Word: worshipers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Conference (at Atlantic City) to declare: "The Methodist Church, although making no attempt to bind the consciences of its individual members, will not officially endorse, support or participate in war. . . . Agencies of the Church shall not be used in preparation for war. . . . Buildings of the Church, dedicated to the worship of God, shall be used only for that holy purpose, and not by any agency for the promotion...
This heart-warming moment was an instant of quiet in three days of hubbub and hero worship which began as soon as his seven brothers (six in uniform) pummeled a welcome on his back at the airport. "Commando" quickly settled one point in the hubbub: whether the dilapidated alley home was a fit place for a returning Congressional Medal of Honor winner. (City officials had first offered a new apartment, then engaged a $55-a-day suite at the William Penn Hotel when they learned that the Kelly home had no electric lights, no bathroom plumbing and little paint.) Said...
...Church Club's dinner last week at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria he said: "There is an undoubted revival of religion [in Russia], Complete freedom of worship within their churches is granted to all religions. Anti-God propaganda has been suspended, godless museums are closed, and respect for religion is encouraged. The Orthodox Church has greater freedom than it ever had under the Tsars. The churches are crowded, though many are still closed or secularized. The change in the Soviet attitude toward religion is due to the recognition that religion cannot be eradicated, that a large proportion...
...Haven, where the Archbishop received an honorary degree from Berkeley Divinity School, he said: "The reason for Stalin's grant of freedom of worship seems to be his genuine love for the Russian people. ... I cannot read his mind and cannot therefore give his actual motive, [but] it was welcomed by the people longing to worship. There is the explanation that the grant was made for political reasons. However, the claim that it was inspired by Stalin's love for the people was substantiated by an ambassador to Russia who knows and understands the country. The ambassador...
Said Lieut. Sturgeon: "The U.S. guarantees freedom of worship...