Word: revs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sunday morning the Deweys attended services at interdenominational Christ Church, located in an old Victorian meeting hall. They heard the Rev. Dr. Ralph C. Lankier, a Presbyterian, preach: "We do not have the right to be smug. We cannot cure evil by ourselves, but we can by ... working with...
...Amsterdam meeting had its beginnings back in 1910, when missionaries of many non-Roman Catholic churches met in Edinburgh to discuss their common problems and the possibilities of cooperation. Among them was a U.S. Episcopal bishop, the Rt. Rev. Charles Henry Brent. In the midst of the proceedings, Bishop Brent suddenly saw things in a new perspective. "I learned that something was working that was not of man in that conference,'-' he said later. "The spirit of God . . . was preparing a new era in the history of Christianity." He set to work to persuade his fellow churchmen that...
...said: "There are a lot of people who think Mr. Truman is the poorest President since George Washington." On the floor of the House, Ohio's Cliff Clevenger rapped: "Might well be there will be some Congress-tanned Missouri jackass hide on the Christmas market-come November." The Rev. Peter Marshall, the Senate's chaplain, spoke the final word: "You don't overcome evil by evil. Let the record speak for itself...
Crime & Punishment. In Memphis, whoever robbed the Rev. John Maddox of his briefcase got a three-year collection of sermons for his pains...
...England Conscience. In Shirley, Mass., the Rev. Ray Meserve politely requested the "godly" to stay away from his special "sinners only" church service, thereupon had the biggest attendance since Easter...