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Scripture was read, hymns of faith sung, prayers uttered by three eminent and venerable divines. Then Harry Emerson Fosdick (TIME, Sept. 1, Oct. 13, Nov. 3) mounted 20 stone steps into his high-pitched pulpit and began his farewell: "When I leave this pulpit today, I do not expect to...
This in a Manhattan hotel function room. When all the lights were snapped on, a distinguished company, some 1,200 strong, stood each behind his plate while grace was said. A moment later the company sat-ambassadors, whilom-ambassadors, bankers, editors, divines, a general or two ; Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Miss...
"A thoughtful student from the London School of Economics" spent five months journeying through the U. S. He stopped at colleges and universities?colleges for men, for women, for men and women, for groes,' for Indians, for divines, for business men, for lawyers?30 institutions in all. At first he...
Fact is, the announcement is not strictly correct. Since 1611, the Old Testament has been translated into Chinese, Japanese and many other languages which had previously known no version. Since 1611, the Old Testament has been translated by Protestants into many languages (Spanish, Italian) which previously had had only the...
The religious conflict in England differs totally from the U. S. squabbles over elementary science. English clergymen are amazed when they hear that some Americans object, for example, to the evolutionary theory. They are incredulous when told that U. S. divines predict bodily resurrection despite chemical demonstration of the decay...