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...Mighty I AM Presence is probably the only U. S. faith whose custodians travel in a cream-colored limousine with a concert harp hitched on the rear. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ballard and Son Donald-as their printed literature invariably refers to them-claim to be the "Accredited Messengers" of a group of spirits whom they call the "Ascended Masters." These include Christ and Moses, but their most articulate spokesman is one "Saint Germain." St. Germain, says Mr. Ballard, appeared to him on Mt. Shasta eight years ago, gave him a drink of "creamy liquid" of which "the electrical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mighty I AM | 2/28/1938 | See Source »

...Ballard and Son Donald sell their followers pins, I AM rings ($12), phonograph records of the discourses of the Accredited Messengers (also harp solos by Mrs. Ballard), and pictures in all sizes of St. Germain, of Jesus Christ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mighty I AM | 2/28/1938 | See Source »

...HARP THAT ONCE-Howard Mumford Jones-Holt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bard of Erin | 10/25/1937 | See Source »

...until Moore had settled in England, some time after, that he wrote his Irish Melodies, the series of poems which, set to music by Sir John Stevenson and containing such songs as Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms, Oh, Breathe Not His Name.* The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls, comprise the work for which he is chiefly remembered. Though the Melodies are filled with romantic, hazy references to the woes of Erin, in practical fact the fires of revolutionary ardor in the poet himself had burned very dim. A favorite with fashionable London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bard of Erin | 10/25/1937 | See Source »

Dennis Stoll, U. S.-hating young British composer, received permission from Queen Elizabeth to dedicate to Princess Margaret Rose a suite for strings and harp. The four movements are entitled: To Her Hands in Prayer, To Her Feet in Dance, To Her Heart in Beauty, To Her Infinite Variety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 2, 1937 | 8/2/1937 | See Source »

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