On the recordMarch 5, 1946
If men and nations would but live by the precepts of the ancient prophets and the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount, problems which now seem so difficult would soon disappear.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIf men and nations would but live by the precepts of the ancient prophets and the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount, problems which now seem so difficult would soon disappear.
Address in Columbus at a Conference of the Federal Council of Churches.
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