Word: convert
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Little Paws? Gide was far from being a religious skeptic: he scorned freethinkers, and was passionately devoted to the example of Christ. Some of his friends were won over by Claudel's appeals, and at times it seemed as if Gide too would become a convert. One issue that kept them apart was the relation of art to religion. For Claudel, art must bear witness to Christ; he described the whole tribe of modern literary introspectionists as "horrible little terriers who put their paws on one and make one feel the convulsive shivering which animates their wretched bodies...
Trained workers step forward, lead each newcomer off to talk over his problems, give him some Bible verses to memorize, get him to sign a card accepting Jesus as his savior. Critics say that evangelism's converts are only "Christians for a night." But within 24 hours, the "Graham team" has dispatched a letter to the nearest preacher of each convert's denominational choice with instructions to follow...
...wings, a boy must: 1) attend church or Sunday school for six successive weeks, 2) memorize ten scriptural verses having to do with salvation, 3) "Accept Christ Jesus as his Savior," 4) successfully fly his own model airplane in competition. Gold wings are awarded to everyone who brings a convert into the group...
Dieckmann singled out a statement by Whatmough urging the College to convert the present requirement into an entrance requirement, calling it "an example of entirely utopian thinking...
G.I.s, muffled in parkas, working in a slashing downpour to convert their flapping tents into wooden hutments...