Word: jesus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...prime part of Protestant worship is the singing of "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs." On any Sunday throughout the U. S., among the thousands of hymns which drone toward Heaven are sure to be the following well-beloved four: The Church's One Foundation; O, Jesus, I Have Promised; Onward, Christian Soldiers; Softly Now the Light of Day. Last week Rt. Rev. Benjamin Dunlap Dagwell, chub-cheeked Episcopal Bishop of Oregon, suggested that these old soldiers be given a rest. Said the Bishop, who has sung them since he was a chub-cheeked choirboy: "They are fine hymns...
...preacher who asked him "What might your name be, little man?" Soap Dodger answered, "It might be Jesus Christ, but it hain't." He never whimpered, not even when his old man laid him cold, and he was first of the gang to find out about sex at first hand. Such accomplishments and wisdom ranked high with his followers: Wickie Winters, scabby-faced, half-dressed, half-wit son of a washerwoman; Cockie Werner, whose only talent was catching frogs; Nutsie Doane, also ordinary, except for a crooked arm, the result of having a broken arm re-broken...
...When Jesus was born . . . behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him. . . . They departed, and, lo, the star, which they saw in the East, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. . . . They presented unto him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh...
...Jesus like a butterfly
...effacing satire. Last week he was worried lest the gallery lose money on his show, even though Nelson Rockefeller had bought his Persistent Sea for $250. He attributed his love for his hobby, carpentry, to the fragrance of fresh wood, then added sweetly, "or maybe it's the Jesus...