Word: brethren
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...United Brethren in Christ...
Catholics gained most (183,889). Methodists, of 20 sorts, were second with a gain of 150,910. The order of increase in other denominations: Lutherans, Disciples of Christ, Baptists, Latter Day Saints, Oriental Catholics, Dunkards, United Brethren, Adventists. Presbyterians and Quakers lost more members than they gained...
Just as in the meetings of its larger, brethren, there have been discussions over wet and dry planks, but the delegates did not devote themselves too seriously to work. For a demonstration of some practical politics they investigated establishments where their doctrines were being applied, attended dinners given in their honor, and between times met to consider the possibilities for nomination open to them...
...contests played in mud and drizzle, and of snow welcoming the Crimson cohorts to Virginia. A cool, and even somewhat damp, vacation was enjoyed by all of those north of the Mason-Dixon line, and it is not unpleasant to the less charitable to know that their more favored brethren fared little better...
Those who have kept up with the progress of history writing of late years know that the word "hero" is one that has no place in it. Great men of all kinds have been found to have faults just as grievous as their less famous brethren, and the more noted they were the less were they to be revered when their real selves came to light. But heretofore the public has been left its faith in the bad men of times past. From Nero to the Kaiser, various luckless individuals have been the target of unanimous invective and scorn...