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J f t t h f f v y R Rr l f PF I Z r r it e A et Y t REV ROACH STRATON 4 Z y Y YM S 4 p pp A r 4 F Y WARREN SIR ATOM SCULPTOR HE HAD A V TATION S 7 w L h w W k fP 3 t h j f t 1 J t D S UTLEY Y 1 IN A VACATION POSE i iTy Ty ny MARIAN HALE HALl NEA rL Service Writer NEW YORK July 1 Just l.-Just Just how emotional may one become b come In his re religion re- re religion religion ligion and sun stilt be in good taste Rev John Roach Straton famous fundamentalist leader who has been in many a theological fight is rid rid- riding ridIng riding ing the waves of a new storm within his Calvary Baptist church congregation congregation congregation tion over that question In the background of the contro contro- controversy controversy versy ersy is the smiling face fOoce of Uldine Utley girl evangelist extraordinary and of Rev nev Straton A third of or the deacons of Calvary church one of the most noted Bap Bap- Baptist Baptist institutions In the country have resigned They charge Rev Rc Straton with sponsoring demonstrations of or Pentecostalism In his church and voice voce their disapproval STRANGE STR TONGUE Rev Straton has denied in numer numer- numerous numerous ous and lengthy statements stat ments asser asser- assertions assertions lions of the withdrawing deacons But Buthe Buthe Buthe he admits that his sculptor son War War- Warren Warren Warren ren Straton 20 had a visitation by the he Holy Spirit in the course of which he lost his natural voice oice and andor for or a day at a time lay on the floor loor of or the Calvary chapel singing beautifully and rhythmically in a strange tongue Though denying he he- subscribed to Pentecostalism Pentecost Rev Straton has indicated he Is a thorough believer er in inthe inthe inthe the gift of tongues as a a. religious phenomenon He lIe has long upheld di divine dl- dl divine vine healing Uldine Utley haired bob-haired and beau beau- beautiful beautiful beautiful started all aU the new trouble at Calvary the estranged members of of the board of deacons say Uldine came can out of the west at the age of 16 last year to shine In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York as an exhorter Dr Straton St presented her at Calvary and she conducted many spectacular services there eyed Blue blond radiantly healthy she swayed great crowds of people in ina Ina ina a manner that not even en Aimee Sem- Sem Semple Semple Semple McPherson visiting New York sev sev- several several several eral months mouths later could achieve The girls girl's influence has lived on in Calvary the deacons narrate It has grown they say into special ser ser- services services ser ser- services vices for small bands of the faithful ul at which worship becomes become hysterical They picture worshippers bursting into weird song sobbing walling fall faU- falling falling ing prone rolling and beating their hands on the floor and going into trances Dr Straton who recently was re rebuked re- re rebuked rebuked by his board of or deacons d for forb becoming b affiliated with a new Geor Geor- Georgia Georgia gia gla organization called the Supreme Kingdom refers to the th authors of or the new charges as IS dissenters who invent gross caricatures and flimsy falsifications falsifications of things they know nothing of He is glad clad the dissenting deacons resigned he said In a colorful met met- metaphor metaphor he added My 1 hand once more Is firmly on the throttle and despite the latest explosion and other puny efforts to throw a monkey Into the machinery of ot put goose- goose grease on the tracks the th old train thank God Is still making the grade fade After conceding that his ly Inclined son had figured In picturesque picturesque esque religious rites he said he would deliver several sermons giving ing his own views on Pentecostalism after he re returned re- re returned turned from his vacation Not far from Calvary Baptist church is the Glad Tidings taber taber- tabernacle tabernacle nacle P. P fortress of faith In emotion emotion- emotional al religion from which Uldine Utley recruited a coterie of aides for her New York appearances While Calvary church Is upset over Pentecostalism the Glad Tid Tid- Tidings Tidings Tidings ings tabernacle continues its Pente Pente- Pentecostal Pentecostal Pentecostal costal way Joyfully and energetically Almost in the heart of sophisticated New York the tabernacle Is the scene of manifestations which beggar b de de- de No one really baptized in inthe Inthe inthe the Spirit will fall fail to speak with tongues the tabernacle holds Let go let God Godl Is the motto of or revivalists re there They all aU know Rev Straton for he attended meetings e which Aimee Semple Sem- Sem Semple Semple McPherson conducted at the tab tab- tabernacle tabernacle Wan en Straton they say is a true disciple Warren they say can save souls just j t as efficiently as can Uldine or or Mrs McPherson t When people criticize Pentecostal Ism Isn they observe it is because they do not know religion themselves