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...Methodists launched a "chain of prayer" that will last until 1956. More than 1,000 Methodist churches throughout the country have agreed to apportion an assigned 24-hour period among members so that at least two people will be praying at any given time. Two or more churches have been assigned to each day. Between 50,000 and 100,000 church members will have participated by year's end. Main subject for prayer: peace...
...Methodist Board of Education announced that more than $28 million was donated to Methodist colleges during 1954, $11 million from foundations (e.g., Ford, Rockefeller), the rest from business concerns, church groups and individuals...
Back in Seoul, Methodist Rhee discovered that some 5,000 Korean Buddhist monks are married. This, he decided, was another example of the sinister influence that the Japanese exerted during their occupation of Korea (some Japanese sects of Buddhism allow monks to marry). Rhee promptly issued a statement of policy, "to restore the old Korean traditions" and the celibate priesthood...
...King (who is also a moderate drinker) with some of the critics. "We still think it's not too good," said a W.C.T.U. spokesman, "though a man can always adjust himself and change his views." But most of the drys were unmoved. Nixon's letter, a Methodist Board of Temperance official felt, was "cocky." "It is the mind-set of a distillery general manager which matters," editorialized the respected Christian Century. The drys were particularly disturbed lest ex-Southern Comfortman King bring his wet influence to bear on legislation (e.g., the Langer bill, which would put restraints...
...Methodist leaders chimed in agreement, but the British press seemed to think otherwise. The idea was "startling" to the Daily Mail, which editorialized on its front page: "As Dr. Wand reminds us, forgiveness is a Christian virtue. But so is chastity ... We are told, in the Seventh Commandment, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery.' It does not say, 'Thou shall not commit adultery more than once.' Or more than twice . . . Is a single act of infidelity to be applied only to one sudden fall from grace, or also to an infatuation that may go on for weeks...