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...Texas"; in Houston. British-born Henry Cohen came to Galveston in 1888, soon became famous for scurrying through the streets and stopping to jot down on his long, white cuff ("my notebook") the names of those he must help, regardless of creed ("There is no such thing as Methodist mumps, Baptist domestic troubles, Presbyterian poverty or Catholic broken legs"). His interest in parole work was sparked by Author O. Henry, a onetime convict, and he became a leader in Texas prison reform. With a shotgun over his shoulder and a bottle of whiskey in his pocket, he led Galveston citizens...
Firmly Fundamentalist. Bob Jones Sr. is a Methodist; his son Bob Jr., who found modern Methodists "too liberal," was ordained by the Christian and Missionary Alliance. They keep their school interdenominational, however, welcome students and faculty members who subscribe to a firmly fundamentalist creed. "Religiously," says Bob Jr., "our testimony is: whatever the Bible says is true...
Regarding the Rev. W. C. Kernan and his meanderings from the Baptist Church, through the Episcopal to Roman Catholicism, permit me to make this comment: I rejoice in the freedom of my particular denomination (Methodist) in that, in obedience to Our Lord's words, it refuses "binding pronouncements" on matters wherein our own intelligence should enlighten and lead; and therefore, I have no desire to flee from this freedom into any system of theological or intellectual bondage...
...Avenue Methodist Church Portsmouth...
...former head of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, able administrator and pioneer in the gigantic task of releasing and using atomic energy, recipient of countless honors for service to the nation in behalf of freedom, religion, agriculture, and security, you have used your genius since your graduation from a Methodist college to advance the ideals, confirm the hopes and improve the lot of your fellow...