Word: methodist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Believe in Man." Next was the Rev. Yanko Ivanov, a bald, short man who is superintendent of Bulgaria's Methodist Church. Said he: "I don't believe in man because he lies frequently ... I will give you now a full account of my criminal activities, which make me ashamed ... I will say that I am a sinner...
...same time, the Bulgarian press began to publish the "confessions" of the 15 Protestant leaders indicted for treason. Methodist Yanko Ivanov was said to have admitted giving the U.S. information "on Russian troop movements in Bulgaria." Congregationalist Vassil Ziapkov was quoted: "We betrayed our Motherland, we revealed her secrets before enemies...
...folk as Franklin Roosevelt, Bernard Baruch, General Eisenhower and Mme. Chiang Kaishek. Last year Editor Shipler got extra big publicity, but the wrong kind, when Secretary of State Marshall decided that he would rather not accept The Churchman's award. Last week, with his 1949 dinner to honor Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam only a few days off, Dr. Shipler was having trouble again...
...Methodist Harris, elected Chaplain of the U.S. Senate to succeed the late Rev. Peter Marshall, who died last fortnight (TIME, Feb. 7), was back at an old post. From 1942 to 1947 he had served as Senate Chaplain, until Peter Marshall's appointment by a Republican Senate. Many of Washington's leading politicos, especially in Democratic ranks, are his intimate friends; his study bookcases are lined with photographs of a variety of celebrities, from Winston Churchill to Cinemactress Marsha Hunt...
...Senate asked less of its chaplain: only legislative days were opened with prayer. But in 1939 the Senators decided that they should make a plea for divine guidance every time they met. Dr. Harris does not let his duties on Capitol Hill interfere with his regular work at Foundry Methodist Church, where next fall he will celebrate his 25th anniversary as pastor...