Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-22

To OPPOSE SUNDAY
MOTION PICTURES

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 10
By the Associated Press.)-Presby-
terians of the United States Of
America today received report
from the committee on Sabbath OBJ
servance demanding that the movies
clean up and clear out of the
Lords Day"
Will H. Hayes, president of the
Motion Picture Producers and Di-
rectors of America, who is attend
ing the assembly as an elder of the
church, was absent from the hall
attending committee meeting
when DR.. Harry L. Bowlby, presi-
dent of the Lords Day alliance, at
tackled the Sunday movie shows.
II have nothing against the NOV
ies,''' said DR.. Bowlby. IF they will
clean up and clear out of the Lords
Day, as 1 told representative of
the motion picture industry who is
attending this assembly as a COM
missioner. -
1.-The commercial movie house
Ought to give the church, the Bible
school and the home the right of
way on the Christian morality, and
without Christian morality, the free
institutions of this country can not
be. preserved"
A resolution on motion picture
censorship and Sunday movie shows
is expected to be presented to the
assembly for action.
The controversy between the ultra
conservative and progressive fac
lions was quiet today, due to the
absence of William Jennings Bryan,
leader OF the fundamentalists.
Mr.. Bryan, who went to Kansas
City to address a Baptist meeting, is
coming back in time to make two
addresses on evolution and the fun
damental Interpretation of the Bible
tomorrow.
DR.. Clarence MacCartney, of Phil
adelphia, who brought to the as
sembly tho Philadelphia presbytery's
protest against the liberal doctrines
of Harry Emerson Fosdick, as ex-
pounded in the First Presbyterian
church of New York, is to preach to-
morrow morning, and is expected to
elaborate on the conservative fac
tons views.
Liberals to Answer
The liberals will be represented
by the Rev. William P. Merrill, pas
tor of the famous Brick church of
New York, and warm. defender Of
DR.. Fosdick, who will fill Henry
Ward Beecher's old pulpit at the
Second Presbyterian church, and by
DIR. Charles +. Wishart, the moder-
ator, who will preach at the First
Presbyterian. DR.. Wishart, while
conservative in views, has declared
he stands for tolerance in dealing
with the opinions of others, so long
as they do not conflict with the basic
confession of faith.
The commissioners are anXiously
waiting the first open move in the
fight between fundamentalists and
liberals, which may come Monday
morning, if the committee on bills
and overtures reports the Fosdick
case then.
Mr.. Bryan is understood to. have
ready for presentation a resolution
which would bar the teaching OF
evolution in the church schools. and
would cxpel professors who hold the
evolutionary hypothesis of the origin
of human life.
Most of today's short session was
devoted to routine reports, demand
for a stricter Sabbath observance.
and for one days rest in seven in
all industry.
The assembly adopted resolutions
praising DIR. Hubert Work, former
postmaster general, for giving post
office employees a Saturday half
holiday, and urging his successor,
Harry S. New, to continue the prac-
tice.
Work Of army and navy chaplains
was described by Lieutenant Colonel
Joseph Hunter, U. S. A., and Lieu
tenant M. M. Witherspoon, U. S. N,
who asked that the denominations
give better support to their repre-
sentatiVes with the armed forces.
DR.. Edward III. Pence, of Portland
Oregon. today was appointed chair
man of the committee Oh home mis-
sions, which place Mr.! Bryan yes
terday refused to occupy.