Word: hensley
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Died. The Rt. Rev. Herbert Hensley Henson, 83, sharp-tongued onetime (1920-39) Anglican Bishop of Durham, England; near Ipswich, England. One of the first British critics of the Nazis and their antiSemitism, Bishop Henson made many enemies with his scathing denunciations of the Oxford Group, Edward VIII's marriage, the U.S. ("a conspicuous illustration of the folly of neglecting the moral factor in life"), and the U.S.S.R. "with its hideous doctrine of mechanized humanity...
...hurt them ..." members of the Little Pine Mountain Church of God were vexed when Kentucky's Legislature recently passed a law imposing a $50-$100 fine on those who (after June 12) "display, handle or use a snake or reptile in a religious service." Pastor George Washington Hensley last week told how his church, by testing faith by poison, had already got around the Legislature: "Brother Bradley Shell took a large dose of strychnine powders about 6 o'clock. We stayed with him until 11:30 and there was no bad effect on him because of his faith...