Word: communings
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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...
...have lived my life and I can confide to you what now is my one principle: one must never tell what one feels, knows or sees. That is why I am not going to talk under the cupola of the Academy. That is why I shall continue to commune with myself in silence. In my day the journalists did the talking for the public. These days the public talks for the journalists...
Martyrs Rewarded. In Sept. 1792, the Bishops of Aries, of Beauvais, of Nantes, with priests, deacons, monks, nuns and some laymen of the Church, were butchered in French provincial prisons. This was by invitation of a circular letter, sent to outlying cities by the victorious Paris Commune, anxious to give impression of its strength before the pending election. Danton and Roland, concerned for their own heads, hinted disapproval but did not venture more. The list of victims, definitely though they had disappeared, was long lost, and the Roman Catholic Church remained uncertain of the claims of many to martyrdom...
...boundaries of Paris were extended to make room for a new Quartier, that of Auteuil, which includes the whole of the Bois de Boulogne and the two race courses, Auteuil and Longchamps. The Bois was virtually owned by Paris for many years, but technically it belonged to the Commune of Boulogne...
...Bolsheviki may change mates as often as they desire under the new divorce law. Under a recent decree they may change any or all of their names by the simple process of notifying the Registrar of the Commune. The only change that the Bolshevik authorities will not tolerate is a change of Government...