Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
HOW WILL THE CLERGY DEAL
WITH OUR WAR ISSUES?


1 remember very we'll the countless
prayer meetings and many call meet
ings in the churches during the Civil
war. After time of strenuous anxiety
preceding either victory or defeat, the
people would gladly assemble in the
churches for solemn prayer or solemn
praise to the Ruler of heaven and earth.
Every time General Lee announced a
victory he would return thanks to the
giver of all good. There was a clamor
for Gods directing spirit, to lead us
and save us from error. and these
prayers went up from tens of thousands
of southern hearthstones throughout the
four bloody years of conflict.
1t seems to me the necessity for con-
slant prayer for heavenly guidance was
never more needful than at present. If
those who believe that God rules and
reigns are genuinely sincere in their
profession, the time is now right on US
for devout. and cautious entreaties at
the throne OF heavenly grace, and we are
assured that God will listen and re-
member such devotions.- Nothing can
take the place of these earnest, heart
felt petitions, and If Christians believe
what they profess to believe, that Gods
pardoning mercy alone can save the
human soul, the time is right here to
give sermons at these environments for
the boys in khaki
This matter has been on my mind for
some time. In times of peril we GER
tainly need the Almighty's preserving
care. In times of sickness unto death
we need the comfort of the Holy Spirit
to bear what is impending over us. II
we believe that our Heavenly Father
can help US if we pray nightly for His
mercy and forgiveness, the time is right
here to have meetings for prayer at
least once on the week days and full
service on Sundays.
The nation that forgets God will be
left to it's own devices. May we awake
to the need of devotion to God in these
present days before our boys leave for
foreign trenches.
HOW THE WOMEN ARE WORKING
friend in Michigan sent me a news
paper clipping where a Red Cross chair
man made his report of the summer
work of patriotic women. Already they
have sent on fifty thousand garments
They have expended in cash TO pro
cure materials more than fifty thou
sand dollars. This does not include ]
vast number of surgical dressings
still in preparation. They cut the sur
gical dressings by machinery and the
labor is expedited thereby. This is
woman's work in a town about the size
of Columbus, Ga.
AS my friend expressed it, we al,
working like galley slaves. I am So
weary when l lie down on my bed j
can hardly rest
These expenses and these labors give
me some idea of what is going or
north. east, south and west. Such sup
niles as these here mentioned are not
paid for by the government, anywhere
They are cash contributions out of the
pockets of self-sacrificing women, and
they represent enormous self-sacrlfict
in many instances. In this Michigan
city there were more than five thou
sand registered women working in uni
son. under capable management, and the
work being carefully inspected, it was
Obliged to be up to the mark.
1 hope the soldiers will give thought
to those who work so unselfishly and try
to take care of whatever comes into
| their possession, after it is distributed
for it is close. exacting labor, perform
ed in lovely spirit of self-forgetfui
ness by these self-denying women