Spicer’s Journey and Divorce Congress
In harmony with the counsel of his associates, Elder W. A. Spicer, the secretary of the General Conference Committee, was expecting to leave America on Wednesday of this week for an absence of several months. Brother Spicer will spend a short time in England, and will then go on to South America, where he will attend general meetings in Argentina and Brazil, and possibly in Chile. During his stay it is expected that the South American field will be organized into a union conference. We hope our readers will pray that Brother Spicer may have a safe journey and be greatly blessed in his work. They may expect to hear from him from time to time through the columns of the REVIEW. A NATIONAL congress to discuss the divorce evil is to be held in Washington, February 19, at which a prominent subject for consideration will be the enactment of a uniform divorce law, to be general throughout the country. Nearly 150 delegates, representing all but a few of the States, will attend the congress, armed with data concerning divorce litigation, its causes and effects. The step taken by the Pennsylvania Legislature a year ago, calling attention to the growing menace, and President Roosevelt's action in calling the attention of Congress to the magnitude of the evil, gave the congress its origin, and the governors of each State and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia were asked to appoint delegates. Among those who will attend are women, theologians, lawyers, and in some cases governors.