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...famed, sharp-eyed founder of the Oxford Groups ("Buchmanites") practically admits in his speeches, the guidance of God often comes to him in the form of choppy, telegraphic memoranda. In Oslo last March Dr. Frank Nathan Daniel Buchman declared: "Before I landed in Norway it came constantly in my Quiet Times...
...Buchman did not tell this man that his trade was wrong," said Roots. "By supporting his views and letting him realize himself where they led him, he brought about a change in his perspective...
...Another man came to Buchman, saying he believed in Confucians," the former CRIMSON editor continued. 'Buchman did not argue with him. He said he was delighted and wanted him to use these doctrines on an impoverished family who stole chickens down the road...
...month he tried to aid them but found that he was only losing more and more money. Finally, he pleaded with Buchman to take up the case, who so changed their views of life that they resumed honesty and became respectable citizens...
...Again in South Africa a professor in Pretoria imbued the faculty with such hate of the English that the language was not even spoken and the English faculty departed. Buchman through personal contacts with the man proved that he could accomplish nothing but harm this...