Word: reverend
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Because the shortage of priests is such that we cannot replace the reverend father in question, [the suspension will stay in force] until the members of these communities express their willingness to accept . . . whatever priest or priests we find it possible to send them...
...failure. The Indian College became a dormitory for a while, housing about 20 students, all of them white. In 1665, the College moved the first university printing press in America from the President's office to the basement of the Indian College. There, the press turned out the Reverend John Eliot's famous Indian translation of the Bible. By 1676, the Indian College was declared unfit for human habitation and its residents moved out, although the printing press remained until...
Typical of this situation were the Brattles themselves. The Reverend William Brattle was, with his cohort, John Leverett, the spiritual and intellectual leader of both Cambridge and Boston societies, gaining membership even in the Royal Society of London. His son, General William Brattle, was bound to be a success. First, he married a Saltonstall. Then, in 1771 he was made major-general of all the Royal militia in the province, although he had espoused the revolutionary cause only two years before. Upon his promotion, Brattle for some reason became deeply devoted to the mother government. When it was discovered...
...intimate, comfortable atmosphere of the Parish House, as you might expect, is just right for the Reverend Morell's study, and the production benefits from its setting. If you are undecided about seeing the play between now and Monday, why not go ahead? You may not be satisfied with the Shaw, but I think you'll agree that Miss Cass is an exceptional actress...
...time when it was more celebrated--the century and a quarter when it served as the President's House. Until 1725, lack of decent presidential quarters hampered Massachusetts-Bay in its search for able College Presidents. This was finally brought home to the General Court and thus, when the Reverend Benjamin Wadsworth became the College's eighth Praeses, that body not only voted a pay raise, but "further to encourage Mr. Wadsworth cheerfully to go through the momentous affairs of his office," it also granted one thousand pounds to build him a "handsome dwellinghouse, barn, and outhouses...