The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-27
WAR AGAINST
Pit HISS
IN PULPIT
HeIt Sunday Has Been DssIg
mated al tuberculosis
Day" in Churches

Next Sunday d 10 BE- Tuberculosis
day fF Guthrie ministers nave
been APPRAISED d the occasion aad
there Wild be references 81 ths local
pniplls ~ ihe beneilcent york or pfe
ventlon
I ApFll 5B has been SET aside thls
year as tuberculosis Dag and aill
W observed ln 288699 churches "a
ne country in q manner similar Ga
| itas ~ TuDercnlosig sunday d 1919.
| Ahen over $4,000 sermons wefe
\ preached Oh the prevention ~ CON
i sumption. TAe national association
Tor Tie study ag6 prevention 0g fr-
1efctihsls hrRes t0 enlist all ot tne
5sseM @0 church members lu .he
country la this movement.
ln ore respect tubercl iosfs DAY
Will differ from tuberculosis snnday
ot 1919 Instead 0l requesting tae
churches 90 give 30 the tu-
DerclN0gis eaase special SUNDAY
service fhe plan IL % ask this year
ha' meetings a, which the subject
"a tuberculosis aad lts prevention can
Ne discussed. BE- held on Snnday.
Aafil 3a Or On any other dag near
mat date either in the Heek pre-
ceiling Or fhe week following What
is desired Is that the subject of fn.
Defruiosls 8e discussed 30 aii OF the
100000 churches OF the linked states
AZ as nearly the same f8mr as B0s-
siBie. This does not demand ghaf q
stated service be given over 10 THIS
WORK, although that msght Be desir.
able buf tnat any minister. Or other
authority whom he may invite may
present me problem r1 bis eDngFe+
CATION before or after his 9egalsr
service. or 0n amy day ass IN The
week preceding or following ADri8
The national association for me
study and prevention of tuberculosis
S making an effort 10 have ihe
churches throughout the UnYtes
states fake official c0gnizance of the
movement and to enlist the churches
as a collective b0dg in the fight TO
tnls end the association has request.
ed ministers Of churches 10 designate
SUNDAY AuFil 59. az Tuberculosis
Day. and % make taeir sermons fof
me 9ay conform ID the idea THIS
psan was followed lash year. and ali
unusual degree of interest was RE
aIed in he warfare being wagei
against the Waite plague
The church population az the Unit
ed States hae been estimated 81 s
600 9sU ll is hoped 10 have the sn8.
jeef made regular feature az church
WoFk Special statistics 8s8 other
formation have 0een complied show
Ing -he church tuberculosis death
rate. and 81 Is expected that The
moFen ent will meet general favor
The idea can Sc better explained
through the following bulletin recent
iy Issued bF the association
Statistics showing h@w serious
problem tuberculosis "a ID the ordin
arr church congregation Nave been
published bY Tie national association
ioF ihe study and preFentgan OF fm.
Dercasosis il 4 bulletin on tahefeulo
SIS day
From reHo1s received from over
s-a cannaes Win a membership az
1Heg 3iz roo e0mmanleants os twenty
GeaoMia@&.9ns aH6 from 29 cities
ana towns III IL states Ia various
Rarts of The county, out el nearly Il.
e6l deaths in 1910 0Eer 7e8 or Ia4
per cent were taHsad by tahetcalossE
THIS means > = deaths for eve1B
thousand members 0f commandments
While The percentage of deafhs
sr1m tuberculosis as compared wih
other diseases i not higher il the
churches according 10 ghese figures
than ln the country at large. tue aa.
bsrcul0sls death rate ss shown aF
the c1Breh returns. IS higher Der
thousand c0mmanicangg than that gag
The general population In fAe regis
! EFAgi0n area " the Ualiea states
Ealch tAe census gave as ls7 5a
1893
TIE national association does no
however. consider BE statistics ~
eeiTed from ministers comparable
from the the point az view ~ acras
acY NliB those reported hy the her
eau az she census. "A sufficient nnng
aeT ns returns from q great yarietH
.0f churches have been regessea 8eY-
lertneless. 10 Indicate iaaf eae AZ the
mosf serious socE4l problems the 81
binary ehmfeh has 10 consider rs taat
at the devastation ot its membership
aiY tuberculosis Toe need fur aaa
cation fr0m fAe nglpit and .n .ae
aome Is apparent EFerv minister
III the United states ls asked Ia give
this sabi@ef some aitent8aa aaFag
fhe BeKs twB weekS