Word: clergyman
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...Sebastian Kresge resented being indirectly referred to by a Methodist Episcopal clergyman as the devil, if he felt that ingratitude should forfeit charity, he did not allow his actions to express his feelings. Instead, he presented $725,000 to the Detroit Methodist Children's Home Society, with which to build an orphanage for small children. It was to be a new and charming orphanage, with small cottages instead of wards and corridors, with married couples, when possible, to act as father and mother to children who have none of their own. This gift was accepted like the other, with...
...made veiled reference to "Valley Forge ... a dreamer ... a man with a great vision. . . ."At last it became apparent who the man was. The audience cheered and clapped when a little white-haired clergyman, looking for all the world like a sly puppy, gave an uncertain, embarrassed smile, got up from his chair, tiptoed toward the centre of the stage, and took the ivory box. The little clergyman was the Rev. Dr. William Herbert Burk. He had been awarded the Bok Prize for founding and forwarding the Washington Memorial at Valley Forge...
...BONNEY FAMILY?Ruth Suckow? Knopf ($2.50). There are two old Bonneys, four little Bonneys?Warren, Sarah, Wilma & Wilfred. Mr. Bonney, a country clergyman, moves from the humble but well-beloved village of Morning Sun to a college town so that his children may have the advantage of college education. When this has had its effect, redheaded, eccentric Warren is a well-tamed professor; Sarah is a kind, sensible, placid young spinster; Wilma is married and faraway; Wilfred, who had especially liked rabbits or other animals, is dead in France. Wise Mrs. Bonney is dead too, and foolish, likable Mr. Bonney...
...long can the candle of genius be hidden under a bushel; the recognizing world catches errant gleams that betray closeted flame, and cries out to know more of the modest great. This has, unfortunately not been true with the Reverend Paul Sterling, MeIrose clergyman who has just revealed himself as the prime mover in Boston's recent campaign of book censorship. In this instance Cinderella herself has been obliged to strike the hour of unmasking...
...would share his point of view, was totally at fault. The physician, after his long and arduous apprenticeship, receives high wages if he attains competence. The lawyer, the merchant, even the thief, is re- compensed for the lean years of his schooling by large profits in his prime. The clergyman, also, must undergo an intensive theological training before he receives a degree; afterward his education is still gradual and hard. Then, even if he has reached rare proficiency, his financial recognition is far less than that of an able dentist, is comparable to that of a high-grade mechanic...