Word: mccrea
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...great was the name of Dickens, however, that few churchmen took offense. "The time for the publication of The Life of Our Lord could not be more opportune," rejoiced General Secretary S. McCrea Cavert of the Federal Churches of Christ. "Many people," agreed Dean Luther Allan Weigle of the Yale Divinity School, "will read this because Charles Dickens wrote it and it will help to make many acquainted with the life of our Lord...
...flag. Because few churches hoisted pennants outdoors the question of propriety bothered no one until last week. Then the Navy Department was asked for an opinion. It shied away, saying that it could make no ruling about inland churches. While the Federal Council's Secretary Samuel McCrea Cavert went on investigating, last Sunday Queens Village Baptist Church continued to put God above Country...
...surveyed, Protestant gifts never amounted to more than 1% of the U.S. income. With the national income declining from 85 billions in 1929 to 40 billions in 1932, the church income dropped from $581,000,000 only to $378,000,000. Said the Federal Council's Secretary Samuel McCrea Cavert: "The evidence certainly is that the American people are not ready to discard their churches...
...love him enough. The girl tries to commit suicide by jumping into a lake and it strikes Mrs. Phelps as deplorable that her sons do not put on overcoats before going to pull her out. Then she does her best to spoil the marriage of her older son (Joel McCrea) -on the ground that his wife (Irene Dunne) is selfishly ambitious. This young lady finally outwits Mrs. Phelps with a dissertation on the maternal emotion which sounds particularly astringent coming so close to Mother's Day. As dramatic pathology, The Silver Cord is more pungent than profound. It derives...
...Manhattan last week he fell to thinking what fun the Canada trip had been, especially the miner quartet. Putting deed to thought, he telephoned the mine, arranged to have the singers shipped down by special plane in time to perform next evening at a return dinner to Minister McCrea. A second message stipulated that the miners must remain dirty and wear their work clothes to earn their...