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...into diplomatic relations with the Bolsheviks. The bridegroom, Embassy Disbursing Officer George Minor, had gone to Finland to fetch the bride, Miss Mildred Wright of Charleston, W. Va. who thought it would be romantic to be married in Moscow. There is in Moscow no church with a U. S. pastor, but Bridegroom Minor had retained the services of Moscow's one Protestant clergyman, Reverend A. Streck. Herr Streck's parents were German, but he is a Soviet citizen, and has functioned in his little Lutheran church in Moscow quietly. Because most Protestant diplomats attend his services, Herr Streck...
...forget that your parishioners attend the movies and are accustomed to action. The pastor should listen in on the radio and should read the morning paper every day. The hearer should realize that the man in the pulpit is as much up-to-date or more up-to-date than...
Pledge In Litchfield, III., Pastor L. A. Crown preached on "Litchfield's Worst Sin-Ingratitude," pledged husbands of the Union Avenue Christian Church to kiss their wives twice daily for six weeks...
...Pastor Lewis Valentine, heedless of the judge's frequent warnings that he must not make irrelevant remarks, vehemently justified the burning, thundered with apostolic zeal: "The English Government's behavior in the matter of the bombing school is exactly the behavior of the new Antichrist throughout Europe. . . . The establishment of the bombing field would make imminent the death of our Welsh nation. . . . It is my responsibility for the Kingdom of God in Wales that urged me to strike the blow for Wales. Our allegiance to the laws of Christianity is infinitely higher than our allegiance to the laws...
After this passionate outburst the jury found themselves unable to agree, and as the three incendiaries walked out of the courtroom to await the next assizes they were shouldered on high by festive Welsh crowds who cheered wildly whenever Pastor Valentine mentioned "governmental iniquity...