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...began to arrive for Sunday services at the chapel downstairs, the carabinieri waved them away. Pastor Paden went downstairs to remonstrate. He urged the carabinieri themselves to come inside to hear his preaching. Said their commander: "Why would you let us attend your services? We are all Catholics." Answered Evangelist Paden: "All the more reason for us to save your souls." The carabinieri just went on patrolling the entrance...
...look is merely superficial. Inside the jazzy jackets, the little books toe a firm fundamentalist line going straight back to fiery Evangelist Dwight L. Moody, who founded the press in 1894. In The Prodigal, copyright 1898, Moody himself delivers a brisk little homily on the perils of cigars, whisky and wild women. More up-to-the-minute, A Visit to Mars is mildly in the modern science-fiction vein. The Martians, it turns out, are not only supermen but super-Christians, who have attained a state of grace. The only graceless, earthian thing about them is their dialogue. Sample...
There were two dissenting voices. Said U.S. Evangelist Georgia Harkness, a Methodist and one of the only two women delegates, "I am disappointed. The American delegation is not as vocal as it should be, and too little is said of the dynamic side of Christian experience." Said Armenian Orthodox Archbishop Tiran Nersoyan: "Discussions don't solve problems. History does...
...riverside near Vicksburg, Miss, one morning last week, Evangelist Billy Graham stepped up to a platform, lifted his eyes to heaven, and blessed a 200-ft. converted LSM (Landing Ship, Medium) and its crew. This week the ship, known around Vicksburg as "The Ark of LeTourneau," will cast off and nose out into the muddy Mississippi. Its cargo consists of $500,000 worth of heavy earthmoving, lumbering and land-clearing machinery, food supplies for a year, 500 New Testaments and a dozen "technical missionaries." Its destination: Liberia...
Citation: "He has given his life to Christian missionary work . . . in 64 countries he has helped 15 million people learn their A B Cs in 239 languages and dialects. An evangelist of literacy. In method unique. In spirit naive. In Godliness practical. He has loved men . . . in deed and in truth...