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...ministers, 2,800 church buildings, $400,000,000 worth of property. Methodism, said she, stands for evangelism, social work, salvation. "The union of British Methodism will give a new emphasis to the great spiritual experiences to which Methodism has testified from the beginning, ever since the experience of John Wesley which came to him in May, 1738 in London and which marked an epoch in the history of the world for its demonstration of the moving power of the Spirit...
...Until May 24, 1738, John Wesley felt he lacked "that faith whereby alone we are saved." That night, at 8:45, said he, "I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation...
...revised hymnal 44 of the 121 hymns by Charles Wesley are tentatively to be dropped. Isaac Watts, who wrote some 600 hymns in all, has 53 in the pres-ent book, of which 14 have tentatively been rejected and nine challenged. John Wesley's 19 hymns are to be reduced by six or seven. Several hundred other hymns are too antiquated, sentimental or infrequently sung to merit retention. But no old favorite, like "Reck of Ages" or "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" is to be dropped...
Died. Dr. Frank Wesley Warne, 77, retired Methodist Episcopal Bishop of India (1900-28); of pneumonia and nephritis; in Brooklyn. Once while in Mesopotamia, he learned unexpectedly that no ship sailed in time for him to attend a church conference in Des Moines, Iowa. Undaunted, he radioed a U. S.-bound oil tanker for passage, was told that he would be taken aboard only if he signed on as an engine-room wiper. For three torrid weeks, 66-year-old Bishop Warne wiped engines, was still in greasy dungarees when met at the docks...
Died. Samuel Davis, 52, "Angel Gabriel" in Marc Connelly's The Green Pastures, who cries, "Gangway for the Lawd God Jehovah"; of heart disease; in Indianapolis. He was the second "Angel Gabriel" to die. His predecessor, C. Wesley Hill, was struck down by an automobile...