Word: christs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bryan, Anderson, and Volstead are seen protesting against the miracle of turning water into wine, with the illuminating title underneath: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And a neighboring exhibit represents a miracle in itself. For here are heads on John the Baptist and of Christ, sawed up from Mrs. Janet Singh's dining-room floor. There they were imprinted by the power emanating from that lady's eyes, while she fixed her mind on suitable scripture passages...
...Kelley was serving as president of the board of trustees of the John Greenleaf Whittier homestead in Haverhill, was vestryman at Christ Church, Cambridge, a member of the National Education Association, of the New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, of the New Hampshire Historical Society, of the American Astronomical Society, and of the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa...
There is no more tragic phenomenon in this vale of tears than the deliberate perversion of an idea or a philosophy out of its original meaning in order to serve the base purposes of its enemies. Does a Christ preach a creed of peace on earth, good will to men, some Kaiser will pervert his words into " Gott mit Uns." Does a Nietzsche drive himself into madness transvaluing all the moral values, some nimbled-witted George Creel will reduce his works to a cheap credo for footpads. Does a serious-minded Bernard Shaw spend fifty years writing serious plays...
Last Friday, before a crowded throng of Lenten worshippers in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Bishop Manning said: "We are at the threshold of a great religious awakening, of earnest inquiry and of living faith in our Lord Jesus Christ...
...chief subject for discussion will be "The Modern Meaning of Following Christ." It will be taken up on its social, economic, and international sides as well as from the personal point of view...