Word: roach
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Governor Jackson made no comment on his Attorney General's letter. Less reticent were E. S. Shumaker, head of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, Mrs. Grace Altvater, head of the Indianapolis Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton, famed Fundamentalist...
Professor K. F. Mather, Professor of Geology will debate the Reverend Dr. John Roach Straton, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, New York, on the general subject "Evolution", on the evenings of May 13 and 14, at Dr. Straton's church. Professor Mather was the chief defense witness in the Scopes trial at Dayton, Tenn essee...
...being done." Readers wondered what the Christian Century was driving at. The author of the piece quickly made it clear that he was discussing the case of 14-year-old Uldine Utley, whose evangelical struggles had lately been endorsed by such stalwarts of the church as Dr. John Roach Straton and the Rev. Samuel Parkes Cadman, President of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (TIME, Feb. 28). Commented the Christian Century: "When Dr. Cadman steps forth to champion the return of this child to New York, and lends the weight of his endorsement to her proposed union...
...believes that every word of the Bible must be taken literally is Rev. John Roach Straton, loud-speaking Manhattan Fundamentalist. He leaped to his feet, shouted: "You have a great deal to learn. One of the greatest preachers I ever heard is a 14-year-old girl Uldine Utley, TIME, Feb. 28]. In fact, I think she is the greatest preacher in the country at this time. . . . We haven't yet opened our eyes to the writings of the New Testament in regard to women preaching...
Upper berths, speeches, meals ordered on the dining ear with the confidence of a vaudeville trouper, oratory, ecstasies of religious passion, testimonials, quick little dancing steps, trips to foreign lands, Cuba, Milwaukee, Youngstown, dolls, John Roach Straton, Fresno, Aimee McPherson, cinema shows, school, tutor, lollypops,-God, salva- tions. Dr. Cadman...