Word: prayerful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...order affected other silk consumers as well. There would be no more silk for football pants, fringes, lamp shades, fish lines and flies, tennis-racket strings, waterproof tobacco pouches, typewriter ribbons, dental floss, surgical stitchings, violin strings, neckties, hats, lingerie, sheets, pajamas, or Mohammedan prayer rugs...
tolerance of religion by the Soviet Government and a new resurgence of the . . . religion always deep-seated in the heart of the Russian people. It is significant that on the outbreak of the war thousands flocked to the churches for prayer in Moscow and elsewhere...
...only a poor Presbyterian pastor and none too familiar with Oliver W. Gilpin's Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. Frankly I do agree with him that I too prefer to have the President "blessed" rather than merely given "wisdom." We Presbyterians ask that God may "look (upon him) with favor . . . imbue (him) with the spirit of wisdom, goodness, and truth...
Since I was rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Kittanning, Pa. (1927-36) ... I take personal responsibility for having introduced the new prayer in Mr. Gilpin's home parish. But let Mr. Gilpin recall 1) that Mr. Hoover was President at that time, and 2) that I was a Democrat in politics in Kittanning at that time...
...power as well, drove the Panchen Lama into exile where he died in 1938. When this usurper died seven years ago, he was succeeded by a Mongolian shepherd's son. The new Dalai Lama is now being educated - as the new Panchen Lama will be - amid the spinning prayer wheels and chanting monks of a Tibetan monastery. The two lucky youths can look forward to a soft life if they are lucky enough to survive the regency and reach their majority. Earlier Lamas have often died mysteriously before they could really begin to rule...