Word: christs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Washington's habit to kneel in public prayer; but that was not because he did not believe in prayer or share in the prayers of the group, as you imply; it was because standing in prayer was the common practice of his day. He did not commune at Christ Church, Philadelphia, according to a statement of the rector, Bishop White. The possible reasons for Bishop White's statement, and its lack of evidential value as to Washington's general practice, were commented upon by Bishop Meade. There is quite as unimpeachable testimony that Washington did partake of the Communion, both...
Fifty Grand is about a prize fighter. Today is Friday is about Christ. A Pursuit Race is about a snowbird. There are nine other stories in the book...
...privileges, but Oxford has long been noted for its democratic independence. Magdalen College refused to enter King Edward when he was Prince of Wales because Queen Victoria made stipulations that the head of that institution would not accept; and so the young Prince had to go to the "House" (Christ Church). And many a noble lord with erroneous ideas about his own importance has been reduced to equality by a summary ducking in a fountain or a "de-bagging" (trousers taken off in public) humiliation...
...appearance in court was the result of his roaring into a meeting of 10,000 members of the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints (Mormons), waving banners & flags, and shouting: "A message for Israel...
...WHEREAS the application of these principles to certain cases calls on a minister to interpret what is irremediable willful desertion and what is injustice to an innocent person who has been divorced for Scriptural reasons-interpretations not always easy to make, having regard both to his duty to maintain Christ's ideal of marriage and to show Christian sympathy with those who have been the victim of tragic wrong...