Religion: Christian Experiment

The Rev. Robert Herbert Mize Jr. is an Episcopal minister who is conducting an experiment. That experiment has sometimes roused the good citizens of Ellsworth, Kans. to unholy wrath. But this week Kansans were digging down as usual to give Mize the money he needs for his St. Francis Boys' Home. Said one bank vice president wonderingly: "This man is Christlike, all right, but he's a genius at raising money."

Bob Mize, 40, took his B.A. in journalism at the University of Kansas and went to work for the United Press. He was a good...

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