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...Reverend Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdiclc, retiring after 42 years in the ministry, 20 years as pastor of Manhattan's towering Riverside Church, looked back and peered ahead in his farewell 'sermon. "This generation is up against . . . sheer paganism . . ." he observed. "Out of Russia has come an atheistic philosophy . . . which the Christian church in these coming years will confront in head-on collision...
...small parish on the capital's outskirts the pastor told his flock: "Article 66 [of the electoral laws] forbids priests carrying on political propaganda in church. I respect this law. But no one can prevent me from reminding you that crucified Christ had two thieves at his side . . . the greater sinner was the one on the left...
Hierarchophobes. Newest trend in the Southern Baptist Conference: the rise of younger leaders. To replace 74-year-old Conference President Pat Morris Neff, ex-Governor of Texas, the Baptists chose Dr. Louie De Votie Newton, 54, since 1929 pastor of Atlanta's Druid Hills Church, biggest Baptist church in Georgia. Dr. Newton, a onetime reporter who never studied for the ministry, preaches in a journalistic style, with emphasis on current events. (Last fortnight he sailed into the resurgent Klan as it staged a tumultuous cross-burning near Atlanta...
...Morgan's Advice. In Salome, her most sensational European role, Jeritza literally cast off all seven veils. New Yorkers had to settle for less because the late John Pierpont Morgan, a Met backer, had Salome banished from the repertory at the advice of his pastor. This annoyed Jeritza into singing a concert version of the opera, which was at least wanton enough to give New Yorkers a vivid idea what they were missing...
...Plymouth pub, the Tom Elliott. The Rev. Wilfred H. Mildon, a mild-appearing man, went in alone by the four-ale door (to the public bar) to establish a bridgehead. When he reappeared and gave the thumbs-up sign, all six parsons trooped in, 30-year-old Pastor Arthur Bird's black & white accordion braying deafeningly...