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Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, Manhattan divine, returned from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. at Columbus, Ohio. From his pulpit, he declared he would rather submit his conscience to the tyranny of the Pope than to the tyranny of a General Assembly. His devoted congregation prepared to gasp, but quickly found itself smiling when the pastor added: "I never thought I would turn to the Roman Pontiff for liberty."

Dr. Coffin went to the General Assembly, as he had often gone before,...

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