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...working with the Graham organization-but we have received three cards: one from a dear old lady who lasn't been to church in 50 years, one from a total stranger whom we can't reach and who won't call back, and one from a devout 15-year-old girl who faithfully attends Sunday school every week here. I've been criticized by some for not cooperating; ten of my parishioners have spoken to me about it. People are bewitched by the aura of Madison Square Garden, they are lifted by the general upsurge; then...
Added Mary Louise: "If he had been a devout practicing Catholic when I met him, I would never have let him leave his church. I majored in religion at Vassar, and I believe all religions are good...
...strong were Hodja Boyar's feelings, in fact, that one Friday evening after prayers he incautiously told worshipers at the Odemis mosque: "All the devout should attend the Democratic Party meeting which will be held day after tomorrow. Those who do not attend may be classed with the infidels...
Back to Work. A basically soft and kind young man, a devout Buddhist who abhors seeing any of his people suffering, Sihanouk has been through many changes of heart. The whole world cheered the way his representatives at the 1954 Geneva Conference withstood Communist attempts to subvert Cambodia by treaty. Then he fell under Nehru's spell, and hinted darkly that U.S. aid ($120 million in three years) was being used as a device to take over Cambodia. He welcomed Chou En-lai to Pnompenh last November -but then became alarmed at the Communists' evident strength in Cambodia...
...influenza epidemic was at its height, and almost every man in the two companies of Students Army Training Corps recruits at Utah's Mormon Brigham Young University had the dreaded fever. Among them was Private Ernest Wilkinson-a short (5 ft. 5 in.), devout and dedicated boy who was then in his sophomore year at B.Y.U. As he prayed for recovery, young Wilkinson made a vow: If he lived, he would "do something great for the Lord's university...