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Spiritual Rule. On Lincoln's Birthday first Friday in Lent, U. S. Catholics fasted not, abstained not, but ate what they wished. They may also eat well on Washington's Birthday, for U. S. Ordinaries took advantage of papal permission, good for five years, to dispense U. S. flocks from...
No local veterinary would believe that a dog could have fasted for 14 weeks. Some thought Bum must have lived by rat-catching; some cried: "Impossible!"
At Fountain Hill, near Danville, Va., Frank W. Davis, 60, farmer, started to starve himself to death May 12, because he was too old to work, because he had no relatives. He took no food, only water. Last week he was still alive, to his neighborhood's amazement, but...
Partial starvation is often a sociological problem. In Greek Catholic countries the religion calls for fasting on almost half the days of the year. Hindus fast for days to solve their moral problems. Saint Gandhi has fasted 21 days without appreciable harm.
Throughout his book he traces his brilliant idea which must perforce rank with the most gracious, sympathetic?and effective?missionary approaches. Two figures loom: the Christ, of course, and Mahatma Gandhi.? It is in Gandhi, he finds, or in one like him, that India will find the Christ. Curious...