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...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...
...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...
...began with a perfunctory White House morning schedule, including a check to see whether flowers had been dispatched to the funeral of his good friend, Roger Sermon, mayor of Independence, Mo. Then it shifted to Washington's Episcopal Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul. There, on an unseasonably balmy afternoon, bareheaded Harry Truman and Bess, too warm in a mink cape and navy blue taffeta, tried in vain not to steal the show. They wanted to be as inconspicuous as any of the other 1,100 guests at the wedding of Treasury Secretary John Snyder's hearty, handsome...
...STRANGE ERROR CREPT INTO YOUR REPORT OF SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS'S SERMON IN ST. PAUL'S [TIME, JAN. 16]. ACCORDING TO STORY ["VOICES IN THE EXCHEQUER"], NEWSMAN ASKED ABOUT ABSURD RUMOR THAT CRIPPS HEARS DIVINE VOICES, AND CRIPPS REPLIED...
...known that his decision would be announced in his Sunday sermon after he had knelt for six hours in solitary prayer to wrestle with the devil of indecision. The Rev. Bill prepared a publicity handout explaining his problem and what he planned to tell his congregation. "These last few weeks," he said, "have been the most difficult of my life . . . The threat of dirty methods has not been an important factor in my final decision. From rather good authority, I have been informed that whispering campaigns were already being planned, such as: 'society preacher,' 'gambling preacher...