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Died. Rt. Rev. Edward Rondthaler. 88, Bishop since 1891 of the Southern Province of the Moravian Church; of bronchial pneumonia; in Winston-Salem, N. C. For 52 years he conducted the annual Easter sunrise service of the Moravian Church, which with its band music and procession to the cemetery attracts thousands of visitors to Winston-Salem...
...afternoon last week there was a great dinging and donging in the belfry of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Rochester, N. H. Factory workers, puzzled by the sudden outburst, paused in the street on their way home to ask questions. Rev. Jonathan N. Armistead, all aglow with happy excitement, loudly explained: "It's to celebrate the Wickersham Commission report. We just heard about...
...Rev. Charley Urban, onetime University of Pennsylvania footballer and 2201b. wrestler, signed a professional wrestling contract with a Philadelphia promoter. "A preacher doesn't get much money and the little I can make on the side will keep me in a cheerful frame of mind which . . . will be reflected in my sermons," said...
...combat Christian Science, which they consider a growing menace to the Church of England. In sundry ways the Anglicans showed how appalled they were that London now has twelve Christian Science churches, whereas five years ago the number was only seven, and ten years ago only three. A Rev. T. F. Monahan was moved to state harshly: "I don't suppose there's any more fantastic theory than that on which Christian Science is founded, and yet I suppose there's no means of faith healing that has been so successful in many cases as what's called Christian Science...
...whole village of them. His Sexton Truggins, Farmer Beerfields, Dame Tastes are symbolic figures, but they are more than merely parabolic types. Such earthy behavior and marrowy speech never was indulged in by men of straw. Son of a parson, Powys is much concerned with village religion, but his Rev. Silas Dotterys, Rev. Mr. Gassers do not always behave in an orthodox pastoral manner. Rev. Mr. Dottery, for instance, once hinted broadly from the pulpit that he felt it inconsiderate of his parishioners to die at his dinnertime; the hint was sufficient. Parson Sparrow, whose predecessor's morals...