Word: faithfully
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Spirit is that not of Acts but of the Apostle Paul. And the authentic proof of the Spirit's presence is not in flames of fire or "speaking with tongues" but in the "fruits of the Spirit" as Paul defines them: "love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control." At Amsterdam, these "fruits" were abundantly evident within the World Council Assembly. Time and again in Christian history, there have been dramatic reenactments of Pentecost, with dubious enduring spiritual fruitage. It may well be the judgment of history that the Living Spirit was far more effectively...
...sweet reasonableness and added a sly twist of his own. "Some of these unhappy conditions are the result of circumstances beyond the control of any government. Any fair-minded person would agree that others are merely the result of the Administration's lack of judgment, or of faith in our people. Only part are deliberately caused for political purposes...
Louis Budenz, professional ex-Communist, advised Harry Bridges, Communist-line boss of West Coast longshoremen, to return to the faith of his Roman Catholic youth: "I know from personal experience how troubled must be the conscience of Harry Bridges, and that is why I am presenting this thought directly...
...while worked for Hindu-Moslem unity. In 1921, he abandoned the Congress to build the Moslem League and to work for a separate government for Indian Moslems. The walls of his meeting halls blazed with such slogans as: "Make the blood of slaves boil with the force of faith!" and "Make the small sparrow fight the big hawk!" He would stalk into meetings wearing his "political uniform"-native dress with a black astrakhan cap-and whip the Moslems into a frenzy. Sometimes, in his fury, his monocle would pop out of its socket. After meetings, he would go home, change...
...really motivated by goals so easily stated. It is Marius who blows his top one night and rips down the facade of their pretenses: "We've all been lying. Cheating. Masquerading . . . What is it we're really after? . . . One wants peace. Another wants love. A third wants faith. A fourth wants power. It's all very simple. And rather absurd...