but we love the Russian people...