Religion: Northern Baptists

The Northern Baptists, before they concluded their convention at Cleveland last week sent a notice to the Presbyterians at Cincinnati that they were praying for them. But little did the Baptists want immediate union with another denomination. Two years ago they and the Disciples of Christ made overtures towards merger. Last year the Disciples voted favorably. Last week the Baptists rejected them.

Money was the argument for the Baptists weakening their strength, slightly, in the University of Chicago. The university has assets of $100,000,000. It wants to double them. To do so it...

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