Word: fervors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With vigor in their bodies, fervor in their souls, aphorisms in their minds, a band of high-pressure Protestant missionaries last week began a three-month tour of 25 religiously significant U. S. communities. The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America advertised the undertaking as "the greatest united venture in religion on the part of Protestant churches of America in this generation." Starting with Albany, N. Y. last week, preaching teams of at least ten men and women will spend four days in the following communities: Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Detroit, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Birmingham, Louisville. St. Louis, Cleveland...
...average concentrator will do well to steer clear of the Department unless he has a burning fervor for German, but men with a genuine interest and ability will be able to do useful work in the field. There is a strong possibility, however, that the efficiency of the new introductory courses will bring students more rapidly to a knowledge which will allow them to enjoy the literature than has previously been the case...
Foursquare. In London every Easter Monday posters in front of the Albert Hall announce Easter services of the Elim Foursquare Revivalists* led by a sensitive-mouthed, curly-haired Welshman named George Jeffreys. Whipped up to hot fervor by the evangelical baritone of George Jeffreys, the audience prays, sways, sings, shouts...
...from Idaho far from impressive. The trouble was, he thought, that he had to pause too often to consult his manuscript. To Youngstown he went with no manuscript. For 80 minutes he spoke extemporaneously. Those who went to hear him in the expectation of being deeply stirred by the fervor of his words, left Stambaugh Auditorium inexplicably disappointed...
...attorneys fore & aft with embarrassing questions were disappointed. Neither the argument of Mr. Dickinson nor the argument of his opponents was interrupted except by a few simple questions from the Bench on matters of information. Only lawyer to be ribbed by the Court was Mr. Wood. In the fervor of his argument, his voice rose, his arms flailed. Mr. Dickinson dodged to a safer seat. Finally Chief Justice Hughes leaned forward: "Mr. Wood, would you mind lowering your voice...