Word: christe
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Wandering Jew (Twickenham) presents the cavernous countenance of Conrad Veidt in four different makeups, representing four phases of the tedious life of that legendary Jew who made one of the worst guesses on record. In Jerusalem, Veidt is a rich Jew with a sick wife whom he asks Christ to heal. To his vexation the Messiah (off screen) suggests that he return the woman to the man from whom he stole her. As Christ goes to be crucified, the Jew curses and spits at Him. Condemned to wander the earth, Veidt next turns up during the Crusades. He jousts with...
...nearly 200 years since John Wesley in 1738 felt his heart strangely warmed by Jesus Christ. That experience was the beginning of Methodism. Wesley's Church ever since has been theologically roomy. Likewise it has been on the side of poor people against the rich. In the U. S., decades ago, Methodists began preaching Prohibition, that great reform which was to save people from the brewers and saloonkeepers. Methodists also espoused labor's causes - collective bargaining, shorter hours, unemployment insurance- when to do so seemed downright radical. Today in the perceptible leftward swing of U. S. religion, Methodism...
...Fourth City" know that Rev. Merton Stacher ("Mert") Rice of mammoth Metropolitan Methodist Church has twice declined a bishopric. Likewise nationally known in their respective churches are Presbyterian Joseph Anderson Vance, Quaker Morton C. Pearson, Rabbi Leo M. Franklin. Congregationalists Charles Haven Myers and Warren Wheeler Pickett, Disciple of Christ Edgar De Witt Jones...
...Christ or Hitler? Germany obtained the Saar in 1815, proceeded with a ruthless Prussianization which lasted over 100 years and enables Adolf Hitler to shout with substantial truth "Deutsch ist die Saar...
...Bouwerie but in those which are welcoming stately, white-haired Dancer Ruth St. Denis, 54, good Christian Scientist. Three years ago Miss St. Denis founded a Society for the Spiritual Arts whose 100 members meet weekly in her studio for readings from the world's great prophets -Buddha, Christ, Mohammed, Zoroaster, Krishna et al. Before an altar, serious-minded Miss St. Denis or members of the Society interpret the readings in motion. They believe they have lately had notable success with the Psalms. And last week Miss St. Denis had ready a dance-pageant which she and a "rhythmic...