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...friendly, happy people crowded to see Lydia Gruchy in a white dress and academic gown standing alone opposite seven male United Churchmen. She advanced to the altar, knelt while President John L. Nichol of the Saskatchewan Conference laid his hands upon her head and said: "Take thou authority to preach the Word of God and to minister the sacraments." The other churchmen laid on their hands, questioned Miss Gruchy, handed her a parchment signifying that she was now a minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Canadian First | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

...like a brother I heard preach some time ago who kept saying 'Rejoice' . . . in a doleful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Don'ts for Preachers | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

...century Rev. Adolf William Meyer of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Yonkers, N. Y. has kept conscientiously shipshape. Last week he uprose to tell 150 fellow clergymen of the Atlantic District of the United Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, sitting in Manhattan, how to preach successful sermons. First he counseled them to "get a good sleep Saturday night," warned them that "a torpid liver produces a dull sermon." To this admonition spry, old Dr. Meyer added four "don'ts" for lively preachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Don'ts for Preachers | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

...evils of the American Legionnaires. On the other hand, I sincerely believe that they have compensated much for these black marks against their record by hauling Earl Browder off of the soap-box. Browder got exactly the kind of reception that anyone would receive were he to attempt to preach Capitalism in Russia. Indeed, in the latter case, his meeting would not have been the only thing that would have been smashed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 10/31/1936 | See Source »

Simply because we cannot all find room on our "ship of 'Capitalism'" is no excuse for sinking her and providing every man with a rowboat. Our problem, rather, is to improve her facilities of accomodation; --not to carry out the scheme of "Doryism" that such men as Browder preach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 10/31/1936 | See Source »

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