Word: pastors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mason also be a Christian? To the Rev. Walter Bauer, pastor of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Lake Erie village of Fisherville (pop. 2,200), the answer is no. Nowhere in their prayers or ritual, he told his congregation in a sermon, do Masons make mention of Jesus Christ.* Furthermore, he had come upon a passage in a Freemason lexicon that defined the Bible as a "symbol of the will of God." Pastor Bauer concluded that such teachings were unChristian. He challenged lodge members to disprove his charges...
...church's congregation knew that their pastor's words were aimed at three members who belonged to a Masonic lodge in nearby Hagersville. To the three Masons, Pastor Bauer gave an ultimatum: give up your lodge affiliation or leave the church. He refused to let them take Communion. He had, he claimed, the full backing of his twelve councilmen...
...Masons refused to drop their lodge membership. Said one: "Mr. Bauer is 150 years behind the times . . . He'll take our money but he won't give us Communion or bury us." Retorted the pastor: "If a Mason wanted a lodge burial, I would refuse to officiate." A church council decided to put the issue to a vote...
Sunday's baccalaureate service in Memorial Chapel was presided over by the Reverend John H. Leamon, pastor of the First Church in Cambridge, Congegational. Subject for his talk was "The Patience of the True Idealist." Reverend Leamon warned the graduating class of the dangers of idealistic minds turning their backs upon the institutions of democracy...
...annual convention in Boston's red brick Mechanics' Hall with plenty of fervent hymn-singing and services on Boston Common. To preside for the coming year over the 2,000,000 Northern Baptists in 36 states, the 3,000 delegates elected the Rev. Dr. Edward H. Pruden, pastor of Washington's First Baptist Church, which Baptist Harry Truman attends...