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Because his flock did not relish his criticism of U. S. Secretary of State Kellogg's Latin American policy, the Rev. Vincent G. Burns of the South Congregational Church, Pittsfield, Mass., recently resigned his pastorate. Said he: "In a day when hypocritical clergymen are mouthing old theologies, in a day when mammon-worshiping, penny-pinching hypocrites are defending the system that exploits millions and sucks the lifeblood out of the workers around the world, in a day when snobs and aristocrats hold up the iron wall of class and caste, I have dared to stand up and tell...
...ladies flock around it and the laughter's simply rife...
...Cain sacrificed to the Lord "the fruit of the ground," Abel "the firstlings of his flock." "And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect...
Then the news came out and Tonopah went crazy. Had a stranger from the East dropped into town that day he would have glanced around to find where the movie cameras were hidden. Clouds of alkali dust whirled through the streets after a shouting, cursing, hurrying flock of humanity that suddenly began streaming from nowhere out into the desert after the Hortons and young Traynor. Stumbling mules wrenched along in makeshift harness. Automobiles of every make, rusty and knocking, shiny and squeaky, dodged and swerved along the crowded track. Derby hats, caps, fedoras and sombreros rolled by. Slick city...
...flock the archbishop gave instructions how to perform self-marriage without benefit of priest: "Prepare in your house an altar. Place upon it some image of your devotion. Upon your bended knees make the sign of the cross and recite the Lord's Prayer, Ave Maria and the Credo. Pray to the Lord Jesus Christ and give thanks to God. Then standing before the altar the bridegroom will say 'I - before God and witnesses declare I wish to receive for my wife Señ0rita -as the Holy Roman Catholic Church prescribes.'" The girl says the equivalent...