New-York tribune., 1910-04-25
CLERGY IN PHTH|SIS FIGHT
Many Sermons Preached in Be-
half of Movement.
TRINITY TAKES UP WORK
DR.. Manning and DR.. Aked,
Among Others, Urge Hearers
to Join Crusade.

The ministers have taken up the hght
against the white plague. and yesterday
many preached sermons TO their congrega-
tions in regard 10 the cause and prevention
Of tuberculosis saying IT was the duty If
Christians 10 help in the war against the
dread disease. IL is expected that the entry
OF the clergy into the crusade will do more
10 keep down the mortality record of tn
berculosis than any other similar agency.
Preaching yesterday morning in Trinity
Church, the Rev. DIR. William T. Manning
spoke of the progress OF the campaign ami
urged his congregation TO give their most
sctive sympathy and support to the move
n.ent
DR.. Manning stated that twenty thousand
copies OF the pamphlet How to Avoid Con
sumption" issued by the Charity Organiza-
ton Society. were being distributed OF
Sunday throughout the churches and Sun
Gay schools OF Trinity Church.
The minister started his sermon by say
ing the Christian religion is a religion cot
only OF gentleness and patience. but IF
force. strength and power.
our faith i'm Christ" he said. ought -
make US more efficient men and womer.
more ready and able to undertake and ac-
ccmplish the tasks OF this life. God does
not give us the right TO expect Him to do
for US those things which He has put it in
our power 10 do.
No Right TO Expect Miracles.
God can work miracles to-day If He
wishes TO do SO, but we have no right or
reason TO expect Him TO work miracles TO
save US from the consequences Of our own
deliberate incidence and carelessness. Il
the present fight against the spread of tu-
berculosis God has placed the issue in our
own hands We know now that IT is pre-
tentablc and durable. and that We can pu;
an end TO il if Ne will
We who say, and say truly that is was
the teaching Of Jesus Christ which first
taught men TO care for the poor and the
sick that every hospital in the world
owes its existence to the Christian re
ligion. cannot fail TO be interested and 20
have our active part in such a movement
as this.
This movement makes its appeal to US
on the ground Of self-preserN alton, Of pro-
lection for our families and homes. as
well as on the score Of public policy and
intelligent citizenship. In New York ten
thousand persons fail a prey to this dis
ease each year. and very large proper
ton Of them are the wage earners Of their
households. The suffering and despair
which il brings each year must appeal 10
Jew and Christian, to Catholic and Prot
estant-to men Of every creed. and men
who imagine that they have none"
In the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church the
Rev Or. Charles +. Aked. the pastor.
preached specially on the white plague"
Among other things he said:
Consumption is not merely prevent
able: it is durable. This last of the PESTS
that remain with humanity is the most
durable Of diseases. All that Is needed fs
fresh air and sunshine. If ! could only
teach that / would go down into history
as the benefactor Of mankind
Some people crowd their rooms with
furniture and hang heavy curtains that
keep out the air and sunlight They don't
/ Ike fresh air and are afraid Of drafts
! They are afraid the sunlight may fade
their wallpaper and tsair carpets What il
ii does? Isn't that better than giving
/ their children consumption?
People are afraid Of fresh air in mo-
ton. They call it drafts They are
afraid they VIII catch cold They can't
catch cold in fresh air. 1t is from breath
! ing hot air. foul and laden with tobacco
smoke. that colds are caught.
u was once as stupid as that I would
not think q having window open Noth-
ing then would have made me open a win
COW II needed a revelation from heaven
20 teach me. I had an illness by which
/ was confined 10 my bed for fifteen months
] went 10 the mountains. and there the sun
and the air brought me back to health"
Urges Federal Help.
DR.. 9. s. Pratt chose the subject Sci
ence and Health for the subject e mis- SER
mon in All Sours Episcopal church, Hath
street and ST. Nicholas avenue. yesterday.
He condemned Christian Science a. being
responsible for retarding. true scientific
work I'm the prevention Of the spread OF
tuberculosis He stated that the United
States spends many millions Of dollars
every year for the protection 81 animals
and crops and for the building Of a might,
navy. but foi humanity spent practically
nothing. He closed his sermon with a plea
20 the congregation % work for appropria-
tions TO go toward the anti-tuberculosis
crusade.
Or :. AGophus knopf. professor Of
phtlisiotherapy OF the New York Post
Graduate Medical Hospital. in an address
1 at the church OF the Messiah. Park avenue
and 5ith street, yesterday said that tuber-
/ culosis caa be eradicated by the combined
I efforts Of the church and the medical pro-
fcssOn working ia sympathy.
lie instructed the congregation how TO