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Show REV. cn 1ETURNS WE Attends Executive Meeting of Presbyterian Church at Des Monies Rain and cold ts reported the usual run of the weather In the Centra! .state', according to Rev. John Edward Ed-ward Carver, who returned Saturdji from attending th executive meeting of the Presbyterian church In DCS liOInes, Iowa. The executive committee commit-tee Is composed of one member from each Plate and their duty la to make plans for the national meeting of the general church, which is now hi 80--in rr.ri. i mi ii reiniivo to the re organization of the entire American homo work occupied much of the, time of the eommittee. Rev. Carver visited a day with friends in his old home near Burlington. Burling-ton. He will preach this morning un "The Message of the Old Home Life for the Conditions of Today." In tnc-evening tnc-evening the Boy Scout service will b held with sermon on "The Boy of Today and. the Men of Tomorrow " ANTI-JOY RIDING DEVflATED DES M-OINES. Ia., May 20. (By the International News Service.) The Presbyterian genoral assembly went on record tonight as being determined to defend the Sabbath from the "organized "or-ganized forces that are seeking to destroy des-troy its sanctity." This action followed an address by Harry L. Bowlby. seeretary of the committee on Sabbath observance who declareel that If the "motion pictures don't clean up on the six days of the week and clear out on the seventh the battle against unclean movies and Sabbath violation is going the limit " The assembly, however, voted down an extreme "bhis law," proposal when Dr. George A. Hill presented a resolution resolu-tion which would put the Presbyterians on record as discouraging tho use of automnl-iU-h m Suinl iy er, pt for works of mercy and church attendance. attend-ance. The assembly also refused to adopt an "anti-joy riding" resolution. |