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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...they selected, but who has not yet answered the call, is George A. Buttrick, 34, English-born son of an English Methodist minister. During the War he worked for the Y. M. C. A. After the War he came to the U. S., eventually to secure the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, the post he now holds...
...Moreover, not beyond fact is sainthood. There are two Negro saints. The better known is St. Benedict the Moor (called also the Blackamoor, the Black, the Negro). His parents were slaves in Sicily 400 years ago, and, proud, they refused to conceive children unless their master promised their first-born freedom. Thus was St. Benedict prenatally free. At 21 he joined the order of hermits of St. Francis. One day when the friars could not get food, because of a heavy fall of snow, Benedict filled several large vessels with water, and prayed all night to God. Next morning...
...other acknowledged black saint is Moyses the Ethiopian (4th Century). St. Augustine (354-430) with Ambrose, Jerome and Gregory the Great, a Father of the Church, is presumed by many believers to have been a Negro. He was born at Tagaste in Numidia (Northern Africa...
...Born. To Mrs. & Deems Taylor, 41, famed U. S. composer and one-time music critic of the New York World, a daughter, Joan (6¾ Ibs.); in Manhattan...
...Born. To Alvin Victor Donahey, 53, Governor of Ohio, a granddaughter, Margaret Eleanor Huffman (8½ Ibs.); in Columbus, Ohio...