Word: saints
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...died in 1642. His landscapes show a grace uncommon to most etchings, especially in the trees and clouds. It is perhaps due to this experience in nature that he succeeded in putting so much life into his biblical representations. Instead of following the old tradition of showing a pale saint gazing lifelessly towards Heaven, he has chosen subjects such as "Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels," "Christ Driving Out Money Changers from the Temple," and "Christ Healing the Sick." The last is also known as the "Hundred Guilder Print" because it sold soon for one hundred guilders, and was the first...
...dangerous Catholic movement toward Modernism. Vainly attempting to stave off the War, he died soon after its beginning, has been called its first victim. Last June brought the centenary of the birth of Giuseppe Sarto. Last week many a Catholic was praying that Pope Pius X be made a saint, the Boston Pilot recalling that since his death people have been gathering by his tomb in St. Peter's, that the first process on his holy virtues has now been completed. Fairest Flower, At a priests' meeting during the Seventh National Eucharistic Congress in Cleveland last September (TIME...
...TIME, Oct. 14). In Paris its technical and colonial aspects have now been negotiated outside the fevered atmosphere of Britain's General Election by Mr. Maurice Peterson, the quietly efficient British Foreign Office civil servant charged with Ethiopian affairs. Mr. Peterson and his French counterpart, Count Rene de Saint-Quentin, placed at the disposal of Sir Samuel, Premier Laval and Baron Aloisi last week the negotiated basis. Next logical step was to get "The Deal's" elements up into a respectable League atmosphere, and for this purpose the Great Powers turned to "Dear Little Belgium." Hot from Brussels...
...Charles-Edouard Jeanneret. The traditionalists were outnumbered three to one by excited modernists" and lion-hunting socialites, because M. Jeanneret, 47, better known under his professional name of Le Corbusier, has had more effect than any living man on the development of modern architecture, and has become the patron saint of a whole school of ardent practitioners who write tomes on the subject of Corbusierismus...
Most notable feature of The Presbyterian Guardian is that it contains the first religious comic strip, drawn by Philip Saint, 23, pious son of Lawrence B. Saint, famed Pennsylvania maker of stained glass. First issue of the strip introduced its hero, Gary, and his mother, Mrs. Evans and his small brother Dave, all "Bible-believing Christians" (see cut). Bidding her son good-by as he departs for college, Mrs. Evans says: "Remember, prayer changes things." Replies Gary: "Yes, mother, and pray that I'll live clean and speak boldly so that many students will be led to Christ...