Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-22
PRESBYTERIAN SECRETARY MAKES
PLEA FOR SABBATH OBSERVANCE;
WOULD BAN SPORTS and MOVIES
DIR. Bowlby Advocates Removing All Counter
Attractions and Distractions So 1t Will Be
Possible TO Woo and Win the Young People
Back to the Church and Sunday School.
tBY THE ASSOCIATED rREss1

Winona Lake, Ind, May 21.--
Abolition of Sunday baseball. Sun
day movies. Sunday theaters and
unnecessary Sunday business are
advocated in the annual report of
DR.. II. l.. Bowlby. general secretary
of the Presbyterian committee on
Sabbath observance. In his mes
sage to general assembly DR.,
Bowlby says in part:
1.-THE Presbyterian committee on
Sabbath observance struck out on
its second year soon to hit upon
paths that were not laid by build
ers of the republic who dotted early
New England with little white
churches and little red school
houses; paths of organized Sabbath
Dissertation which led not to
church nor to Bible school on the
Lords day. but to the commercial
movie, vaudeville and theater,
baseball and amusement parks, the
dance hall, sporting club. open bus
ineas houses, loafing parlors, con-
slant temptations to multitudes OF
youth and adults, TO sell their Sab
bath birthright for this red pot
tage.
Among the victories OF the year
as won by the Lords Day Alliance
of the United States and its auMl-
larry and affiliated societies and in
which the Presbyterian permanent
committee in number of in
stances had a cooperative part, are
the following
an New York the double defeat
of the. Dickstein Sunday business
bill and eighteen other bills which
attacked the American Sunday is
significant. Excellent progress was
also made on bills to close all gro
Gerry stores and barber shops on
Sunday. Aid was given the censor
ship bill, which was passed.
"In New Jersey the motion pic
ture forces and the commercial
sporting advocates were held In
check. <
I'm Pennsylvania an obnoxious
Sunday business bill was defeated
by an overwhelming vote in the
assembly, and other proposed antl-l
Sunday legislation was killed in
committees. /
In Ohio the Taylor Sunday
movie bill was defeated.
"In wisconsin an advantage for
more rest days for policemen was
won. A grist of anti-Sabbath blisi
is being held back.
Splendid results may also be
reported for New England, Mary
land, some of the midwest and
Pacific coast states; the south,
where last July organized work
was undertaken by the alliance,
and in the District Of Columbia.
1.-THE committee would lay stress
on a nationwide propaganda Tor
wideopen Sunday, which was start |
ed at Washington. November ~,
through the generous help of the
daily press, and back of which
were powerful amusement ana
sporting organizations
This propaganda was used as |
smoke screen to hide their real
purpose of commercial Sunday and
UE misrepresentation exaggera-
t8n, and a string Of lies published i
through the press and in the movie
houses, and intensive advertising,
extensive efforts were made to fool
tho people and make good the for
n.ar threat of 'wiping out every
vestige of laws protecting Sunday !
from the statute books of every !
state in the United States.
Although the attack was made /
directly against the Lords Day
alliance of the United States, your |