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...anti-religion a religion? Agnosticism is surely not; it is a shrug, a raised eyebrow. Atheism is more like its antithesis; the late Robert Ingersoll adored his Nothing as fiercely as St. Paul his Christ. Contemporary atheists preach their Nothing, write about it, argue it. Freethinker Joseph Lewis is fervently proud to be called "Enemy of God." But in New York State atheists may preach as they like and still their atheism is no religion. The New York Court of Appeals so decided last week in Albany...
...little brothers &; sisters the birds, St. Francis of Assisi used to preach. Dr. Eckstein, more catholic, includes in his audience, besides parrots, canaries, a pigeon and a macaw, cats, rats, three turtles, a Portuguese gardener and a million cockroaches. More modern than the Saint, the Doctor does no preaching, though he talks seriously to mischief-makers now & then...
...York School of Art. From 1905 to 1910 he did Y. M. C. A. work, lectured for the Anti-Saloon League. Rugged, unkempt, Poet Lindsay liked to vagabond about the land, trading verses for food and shelter. His rules for hoboes: Be "neat, deliberate, chaste and civil . . . preach the gospel of beauty," avoid cities, cash, baggage, railroads; ask for dinner at 10:45 a. m., supper, lodging and breakfast at 4:45 p. m. Vachel (rhymes with Rachel) Lindsay's poetry was rich, loamy, indigenous in praise of the U. S. and its heroes. His most famed verses, however...
...unsaved, unwashed world is dying," it is not for lack of preachers to minister to it. What shall they say ? Most, today, talk of Depression. Some endeavor to be cheery, smart, topical. Others are modern, "humanistic." Of the group who preach the real oldtime religion, none is more zealous than a towering, white-haired patriarch of the Northwest, Dr. Mark Allison Matthews. Pastor of the world's largest Presbyterian church (Seattle's First, with a congregation of 7,886), he spoke forthrightly to his brothers last week. In The Presbyterian he wrote...
...Preach only Christ and Him crucified. . . . Preach the Blood. ... The Blood covers, the Blood redeems, the Blood regenerates, the Blood saves...