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Show PASTOR FLAGS MOVE THEATRE Evanston Cleric Extols Virtues of Mormons in Sermon i Special Dispatch) EVANSTON. Wjro., Feb. 21. ' The Mormons are absolutely riht and I commend them for their spiritual Insight In-sight in giving vent to their righteous indignation over the immorality anil nauseating influences of the film theatre." the Rev. George Chalmers Richmond said In his sermon delivered Sunday on the sublect "Chrlstainlty and Boshevism." He continued, "So low has the film theatre fallen In It moral aspects that I refuse to attend at preMt.nl 1 am mil a crank. 1 am liberal. I am s great admirer of some actors and I believe In the future greatness great-ness of the stage, but at present' It has sunk ro low In it9 degrading lust for gold and notoriety that the only thing to do is to ostracise it. "Will Hays' salary of J 150.000 a year will not cleanse the movies of their moral filth. Los Angeles, I am told, is filled with a lot of poor, weak, young girls who have been attracted by tales of golden streets and pearly honuus for tho asking- Most of these girls are Ignorant, silly, vain with good looks of a certain type They arc tho advance ad-vance guard of a great host of incoming in-coming prostitutes. The film theatre as at present, conducted offers an easy entrance, to a life ot moral weakness. Spiritual cheapness and mental puvcltv. 1 highly exloland commend MornidVi leaders In Ogden for their courageous anil brave utterances on this great subject. Tell all the members of the great Mormon church decide to remain away from the theatre until that institution insti-tution reforms its ways' and we shall sec very quickly a great change In vision. Tell the Mormon church to 1 tako the lead, uur protectant denominate denom-inate ns are so broken up that we can't get much accomplished, but if we follow fol-low the good Mormon priests In aj wholesale ostracisatlon for a year the movies will have a change of heart." Tho Rev. Richmond declared that! America stands on the brink of a great social Industrial revolution. Many he said, bPllcvc we are In the midst of it. "Congress cannot stop It, laws cannot preve nt It unless those laws I are the real expression of the mind and will of a progressive people Many of the politicians and a statesman of our states fall to represent the people.! They have become the tools of soulless soul-less corporations and heartless selfish self-ish interests. Such men are American Bolshevista Wo have them In con-! gross, we have them In the legislatures j and we had them In the church." -oo |