Letters from Rufus M. Jones, 1933
Scope and Contents
To Reverend Samuel Eliot. [will preach again at North East Harbor, Maine], 1933 January 18; To President Hoover. [appreciates all his efforts on behalf of American Friends Service Committee and in promoting peace in the world], 1933 February 13; To W. Irving Kelsey. [feels mission work at Ram Allah would not come severely under criticism from anyone on the commission], 1933 February 13; To W.O. Carver. [feels that once "Re-Thinking Missions" is thoroughly studied, it will cease to be misunderstood], 1933 February 17; To Gilbert Bowles. [has found report of the Committee of the Mission very interesting], 1933 March 1; To [D.] Robert Yarnall. [expects to be at Pendle Hill in the following year], 1933 March 9; To W.O. Carver. [the report of the Mission Committee is decidedly theistic rather than humanistic], 1933 March 11; To Brent Allinson. [though American Friends Service Committee does not feel it can undertake to do anything to relieve the situation in Germany presently, it will be watching for an opportunity], 1933 March 25; To Robert Kelly. [is not surprised by the report on Friends College though it is not very useful], 1933 April 28; To D. Willard Lyon. [people of college age are interested in mystical religion and in the type of religion that has to do with problems of life rather than theology], 1933 May 9; To Professor Rudolf Otto. Marburg, [is planning to continue his research on Gottesfreunde in the 14th century; will probably come to Germany in 1934], 1933 November ?
Dates
- Creation: 1933
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