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Problems with Church Reunion 1922

THE STUMBLING-BLOCK TO CHURCH REUNION
FEELING KEENLY that it would be a humiliating reflection upon the validity of their own ministry if they agreed to a reordination of the clergy as a requisite for church union, the Board of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church have formally rejected the overtures of the Lambeth Conference. As told [...]

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Schools Promote Agnosticism 1922

AGNOSTICISM IN THE SCHOOLS
A RELIGIOUS REVIVAL may be on the way, as some believe; but against this optimistic theory lies the charge that some of the country’s most prominent universities and colleges, and even many high schools, have become “incubators of agnosticism,” and are busy turning out atheists. Among the lecturers and writers who are [...]

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Church and Politics 1929

CAN THE CHURCH KEEP OUT OF POLITICS?
MUST POLITICS BE GIVEN OVER TO THE DEVIL, so far as the Church is concerned? Or should the Church enter the devil’s own parish, as some are apt to characterize the field of politics, and fight him on his chosen field? The question has long been a matter of [...]

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Soviet Fear of Religion 1929

GOD AGAINST MARX—that is the great duel going on in Russia to-day, for it is the fear of religious success, Paul Hutchinson tells us, in effect, that has driven the Soviet State to inaugurate a reign of terror to eradicate the last vestige of vital religion from Russian life.
Mr. Hutchinson, who is managing editor of [...]

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