Word: sermonizer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Apology, When Lord Tweedsmuir stood before the U. S. Senate, he made an apology: "I remember in my own country on the Scottish border there was an old minister who once a month thought it his duty to deliver a sermon upon the terrors of hell, when he sternly dangled his congregation over the abyss; but being a humane man, he liked to finish on a gentler note. He used to conclude thus: 'Of course, my friends, ye understand that the Almighty is compelled to do things in His official capacity that He would scorn...
...being spared "fatiguing public appearances." Chicago Tribune's David Darrah and United Press's Dan Rogers broke stories that the Archbishop of Canterbury is slashing the Coronation Service right & left in efforts to get it as short and unfatiguing as possible, has decided to omit the sermon, hopes to telescope the ritual from a service normally of about four hours' duration into one, starting at the Abbey at 11 a. m., with the King out of the Abbey by 1:30 and back in Buckingham Palace...
...have noticed several striking differences at Zion. To begin with, Zion's Passion Play is not strictly a Passion Play, i. e., it does not concern itself solely with the agony and death of Christ, but is a sort of theatrical biography of The Savior, beginning with the Sermon on the Mount and concluding, unconventionally, with the spectacular, if mechanically precarious Ascension. Mary, Mother of Jesus, instead of being young and comely, is white-haired, stout and comely as played by Blanche Kessler, telephone operator in the Zion Administration Building. However, Zionites like their show immensely, cluck appreciatively...
Easter services will begin at 11 o'clock tomorrow in Memorial Church. The Reverend Canon James Stanley Bezzant, acting chairman of the Board of Preachers, has chosen as the subject for his sermon, "The Easter Faith...
...Junior Head Usher Allen will select 120 Juniors as ushers for the Baccalaureate Sermon, the Senior Spread, and the luncheons, suppers, and dancing in the various Houses. The Junior Ushers will also assist in the parade of graduates and undergraduates to the Stadium on Class...