Word: christian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
General Sheetz believes that the U.S. has far more than strategic interests on Okinawa: it carries, he says, "the moral responsibility of a Christian people to others." Sheetz, Kincaid and their staff are facing up to that responsibility; they are determined not to let Okinawa down...
...European, men's North American, and national men's figure skating champion has been included. His story is told in one of 17 chapters, covering the activities of three dozen athletes who, in the author's opinion, did something noteworthy during the 1948 season. Waldman, a sportswriter for the Christian Science Monitor, is sufficiently familar with his subjects, but his lack of imagination and his love of acntimentality make his accounts trite and often contrived...
...national constitution of the fraternity, which the local chapter must follow, limits the membership in effect to "any male Christian of the Aryan race." The local group went on record last spring against the discrimination clause and unanimously voted to work at last summer's S.A.E. national convention to change the provision...
When Mrs. Lawson died a year later, Gladys went on alone. Once her converts were formed into groups, Gladys Aylward, who belongs to no denomination, saw to it that they joined the nearest Christian mission. Some became Baptists, some Methodists. Says she: "I work kind of alongside everyone. We're all after the one thing-souls for Jesus Christ. I don't care if they're sprinkled or immersed...
Last week two notable local citizens publicly announced their conversion. War hero and onetime Olympic runner Louis Zamperini, 32, accompanied by his wife, hurried down the aisle. Said he: "From now on, I am going to be an honest-to-God Christian." Stuart Hamblen, radio star (cowboy band) also announced his "return to the teachings of Christ," and offered his string of seven race horses for sale...