Word: evangelists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...telegram was received at the White House from an Evangelist...
Evening. In the tabernacle-tent of the evangelist, every yellow chair and all the sawdust aisles were filled. Six weeks had he labored for this hour. Half the town (Elmira, N. Y.), as they sang hymns of salvation, saw their sins stand horrible and naked before them. The evangelist leapt to the rostrum, proclaimed his text: "THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH." Finally, said he: "No person in whose heart reposes guilty knowledge need expect to make peace with God until full confession is first made." Dawn. In police headquarters, a night captain leaned drowsily over his desk. He felt...
...Conference was opened by William R. Moody, son of the great Evangelist. Northfield, said he, unequivocally affirms the deity of the Nazarene...
...Spring day in 1889, her magnificently equipped carriage rolled up to the dignified Church of St. John the Evangelist. She alighted, dressed in the modern equivalent of sackcloth and ashes, carrying a pail and scrubbing-brush, 'dropped to her knees, scrubbed the tiling, "did penance for her sins...
...communion service - otherwise known as the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper-was conducted by radio for the first time in history. The service was broadcast from the West End Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, through WJZ, after a sermon by the British evangelist, G. Campbell Morgan. The elements, bread and wine, were blessed by the pastor, Edwin Keigwin.† The invisible audience did not partake until all had been served, so that all present in the church might partake simultaneously with those who served themselves bread and wine at home. While the elements were passed, the organ was audibly played...