The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-25
FIGHT 1T FROM PULPITS.
Ministers Preach ON Tuberculosis to
Large Congregations.

Sunday was tuberculosis day in the
churches, in accordance with the proc
iamation of Governor w. X. Stubbs
asking the ministers of Kansas to de-
liver sermons on the great white
plague and its eradication
In Topeka the ministers compiled
with the request, and members of the
Topeka Anti-TuberculosiS society were
on hand at the services to enlist new
mem berS in the cause. In this way
the size of the new organization was
materially increased, and the prospects
for the establishment OF a TUBERCULOSIS
camp were made brighter.
Here are a few of the pointed remarks
made by local clergymen:
DR.. Stephen s. EStey, of the First
Presbyterian church:
"Au our twentieth century reforms
are the outgrowth of the principles ana
teachings of Christ You can not hVe
by the teaching of Christ in the com
pick civilization of today without en-
tering heartily into the movements for
the amelioration of the condition OF
men, physical, mental, spiritual.
mo tuberculosis in 1920. is the
watchword of the anti-tuberculosis
campaign, and as we recall the awful
misery and grief which this disease
brings to mankind, wonder IL L am
wrong to think that 1t deserves a place ace
beside that other watchword which the
awakened church has taken up: The
evangelization of the world in this gen
eration2'
DR.. F. L. Hayes First Congregation
al church:
Let US all join this Christ-inspired
crusade against that most devastating
modern pestiIence, the white plague,
and begin by enrolling as members OF
the Topeka Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis"
Dr. Charles NJ. Sheldon, Central
Congregational church:
What can the people do to stop
@Educate the public about the dis
ease, through the press, the pulpit, the
school, the state.
stroy all sputum from people who have
the disease.
Breath plenty of fresh air day and
night
''Avoid overwork. This question of
disease is related to the whole social
problem. Avoid alcoholic drink"
Rev. Thos. S. Young, First Baptist
church:
"Our work is to build camps, to re-
strict crowded tenements, to insist on |
sanitary plumbing and sewerage and /
the instruction of the infected and !
their care. Our work may not bring |
us directly into touch with an indiv- !
idual case and yet what we do in these :
ways may mean the saving of many !
lives and the prevention of scores of
cases of the disease"
DR.. E. S. Pettyjohn, a delegate to J
the Sixth International congress on /
tuberculosis at Washington, d. c.,
who spoke at the First NJ. E. church:
ITO this audience it is idle to bring |
proofs that tuberculosis is the most
terrible of plaques. demanding the
largest sacrifices, and taking life more
heavily than all the other calamities
combined, sickness. war, catastrophe.
I'm nature the most powerful enc
my of the tubercle bacillus is the sun.
It's direct rays destroy the life of this
even in a few hours or at
nj est a few days. If every diseased
lung could be exposed to direct sun
light we would soon rid the commun-
ity of this dread disease. We can do
no better than admit to our bodies and
homes as freely as possible the sun
light which brings lie to us as surely
as il brings death to this one of our
deadly enemies