Religion: Conference Time

¶ In Washington, 10,000 boys and girls from every state but Alaska and Nevada —as well as from Europe, Singapore, Jamaica and Brazil—assembled under the auspices of Youth for Christ for a three-day "Capital Teen Convention" at the National Guard Armory, under the bannered slogan: TEENS TELLING TEENS IN THE WORLD'S DECADE OF DESTINY. Layman Ted W. Engstrom of the Evangelical Free Church, president of Youth for Christ International, urged his plaid-shirted and bobby-soxed audience to write down the motto: "Christ Constantly in Command, Christ Completely in Control," and to put it into practice at school, at home, "and in...

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