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...have been waterborne, he once told Butcher that when his time came he was going to insist that his ceremonial coffin be built in the shape of a landing craft. Someone else can figure out the history part...
...156th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (2,000,000 communicants) met in Chicago's neo-Gothic Fourth Presbyterian Church. To a jampacked audience assembled to elect his successor, lean, ascetic-looking, scholarly Henry Sloane Coffin finished his term as moderator with a slam-bang speech...
Later Dr. Coffin explained his bluntness: "This was my swan song, so I could say what I pleased." Asked if a new moderator could not express himself similarly, he retorted: "Oh, yes. But the number of brethren who pussyfoot is large. What...
During the 41 years Dr. Coffin has taught at the Seminary, he has become internationally known as a Presbyterian liberal and an eloquent preacher. Under his care, Union grew in prestige and endowment (his old Yale friend Edward S. Harkness gave $1,250,000). After years of opposition by conservative Presbyterian groups, Dr. Coffin was last year elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A...
...Like Dr. Coffin, Dr. Van Dusen is a leader in the ecumenical movement (the question of church mergers will again be discussed at this week's Presbyterian Assembly). He favored earlier U.S. intervention in the European war, is enthusiastic about foreign missions, believes that vigorous, outspoken church leadership is necessary for a just and durable peace...