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Last fortnight the United Lutherans met in Omaha and the American Lutherans in Detroit for their biennial conventions, attempted to merge. Between the two groups stood chiefly an argument over the Bible. Both believe it to be the Word of God, but American Lutherans believe it more literally. A joint commission on closer union ("pulpit and altar fellowship") had devised a formula which it hoped both could accept: "By virtue of a unique operation of the Holy Spirit, by which He supplied to the holy writers content and fitting word, the separate books of the Bible are related...
...Senate seat now occupied by toothy, handshaking James M. Mead, Buffalo Democrat who helped Jim Farley parcel out post offices in the House until Senator-Doctor Royal S. Copeland's death in June 1938 brought him promotion. Tom Dewey's professional friends got together to plan the biennial Republican defeat. Kenneth Simpson was not consulted. Tom Dewey didn't want the job, said he couldn't afford the financial sacrifice (Senate salary: $10,000). Hopefully the G. 0. P. bosses scanned the list of dignified likely losers...
Last week the biennial convention of the Congregational and Christian Church met in the big brick First Congregational Church of Berkeley, Calif. Firmly rooted in town-meeting tradition, the individual congregations of the C. & C. Church do their own thinking and talking. For this independence the retiring moderator, Dr. Oscar E. Maurer of New Haven, Conn., last week took his fellow churchmen to mild task. "Much of our work," said Moderator Maurer, "fails in effectiveness because we so generally prefer to do it separately, each...
...whether it is an All-America football, All-Star baseball, Davis Cup or Olympic team-its pickers are heckled by grumblers who think they could do a better job. Last year, when the Professional Golfers Association selected ten pros to represent the U. S. in Novem ber's biennial Ryder Cup matches with Great Britain, the pickers were greeted not only with the customary chipped beefing but with a sizzling roast by fiery little Gene Sarazen - omitted from the team for the first time since...
...simply in Preparative Meetings (one or more congregations), Monthly Meetings (one or more Preparative Meetings), Quarterly Meetings (members from several Monthly Meetings), Yearly Meetings (members from several Quarterly Meetings), General Conferences (numerous Yearly Meetings). At Cape May,N. J., 1,300 U. S. Quakers met last week for their biennial Conference...