The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-08-21

FelloU CatizenS:-Wisconsin is called upon II
furnish its thousands of additional troops for tn;
war. Our brave men are responding to this call will
aacrty, and soon our neighbors and friends will b.
in the camp-some of them on the battle field anC
others in the hospital. Some will Aever return
alive, and will have christian friends to ministe
consolation in the dying hour. All will be surround
ed by demoraizng influences and will need helI
to resist them. While we provide for their bodily
comfort we must rememD er that they have intellec
tual and moral wants to be supplied and that they
need spiritual as well as temporal food. The OBJ
ect of this article is to call attention to the mpor
lance fsupplying them with the scriptures Che
good has already resulted from furnishing the 600
600 men who volunteered under previous calls; anC
many cheering incidents connected Herewith have
come to our knowledge.
lst We therefore respectfully request that the
relatives ofthe present volunteers will procure BIZ
5les or testaments and place them in their pock
or knapsacks before they leave their homes. Thi.
is altogether the best method of supply, as they
will be more highly priced and diligently read thar
if received from any other source.
Cd. We request that our local agents procure ties
taments from the branch repositories and place
them in the hands of any who may not be supplied
by their friends.
Sd. Will officers Of towship societies give atten
ton to this matter and supply any who have moi
been furnished by their relatives or local agents
4th. As those from each county will usually rem
devious at the county seat before leaving for the
camps of instruction, will the officers of county So
cieties please call committee meetings and appoint
one or more of their number to visit the companies
and furnish such as have not been supplied by the
persons above appealed to. The names of those
receiving the books with the names of societies OF
persons presenting them sho'd be written in them
5th. Will christian ministers please call the at
tention of their congregations both to the impor.
lance of these distributions and to the need of con-
trlbutions to pay for the books thus used, and
take collections or subscriptions to detray the ex-
pense
9th. Will the friends of the bible and of our SOL
ders all over the State send in their individual and
extra contributions to this object without waiting
to be called on. The money may be paid to the
reasurers of the township ard county societies or
their agents, RENTED to the general agent at
Waukesha, Wis.
Any one can see the need of these contributions
Some $40, 900 hes already been expended in sup
plying our army and navy and prisoners from the
South with the scriptures and the eff ort will not
be completed until the war ends. While we have
this extra work to perform in addition to supply
ing destitute families with Bibles and children with
testaments, in our own and foreign lands the mum.
Der of those who sustain the bible cause is greatly
diminished by the same cause which has increased
the work. Thousands of the former mem bers and
many of the officers of our bible societies are now
N the army, and their relation is of course changed
rom that of patrons to beneficiares Hence those
Who remain at home have more to do than before
md should be willing to make extra e1ertioDs ana
,reat sacrifices in such time as this
D. MCGEE BARDWELL.
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