Word: prays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Parishioners of Harlem's Fountain Springs Baptist Church invoked an older response to drought. Three times a day, their pastor instructed them, they were all to pray for rain. A less idealistic proposal was offered by Congressman William F. Ryan, a candidate for the Democratic mayoral nomination, who says Wagner should fire his Water Supply Commissioner for not fixing leaks in water mains. Just for emphasis, Ryan rolled up his pants and waded through one gusher in Central Park−he even drank some of the water−but the department said it was nature's water...
...John, Jesus tells his Apostles, "Whose sins you shall forgive they are forgiven them"; the Epistle of St. James urges Christians, "Confess, therefore, your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be saved." In the early church, penitents commonly confessed their sins in public, but in 1215 the Fourth Lateran Council made regular private confession the norm for the church. The Reformation rejected Catholic belief that Penance was a Christ-instituted sacrament; some Anglicans and Lutherans practice private confession, but most Protestant churches have a confession made by the entire congregation, generally at the beginning...
This failure is most blatantly apparent when he asks to stay out in the storm to pray before withdrawing to the hovel, and then remains standing through the prayer--which is one of the most self-revealing and humble speeches Lear has. Mr. Carnovsky's standing somehow kills the humility and adds a touch of defiance, which is compounded by his choosing to kneel once the prayer is over...
...steadfast in the pursuit of his own midsummer night's dream, emptying it and re-emptying it, until it has become a distillation, universal in its appeal. Today his art is enjoyed by millions all over the world-whenever they pick up one of the books he illustrated, pray in the sanctuaries he has touched with color, or listen to the music graced by his scenes and settings...
...disasters have destroyed hundreds of homes in the region since 1956, prompting repeated official warnings against building on hills and in canyons. But even though insurance companies have refused to reimburse homeowners for damage due to earth slippage, builders and buyers still compete for high-priced "view sites"-and pray that they'll stay that...