Word: presbyterian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...David Scott Kennedy, ruthless editor of The Presbyterian, "best known fighting fundamentalist journal," has just retired, at 70. Thereby he gives spiritual relief to many a good Presbyterian, especially to the pacific commission of 15 of the Presbyterian general assembly, whom Dr. Kennedy has viciously flayed for holding doctrines less stern than...
Died. Dr. William Francis Campbell, 58, distinguished surgeon, cancer specialist; at the Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, of cancer, following a nervous breakdown four months...
...money. He increased his regular income by bringing over shiploads of antiques and selling them among his friends. Most of his work was done in Manhattan where, with the help of Charles McKim, he built the Metropolitan and Century Clubs, the Tiffany and Gorham buildings, the Madison Square Presbyterian Church, the Library of Columbia University, and finally, the old Madison Square Garden (torn down last year). This bulking sultry building, with its hippodromes and galleries, tapering to Saint-Gaudens' winged Diana on its central citadel, had a roof garden with a cabaret show and a smart orchestra...
...Berne, Switzerland, met an International Conference for Life and Work. Its delegates were distinguished. There was Dr. Arthur Judson Brown, Manhattan Presbyterian foreign missions secretary, who declared: "Internationally the world is still under the law of the jungle. . . . There are no Christian nations." There was the Bishop of Winchester, warning solemnly that warlike mechanisms may overpower man's morality, asking the Church to create a "new human race." There was Dr. S. Parkes Cadman of Brooklyn, eloquent and diplomatic, who praised the Swiss for their peaceful history, the placidity of their religion, their tolerance of all creeds. Upon...
...small, secured by promissory notes signed not only by the borrower but by two "co-makers" equally responsible with him. Repayment is made at the rate of $1 a week for each $50 borrowed until the note is paid. Arthur J. Morris, originator of the plan, is a crippled Presbyterian Jew who sells out his interest in the banks as they are organized, yet still speaks of them as "my banks," which vexes directors...