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Show Third Presbyterian Church J C. R. NAFFZ1GER, Pastor j The Christian Youth Convention which was held at the First Presbyterian Pres-byterian Church on Friday Saturday Sat-urday and Sunday, October 10, 12, was an outstanding event. This is the first time in Utah history that young people of the Baptist, Christian, Lutheran, Congregational, Con-gregational, Methodist and Presbyterian Pres-byterian Churches have met in a state-wide convention of this nature. na-ture. And then the program was outstanding with Dr. David J. Evans of Pasadena, California as the out-of-town speaker. Beginning on Saturday the "Victory Knitters" of Third Presbyterian Pres-byterian Church will have on display dis-play for a week this month's knitted knit-ted articles for British War Re-leif Re-leif at the Main street headquarters. headquar-ters. You should see what these ladies have accomplished! The Ladies Aid of the church met last Tuesday at the home of Mrs Emil Nyman, 946 East 17th South for an interesting and profitable prof-itable meeting. The Jessie Lee Ellis Missionary Society will meet on October 21st at the home of Mrs. Shaughnessy 1273 Ken- ' sington for evening meeting. Mrs. I Charles Douglas will present the topic study on "A Christian Iin perative." Two new workers at Third Church are Professors J. L. Fisher, Fish-er, Dean of the College, who will teach the Young Men's Class in the Sunday School, and Professor Baxter, also of the Westminster faculty, who takes charge of the Cub Scouts. In New York just recently 100 of America's leading scholars and and merj' of letters met in 'the Second Annual Conference on i Science.Philosophy and Religion. - The basis for civilized life, said I a statement issued at the close of the conference, has its roots in S the dignity and worth of the hu- - man personality: and democrasy 1 represents an effort to apply this ? principal to the epr.ere of pol-1 pol-1 ! itical and social life. Because of j this nct. it ?a:d Ame-icvn V;- mocrasy may accurately be described des-cribed as having its roots in the Jewish and Christian religious traditions both of which have clearly and forcefully stressed the principle of human dignity and I worth. An attempt at world re-: re-: constriction must then take , this nrirr ir.ie r.s its bnsic posulat". |