Sentence:  At the adoption , the Rev. T. F. Zimmerman , general superintendent , commented , `` The Assemblies of God has <WSD>been</WSD> a bulwark for fundamentalism in these modern days and has , without compromise , stood for the great truths of the Bible for which men in the past have been willing to give their lives '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  represent, as of a character on stage