But Bob Jones, Sr. had died three years earlier, and his son and successor, Bob Jones, Jr., objected to the inclusion in the conference program of two Southern Baptists, W. A. Criswell and R. G. Lee, whom Jones considered " compromisers and traitors to the cause of Scriptural evangelism.

" ( It did not help that shortly before Jones, Sr .' s death, Criswell had referred to him as " a senile old fool.

Van Loon had two later marriages, to Eliza Helen ( Jimmie ) Criswell in 1920 and playwright Frances Goodrich Ames in 1927, but after a divorce from Ames he returned to Criswell ( it is debatable whether or not they re-married ) who inherited his estate in 1944.

By the spring of 1923, original dramatic pieces written specially for radio were airing on stations in Cincinnati ( When Love Wakens by WLW's Fred Smith ), Philadelphia ( The Secret Wave by Clyde A. Criswell ) and Los Angeles ( At Home over KHJ ).

Jeron Criswell King ( August 18, 1907 – October 4, 1982 ), born Jeron Criswell Konig, and known by his stage-name The Amazing Criswell (), was an American psychic known for wildly inaccurate predictions.

In person, he went by Charles Criswell King, and was sometimes credited as Jeron King Criswell.

Criswell was flamboyant with spit curled hair, a stentorian style of speaking, and a sequined tuxedo.

To fill the time, he began his Criswell Predicts part of the show.

They made him a minor, off-beat celebrity in Los Angeles and around Hollywood, and his friendship with old show-business types like Mae West and rising fringe celebrities like Korla Pandit made Criswell an entertaining presence at parties.

Criswell found cinematic infamy in the movies of Ed Wood.

Criswell, American ( Baptist ) preacher ( b. 1909 )

Criswell reprises his role from the earlier film.

Its cast also featured Georgia Brown as Mrs Peachum, Maureen McGovern as Polly, Kim Criswell as Lucy, KT Sullivan as Suky Tawdry and Ethyl Eichelberger as the Street Singer.

There are, for instance, numerous prominent US examples, including The Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Criswell College in Dallas, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and Dallas Theological Seminary.

" ( Her performance was repeated on 1991 studio cast recording based on the concert staging, appearing alongside Howard McGillin, Susan Powell, Kim Criswell, and Karen Ziemba.

* W. A. Criswell

Joe Criswell owned and ran the local dry cleaners, which was a short way out of the main town on BB Highway.

The Southern Baptist theologian W. A. Criswell was born in Eldorado in 1909.

Criswell, veteran pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, was born in Oklahoma but reared in Texline.

* W. A. Criswell

She stared at him, her eyes wide as she thought about what he had said ; ;

His wife had said to him: `` Nellie is in love with Clayton Roy.

`` You're Gavin's son '', Joe Purvis had said.

She said, and her tone had softened until it was almost friendly.

Six hundred and forty acres, the old man back in St. Louis had said ; ;

I had always, I said, hankered after working hard with my hands.

`` It's Curtiss '', he said, naming the man Rankin had hit.

Even as he said it, Greg knew they had found the enemy.

An Ah coudn ansuh him an so Ah said ' Aw right, Ah gay-ess, an his fathuh didn uttuh one wohd an aftuh Huhmun was gone, the majuh laughed an tole me thet he an the bawh had been hevin an occasional drink t'gethuh f'ovuh a yeah, onleh an occasional one, but just the same it was behahn mah back, an Ah doan think thet's nahce at all, d'you ''??

Sometimes I wondered vaguely what he did about women for my Aunt, by blood, had died some years ago, but neither of us said anything.

`` Dear girl '', Walter had finally said, `` he writes me that he is sleeping in the English Gardens ''.

Mary Jane had smilingly said.

There had been classroom guffaws which quickly subsided as Professor Griggs said dryly: `` I see your point, Pauson.

The pretty little twittering WACS said he had the look of eagles -- and Penny, hating the cliche, had to admit that in this case it applied.

`` Hi there, Schaffner '', he had said.

Waddell had heard that he had been a commando in Rommel's Afrika Corps, and he said to himself: I'd hate to run into him in the desert on a dark night.

Aloud he had said, making conversation:

`` Yes '', Herr Schaffner had said.

`` Thank you '', the German had said courteously.

His superiors had said that all marines were depraved.

He could think of nothing else save his mental image of her nude figure and what Charles had said that morning about Margaret Rider.

Occasionally he would look across the aisle at Margaret, fourteen and demure in a fresh green organdy dress, sitting in the sixth-grade row, and he could hardly believe she would do what Charles had said she did.

At noontime, remembering what the teacher had said about maybe playing with the kids, Jack stayed close to the schoolhouse while all the other big boys, except Charles, went off out the road to play ball.