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Show A Ccnlbitbn" to Fc-VDivcrcc. It is a fine sign of the times that steps' are being taken by Eastern Protestant clergymen looking to a coalition between the Kornan Catholic church and a number of .Frotestajit sects ia the fight against the growing eVil of divorce. Representatives of the Protestant churches have approached Archbishop Farley of New York, and sought his support in the project , The exact plans of the Protestant clergymen clergy-men are not known. These will be deOnitely laid, if Archbishop Farley agrees to give his support to the project and. aid in fostering the coalition. While tb,e Protestant ministers interested represent nearly very sect, most of them are Episcopalians.1 They express the belief that divorce- in general should be unswervingly opposed,- and should be allowed al-lowed only in rare cases. They desise to reach ia common ground with the. Catholics,'. who believe that absolute divorce ia never permissiblee What a splendid influence against the. growth of the divorce di-vorce evil such a combination of church forces could exercise." Ministers of every denomination should join . this combination, which seeks to strengthen the barriers which protect the home. |