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...with the National Conference of Social Work?The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, the National Conference on Social Work of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the National Conference of Jewish Social Service, the Commissions on Social Welfare of the Universalist General Convention. Bishop Francis John McConnell (Methodist), president of the Federal Council, was a potent churchman attending. Said he: "This age is not doing much with the Ten Commandments, but it is discovering a good deal for itself...
...Dallas meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Bishop James Cannon Jr. confounded his critics and won his church's forgiveness by confessing and emotionally repenting his stock gambling with a Manhattan "bucket shop" since exterminated by the law (TIME, June 16 et ante). Last fortnight Bishop Cannon confounded the Senate Lobby Committee, which sought to learn about his handling of political campaign funds, by challenging its legal authority, marching out of the hearing. Both victories were parliamentary cleverness. But last week Bishop Cannon suffered a reverse on his moral front. The Senate committee returned to the subject...
...Plummers Corner, suburb of Auburn. Me., Mrs. Carleton Proctor thought the abandoned Little Methodist Church should be used. She got the key, threw out the church supper dishes, scrubbed the floors, filled the lamps, tidied all things. Then she invited neighbors to hear her preach. During a long sermon she announced: "This is God speaking. He is going to have a clean house here. There are never going to be any more church suppers." The congregation walked...
Bishop Edwin DuBose Mouzon of Methodist Episcopal Church South, cofounder of Southern Methodist University LL.D...