Word: testamental
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...join in the festival hymns. . . . Dignity, strength and power may be brought to the service if it closes with the noble strains of the 'Te Deum,' a confession of faith as well as an ascription of praise. It is also possible to have other lofty New Testament hymns such as the 'Magnificat' and the 'Gloria in Excelsis' sung by the entire congregation after some training. . . . The aim is not entertainment but worship: to teach hymns in which men hear the voice of the Eternal; hymns that awaken the spirit of 'wonder, love...
...here in Boston that ether was first employed. The value of that anesthetic needs no comment; the horror of centuries of surgical misery is as great a testament of its worth as the pain it saves the patient today. Yet ether is by no means a perfect anesthetic. Its after effects are notorious, and it must be administered with extraordinary care. Nausea, even heart-failure, follow its use, and the awakening of the anesthetized strongly resembles the writhings of a drunk...
...chapters in 55 min. he read, The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen, and flipped the Bible closed. The reading of 773,746 words had been done in 69 hr. 17 min., which Preacher Dake declared a record. (In Cincinnati the Old & New Testament were read synchronously in 16 hr. 40 min. -TIME, March 27.) Challenging any church to put up a team he said: "I'll even lay a side bet on our readers...
Soon after the British Museum bought from the Soviet Government its famed Codex Sinaiticus (TIME, Jan. 1), a campaign was begun to raise half the cost ($511,250) by public subscription. The Codex's vellum pages of Old and New Testament in Greek were placed on view in the British Museum. Peering at them an old lady cackled: "Have they ever been translated...
...consent of every other adult member of the family, which is more than the statute requires." Legally Dr. Haskell seemed to be secure last week.† But not communally. Excited Auditor Williams called for a public hearing. Papal sentiment urges Roman Catholics to oppose sterilization. Jews, because of Old Testament injunctions, presume an interest. So Auditor Williams invited "spokesmen for several Catholic and Jewish organizations" to the accusatorium...