Word: sermonic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Reverend John H. Leamon, pastor of the First Church in Cambridge, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on June 18. He will be assisted by the Reverend Charles L. Taylor, Jr., Dean of the Episcopal Theological School...
...ball had been set rolling. Farm prices were riding high, and other farmers began to tithe. This week Pastor Rushford preached his first sermon in a bright new church, complete with a modern kitchen, social room, children's department, and a 60-ft. spire. The church cost $100,000; of this, $60,000 is already in the bank, and the remaining $40,000 is scheduled to be paid off within five years...
...Wednesday for a day of services devoted to "God, Man and the Hydrogen Bomb." Forty ministers joined in the Communion service. A Lutheran read the Epistle: "Spare thy people, O Lord . . ."A Negro Congregationalist read the Gospel: "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth . . ."A Baptist preached the sermon: "Science and invention cannot save us ... The future destiny of man on this planet depends on how soon and low well mankind learns the two lessons : Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart . . .' and 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself...
...Sermon on the Mount, with its advice not to resist evil, to turn the other cheek and to love one's enemies, according to Father Messineo, was meant for individuals only, not collective groups. "It is the inalienable right of a collectivity to defend its integrity and existence against unjust aggression . . . The citizen has the duty to render the society to which he belongs . . . the indispensable service of picking up arms and fighting to the utmost of his fully exploited capabilities in defense of his community menaced by unjust aggression." Conscientious objectors, he warned, "are guilty of Lucifer-like...
...first miracle, villagers told reporters, took place on Sunday, Dec. 11. During his sermon, the village priest, Father Josef Toufar, had said: "He Who is in our tabernacle and Who is among us, He will help us . . ." At that moment, the lindenwood crucifix leaned first to the left, then to the right, and then to the west. Cihost's pious peasants said the crucifix went through the same motion on Christmas day and on Sunday...