National Affairs: President & God

Scheduled to speak at the 25th anniversary meeting of the Federal Council of Churches in Washington, President Roosevelt found himself last week with two prime points to make:

"Rolphing." "This new generation, for example, is not content with preachings against that vile form of collective murder—lynch law—which has broken out in our midst anew. We know that it is murder and a deliberate and definite disobedience of the commandment, 'Thou shalt not kill.' We do not excuse those in high places or the low who condone lynch law."

Into this passage the President put...

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