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...Manhattan delegates approved this pledge: "I desire to enter the Christian fellowship of the association. I will loyally endeavor to uphold the purpose in my own life and through my membership in the association." Last week reactionaries offered as an amendment: "I accept Jesus Christ, as my Savior and Lord, and pledge myself to endeavor to carry out the purpose of the organization"; were defeated. Hereafter amendments will go into effect after approval of only one assembly...
...Life of Christ, many persons might be vexed. Many tut-tutted last week when "the Hearst of England," Lord Beaverbrook,* owner of the lurid London Daily Express, etc., announced that he is writing a biography of the Nazarene "in an arresting style . .. great reverence. .. sincerity ... will explain the Savior's actions...
...John XIII: 4, 5, 12, 13, 16, 34. On Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter), "Maundy" being derived from the Latin "mandatum" (commandment) and referring to the "new commandment" given by the Savior. James II was the last English monarch to perform the rite of washing his subjects' feet; but since the time of Charles II "Maundy Pennies" (especially minted without milled edges) have been distributed by the Lord High Almoner. In all Catholic countries and at the Vatican the rites of Maundy Thursday are elaborately observed, although the ritual varies
...Nephew of encyclopedic-minded Viscount Haldane, lord chancellor of the Ramsay Macdonald (1924) Labor cabinet; author of Daedalus and Callinicus in the widely-read "Today and Tomorrow Series" of prophetic essays (E. P. Dutton & Co.); prophet of the extinction of agriculture (by synthetic foods); savior of child life by his discovery of ammonium chloride as a cure for convulsions...
...commend to the consideration of all Protestants the question whether they will not more certainly honor Christ as their Savior and King by faithfully adhering to the truth of the Gospel and conforming their lives thereto than by joining in the celebration of a mighty festival marked by 'magnificent processions' and outward 'ceremonies'?" By unanimous vote the Council decided to appeal to all other Protestant bodies to abstain from taking part in the new Feast...