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Show I ; BIG CHURCH 1 I CONVENTION ' ! , B H jj r 32 Denominations Meet H. a In Chicago For Na- H tion-Wide Work HHl 'Si I Chicago, Dec. 2. The federated K 1 j j council of the Churches of Christ In HH' t j' I America, representing 32 donomina- HH 1 tions, will meet in Chicago December H J ji I 4 to 9 to hold Its first convention to HH ! review federation work on a nation- ' I wide scale. More than 17,000,000 HH ( ' church members are represented by HH the delegates. HH I Formal adoption of a new social HH . j creed "will be one of the most impor- HH , tant acts of the conference. The adop- HH , j tion of a common religious creed is 1 ; - j forbidden by the constitution of the HHh federal council. HI !, The social creed, however, Is not HHl. ' ' intended to bo the basis of the civic HY work of the churches. New features HH jj of tie social creed of the council fol- I! ! low: HHr ' ; The protection of the family by the HH single standard of purity, regulation HHL of marriage and proper housing. HHK, The fullest development of the child HHB by education and recreation. HHW The abatement of prevention of HH H posterity. Hf The conservation of health HH' 1 1 The safeguarding the right of all HHt ': men to an opportunity for self-maln- HH j tenance and for protection of work- HH ers from the hardship of enforced HH 4 , unemployment, HH 1 i j' The new features of the social HHV 1 creed are intended to supplement the T I social creed of the council that has j , been standing for four years Old age mmb j provision, abolition of child labor, liv- HH ing wage, reduction of hours of la- HHl , lior, equitable division of the products H,' of industry and protection of women '. workers aro the chief features of the present creed. . oo |