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Description:Led by the Moderator, commissioners rise in thanksgiving and sing "Now Thank We All Our God" following successful vote which ratified Overture I embodying the text of the Confession of 1967. [Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1967, p. 17.]Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Smathers, Eugene Feland, 1907-1968.Topics:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.Geographic subjects:Portland (Or.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4312
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Description:The Rev. Eugene Smathers is welcomed to stage of 179th General Assembly by retiring moderator, Ganse Little, and (left) Stated Clerk William P. Thompson. [Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1967, p. 19.]Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Smathers, Eugene Feland, 1907-1968., Thompson, William P., 1918-, Little, Ganse, 1904-1990.Topics:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.Geographic subjects:Portland (Or.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4311
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Description:Critical moment in the debate on Church and Society report is reflected in the faces of committee members. From left: Standing Committee chairman Robert McAfee Brown, secretary of Office of Church and Society, Robert Bulkley, and pastors D. Evor Roberts (Swarthmore, Pa.) and Edward L. R. Elson (Washington, D.C.) [ Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1967, p. 25.]Creator:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society. (creator)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Brown, Robert McAfee, 1920-2001., Bulkley, Robert DeGroff., Roberts, D. Evor (David Evor), 1919-2002., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993.Topics:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.Geographic subjects:Portland (Or.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4309
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Description:At late evening session, members of Church and Society Standing Committee vote on an early draft of the Declaration of Conscience. [Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1967, p. 27.]Creator:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society. (creator)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.)Topics:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967., Presbyterian Church--Congresses.Geographic subjects:Portland (Or.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4307
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Description:Thousands of Portland residents joined commissioners for a concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy. Orchestra was en route home from a tour of Japan. Audience responded to concert with standing ovation. [Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1967, p. 39.]Subject names:Philadelphia Orchestra., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985.Topics:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967.Geographic subjects:Portland (Or.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4299
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Description:[From Presbyterian Life, June 15, 1967, cover.]Subject names:Smathers, Eugene Feland, 1907-1968., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.)Topics:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Confession of 1967.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4297
