Word: preaching
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Back Door, at Night. In 1212, when Clare was about 18, a strange and pious youth named Francis, the son of Assisi's rich cloth merchant, came to preach a Lenten course of sermons in the church of San Giorgio. In young Francis, who had dedicated himself to God and poverty, Clare knew at once that she had found the inspiration of her life. She appealed to him to help her leave the worldly world, as he had done. Together the two future saints concocted a holy plot. On Palm Sunday she appeared in church with her mother...
...night the President sat down to a steak dinner with 46 of the 48 freshmen Republicans from the lower house. After coffee, he gave an informal half-hour talk. Ike did not preach or threaten. He outlined the policies of his Administration and quietly explained the reasons for them. Afterwards, the Congressmen kept Ike on his feet for an hour answering a steady drumfire of questions that covered everything from Korea to extension of the excess profits...
...first visit to the nuns. He could not conceal his disapproval. "My daughters, I hope you know what you are doing," he said, shaking his head. A high-ranking prelate, hearing of the sisters' work, observed: "Every country has its own traditions and customs. Here we preach the word of God and help the poor as best we can, but in different ways. Our nuns remain cloistered in their convents and our priests are supposed to hold the prestige of their mission high, as befits ministers of God. Those girls will learn the hard way, I fear...
...Divinity School head will preach again this Sunday in Memorial Church at the regular Sunday service to close out his 31 year long career at the University...
...First Baptist grew and flourished under his magnetic pulpit, and Harry Fosdick grew with it. Each morning at 9 he shut himself up in an unmarked office and spent three hours soaking up philosophy and literature in preparation for his Sunday sermons. Christian behavior, not doctrine, was what he preached; he was against materialism and sin, and for the righteous life. But though what he had to say was not startling, he said it with such eloquence, and such a wealth of practical application, that his suburbanite parishioners were stirred and delighted. By the time World War I took...