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Although his enemies later claimed he was illegitimate, Edwin Stanton was born in thoroughly respectable circumstances to an Ohio doctor and his devout Methodist wife. Long before he became Secretary of War. Stanton made a name for himself as an outspoken lawyer who loved the rough-and-tumble of both politics and the courtroom...
...mass rally, which this evening packed almost all the demonstrators into a small Methodist church, may have helped to revive flagging spirits and determination. But an indifferent or hostile Congress, inclement weather, and a lack of agreement on basic principles have dimmed the hopes of Project Washington...
...find the gains spectacular. Since 1954, when the Rev. Samuel Johnston began encouraging "percentage giving," the yearly income of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Wellesley, Mass., has increased from $55,000 to $132,000. The largest Protestant congregation (2,000 families) in Washington, D.C., Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, inaugurated tithing in 1951 and has pushed income since then from...
...used to say after he had made his pile. "I was in partnership with the Big Fellow-and he made geology." "Some successful businessmen make a great point of telling how their success dated from the time they took God in with them as a partner." complains California Methodist Dr. Grover Bagby. "To this blasphemous idea it would almost seem in order to make an equally blasphemous reply: 'What a break...
...JAMES E. ALEXANDER The Gleasondale Methodist Church Gleasondale, Mass...