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...grand old man among U.S. missionaries is a rugged Methodist preacher named Eli Stanley Jones. Baltimore-born Missionary Jones went to India in 1907, and his 35 busy years there made him one of India's best known and most respected Americans. His preaching has converted many a Hindu and Moslem to Christianity; his 14 books (best known: The Christ of the Indian Road) have quickened the faith of Christians all over the world. For a decade, he has been working for unity among Protestantism's 256 U.S. denominations...
...welcome filled her eyes with tears. There was a big parade, a luncheon with the mayor, a fashion show, a ball at which she danced with her fiancé, Intern John Hummel. Then Miss America went back to her studies at Memphis State College, her choir singing and her Methodist Sunday School class...
This toast is a favorite with crusty old Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey. Last week such Halseyisms drew down the wrath of the Methodist Board of Temperance...
...look upon the world," said Methodism founder John Wesley, "as my parish." If John Wesley had been in Springfield, Mass, last week, he would have been pleased to see how well his parish was represented. Assembled for the Seventh Ecumenical Methodist Conference were 500-odd delegates from 16 independent Methodist groups on five continents...
...Sweet of the University of Chicago cheerfully reported that "American Methodism is growing richer & richer. Never have our churches and colleges and universities been so prosperous, never have endowments mounted so high. There have been more church debts paid off in the past few years than ever before in Methodist history...