The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-21
PRESENT DAY EVILS ARE
DISCUSSED BY CHURCnMEN
Continued from Second Page.

ance OF the Presby terrain General AS
semhly. In session here drew this con
trast today I'm It's report. The results
Of twenty three years work of In,
sabbath Day Observance COMMITTEE,
were laid before the assembly. Tn
committee found cause for rejoicing a.
the passage OF Sunday rest laws 81
forty states, but issued a cir
cumstantial rebuke To the managemer
Of the Panama Pacific Exposition fol
planning To open it's gates ON Sunday.
Want Bible In Schools.
| Efforts To have the Bible read daily
i'm the public schools of the Unitcl
States will be pressed strongly 10y the
alliance of reformed churches in Am
! erica holding the PRESBYTERIAN sNs-
TEN, according TO resolutions offered
| today for acceptance by the general
assembly.
Religious training i'm our public
schools, So planned as To avoid the vio-
lation in any way of our cherished
principle of the separation of church
and state. should be systematic ANA
constant" declared the preamble. This
council calls upon the church authori-
| ties To- investigate the subject fully
with "a view 10 devising some method
of averting the sad results of present
ineiiicicncy in moral and religious
training"
The resolution reads;
THE Word OF God is the charter
OF the spiritual and civil rights of man.
as abuudantly illustrated in the hiss.
tory ana institutions OF this country.
Persistent efforts are being made to cx-
clude the Bible from use in the public
schools 1t is ordered that use b."
made of every proper means in main
tanning the Word of God as an essen
tial element in the education ana train
tng of the youth of the land
Too Many Divorces Action Urged.
"One cut of eleven marriages i'm this
country ends in divorce. The highest
divorce rate i'm any country is I'm ia
pan. The next highest is in the Unit
ed States This situation is dis
grace To America" So saying, the re-
port of the committee on marriage and
divorce, made To the assembly today,
opened with an emphatic denunciatiun
of apathy on this subject and declared
that the time was ripe for action and
not words.
Certainly no earnest man can be
quiet and satisfied under such condi-
. IN a
act The Presbyterian church is in
a position To take steps for an advance
IL has in its Confession of Faith. a
chapter on marriage and divorce. The
synods and Presbytcries are closely
related i'm all the states To legislatures
that should now be approached with
definite proposals for reform. our
ministers and elders might easily in
wife the cooperation of their brethren
in other denominations, and together
might hope To secure the passage of
improved laws on this behalf.
The committee would hereby rec
.---n-rd that this general assembly APP
l-ase q the following particulars as
desirable for Incorporation in an i'm
proved state code or new law on mar
rage and divorce:
The requirement of residence of
40 least two years in the state where
the application for divorce is To he en-
tered
The requirement of a period of 1T
least one year after the granting Of
decree. before the same shall take eff
feet.
The following proviso concerning
evasion of law as to marriage and di-
vnrec, to-wit:
That If any person or persons be-
.n- resident of this state shall go into
another state or country with intent
To- eyade or violate any of the laws of
this state pertaining to marriage or di-
v0rce. and there contract "A marriage
or obtain a divorce, prohibited by the
said laws of this state, and then return
lu this state. such marriage or such
divorce shall be null and void foi all
purposes i'm this state, with the same
effect as though such prohibited maj