Word: flocks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fist. Rather it is the beauty Of an old, old woman in a black mantilla; Of an old, old woman with unutterable wisdom Behind her wordless reticence; who lights a candle In token of prayer before a faded picture of the Madonna. Or it is humble beauty- A flock of goats tumbling down a slope At twilight; or a silent beauty Of wine-dark shadows shed on purple hills...
Moderator. In Brooklyn Rev. Henry H. Proctor is the unpretending pastor of an unpretentious little Congregational Church and its equally unpretentious membership. Yet the qualities of heart and mind that Rev. Mr. Proctor presents to his little flock have not passed unnoticed. Powerful pastors of powerful churches esteem him well - men like Dr. S. Parkes Cadman of the Central Congregational Church and James Percival Huget of the great Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church, who are his neighbors. They and their fellow Congregational ministers met last week in Manhattan to choose a moderator for their New York Association of Congregational churches. They...
...Among the first to read Mme. Calvé's protest was William J. Guard, kindly press agent of the Metropolitan, who watches over his flock like a mother hen. He fumed, he fussed, he ruffled his feathers, flapped his great wings, said...
...this it was the object of a hot verbal attack on the floor of Congress a week ago. Today's editorial discussed the statement of Prosecuting Attorney Buckner that prohibition cannot be substantially enforced. It said that "where as Americans used to flock to Europe as a tribute to a civilization which we have not attained, we now flood the continent with a disgraceful, thirsty crew that makes the name of America ridiculous in European eyes." The editorial said: "The majority of Americans subscribe to what masquerades under the name of Christianity. Why not make it compulsory and thus insure...
...regarded as significant that, although the Abbé's screams were audible at a considerable distance, none of his flock appears to have considered this sufficiently unusual to call the police...