Word: converted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lutherans learned to their dismay that although $50,000 has been spent in Africa in two years of mission work, only one convert has espoused the faith. They learned, too, that in 68 years of carrying the light of faith in the dark continent, not one native congregation has been formed. Disheartening though this information was, the convention voted to continue its activities...
...lady, is regarded as an expert impresario. It is said that she taught Alice Brady how to act and other able mimes-Ben Lyons, Ann Harding, James Rennie, Katherine Cornell, Helen Menken-have appeared in her productions. Last spring Jessie Bonstelle organized a drive for subscribers in order to convert her playhouse into...
...Weatherby, a portly widow with a sensuous passion for exotic religions, was flattered to receive them both one hot afternoon. Vain, she did not suspect that d'Astier came only to convert her wealth to the Church; and d'Orobelli to glean some gossip of Annie Spragg. Maundering, inaccurate, patronizing, Mrs. Weatherby said Annie had lived with her fanatic preacher brother at the edge of Winnebago Falls-her only companion a Hack goat, partner in her devilish Bacchanalian dances. That her father had been Cyrus Spragg, "the Prophet" in Illinois of a garish religion founded upon...
...Boxer days, I was in the vicinity of Tientsin. By that time I was a grown man, and I could not but observe the home life and serenity of spirit of many Christians whom I knew. After a time I became a convert to Christianity...
Memorable, last week, was the midyear statement of American Locomotive Co., made public by Chairman William Hartman Woodin, recent Smith convert. Net profits for the first six months of 1928 were $1,502,702, as against $2,485,784 in 1927. "Locomotive buying," said Chairman Woodin...