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Show CHURCH ATTITUDE T0V7ARD PlVORCfi Should Divorced Uzn Who Remerries Be Allowed Coqmunioh? ; S NEW TOBK, May The di- vorce question came before the (!) Presbyterian Ministers' associa- (s tlon yesterday when Dr. Alex-' (s) ander McKalvey,; pastor of .the Reformed church at Boonton, N. J., read a paper on 'The Divorce Problem." One cause only, he said, could justify divorce. There might be separation, however, be s) said, but not remarriage under fe) any circumstances.' . . The Rev. G. S. Leeper, who used to K be a Presbyterian preacher here, but who now Is minister to mountaineers at Gas- tonla, N. C, caused a stir by asking: .- . "What would some of .you mln-. lsters do' if you 'had a man In your congregation who .was mar- rled and had five children by his wife, and this man also had two or three divorced wives living would you refuse him commu- nion? Such Incidents -are not uncommon In the highland?"' The question of the Southern missionary was unanswered. |