"THE PURITAN BLIGHT."

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1646, 13 January 1913, Page 5

"THE PURITAN BLIGHT."

CHURCH AND STAGE. . . REV, R. J. CAMPBELL'S VIEWS. ' By Telegraph—Preßß Association—Copyright ; London, January 10. t ' The, Eev. ;E. •J. Campbell, the . wellknown Congregational minister, .speaking at the City Temple, said that it was 9 time tho Free Churches reconsidered their ( ' • attitude towards theatres,. Catholics wero greater patrons of the arts' than Protestants, The Nonconformists had not recovered from' tho Puritan blight.' i ' The'Bev, F, B.' Moyer, minister of the Regent Park's Baptist Chapel, interviewed, .said the stage had radically improved, btit in view of the decreasing church attendance, he did not think it would be. vise ,to foster a. love of pleasure. The timo had not arrived for a Nonconformist institution'similar to an Actors' Church 1 Union. Th 6 President of the Actors' Church Union, is the Bishop of Winchester. It was formed in 1899 by co-operation bei tween Churchmen and other members of , . tho profession" for the purpose of bringing members of the theatrical profession who are churchmen and churchwomen 1 in ton oh with; the Church while on tour. It aims nlfco at supplying a 1 friend in , need to sick members. A;large number ■ on;rccord iti. which tho Union has been of practie4li4ifce;