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Word: sermonic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...heard to gulp and sob, with regret that was not unmixed with remorse. When the little girl cries, "Father, dear father, come home with me now," it took a hardened sophisticate indeed to chuckle at her innocence. However ridiculous was this solemn echo of an ancient and silly sermon in melodrama, it was impossible not to realize that plays even more foolish have been played this very season, in Manhattan, with an intensity not intended to be comic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Apr. 9, 1928 | 4/9/1928 | See Source »

...clock--Baccalaureate sermon by President Lowell, with Professor E. C. Moore conducting the service. Following the service will be a reception to the Senior class by President Lowell, at 17 Quincy Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EVENTS ANNOUNCED FOR COMMENCEMENT WEEK CELEBRATION | 4/4/1928 | See Source »

...will be carried into action either at the moment, or after the hypnosis is over and forgotten, according to the commands of the operator. The cure of alcoholics and drug addicts is effected by replacing the desire for drink or drugs with a desire for health. Such a sermon would not be listened to under ordinary circumstance ; during hypnosis the ideas not only sink in but take a firm hold and reappear at the appointed time to function in consciousness without so much as a by your leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Powerful Passes | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

President Lowell, who has preached the Baccalaureate Sermon for the last 18 years, will deliver it again this year. Professor E. C. Moore, chairman of the Board of Preachers, has agreed to conduct the Baccalaureate service on June 17. He will also be in charge of the Sanders. Theatre Exercises to be held on June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT LOWELL TO GIVE BACCALAUREATE | 3/26/1928 | See Source »

...very last sermon, Billy Sunday again referred to his seven week revival meeting. "As long as you live you'll never see another meeting like this one. . . ." This last sermon had a text, taken from Exodus VIII., 10: "And he said 'Tomorrow.' " Billy Sunday said: "Tomorrow-that's the soft lounge on which multitudes lie down to be lulled into an eternal sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Seven Week Revivalist | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

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