Word: christs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...teachings of Christ and the institution of war are two irreconcilable ideas", said Dr. Richards, who is calling upon the Christian peoples of the world to lend all their energies to an active combat with the power which the war system holds over humanity. Dr. Richards is himself a pacifist and was one all during the last war. His doctrine of pacifism, however, as he stated in his speech last night, is not one of meek submission. "Non-resistance and non cooperation will not achieve world peace", said Dr. Richards. "War must be combatted, and a definite stand must...
Samuel Butler observed that most good Christians of his day would have been deeply shocked if they had ever encountered anyone who took Christianity seriously. But there are even now people who believe that the example of Christ is not past the flesh to follow; indeed, that it is an example well worth the scrutiny of the U. S. business man. These people, many of them members of Evangelical Churches, have hitherto worked in Sunday Schools, Bible Classes, Universities, asking the question long ago put forward by Charles Sheldon, author of In His Steps?"What would happen if we took...
...Mott. They invited also George Sherwood Eddy, preeminent among the exhorters of Americans and others, who speaks always with clenched fist, contracted brow, tight-drawn lips. He bullies men's consciences, he stirs their emotions. In almost every land, he has exhorted for peace, brotherhood, personal purity, "taking Christ seriously...
Thus the movement was organized which has challenged a U. S. community with the full implication of the Gospel of Christ...
...notice: "An anthology of the best sermons of 1923-24 is now being collected and edited by Joseph Fort Newton, pastor of the Church of the Divine Paternity, Manhattan. The first volume is announced for September publication by Harcourt Brace & Co., who brought out Papini's Life of Christ. The collection is open to ail creeds and all varieties thereof. Readers of TIME who desire to nominate sermons should address Dr. Newton at 76th Street and Central Park West, Manhattan...