The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-10-25
PASTORS AND PATRIOTS
Speakers Present Cause With Sincerity
and Forcefulness - Action Indicates
Church Support of Government
Sermons Win Subscriptions.

Kenosha churches came out four
square for country and humanity on
Sunday morning and evening when nine
local ministers, representing four ma
tionalites and five distinct creeds.
preached the gospel of the Liberty
Loan to their respective congregations.
Powerfully and periodically the pas
tors urged a universal purchase of gov
eminent bonds during the campaign Of
the coming week. In their sermons
and talks the preachers emphasized es-
pecially the religious principles i'm
perilled in the present war and advis-
ed their parishioners to support the
nation s financial policy as the surest
way Of bringing q speedy restoration of
peace on earth, goodwill toward
men. -
The spirit Of the pastor-patriots was
noteworthy. Rev. Francis Czerwinski,
when asked if he talked the Liberty
Loan replied: IT sure did, and re-
ports supplementing his words indicate
that he did it in no uncertain terms.
Rev. j. J. Conway, too, was strikingly
emphatic as is evidenced by the fact
that his sermon was topic of general
conversation among the Sunday after
noon crowds on Main street. Rev. I. w.
Corey was equally aggressive and
presented the topic with frankness
that proved conclusicely his de-
termination to make the world "safe
for religion as well as democracy.
At the Park Avenue Methodist
Church, Rev 0. W Taylor gave over his
morning service to the discussion of
the Liberty Loan. Taking as his text
that passage from the Book of Judges
which reads s'And the angel of the
Lord appeared unto him and said, The
Lord is with thee thou mighty man
of valor,'' he identified the American
cause with the cause of Gideon and in
Dictated that the same victory might be
expected when the forces of Right had
been properly marshalled against
Wrong. He urged especially an exem-
plifcation Of unity, strategy, and faith
ii God, the essential factors in the
success of Gideon and declared that the
patronage of the Liberty Loan was a
potent means Of achieveing this end
His statements were Enthusiastically
patriotic and made a deep impression
on his audience.
The united action of the ministers
in the city churches will come as dis
tinct blow to pacifsts and conscientious
DIRECTORS. Without mincing words the
pastors presented the cause of the loan
so forcefully as to show that the
churches are according the government
their whole-hearted and undivided sup
port in the prosecution of the war.
The words of priests and preachers
will carry great weight with their
! arishioners and will undoubtedly re-
suit in material subscriptions to
the Liberty Loan during the closing
campaign Of this week.
The Sunday sermons by the various
ministers came in response to the re-
quest of the President of the United
States, the c unity Council of Defense
and the City Chamber of Commerce
that local preachers should urge the pur-
chase of bonds in the services Of Oc-
tober 21st. The pastor patriots who
answered this call with special mention
from their pulpit, include: Rev. J. J.
Conway, St. James Catholic Church;
Rev. I. w. Corey, First Baptist
Church; Rev. Francis Czerwinski, St.
Kazimierz Catholic Church; Rev. H. K.
Gebhart, D. D., Grace Lutheran
Church; Rev. William D. Malone, st.
Thomas Asquinas Catholic Church;
Rev. G. E. Mccoy, st. Matthews Epis-
copal Church; Rev. Peter Perardi, Holy
Rosary of Pompeii Catholic Church;
Rev. Edmund G. REIN, st. Luke s
German Evangelical Lutheran; Rev.
o. w. Taylor, Park Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Rev. Theodore IT. Favi1le Of the Con-
gregational Church, presented the cause
to his people on the preceding Sunday
as did also the Rev. Anton Balinski of
st. Peters Catholic Church. The par
ishioners of the latter, Lithuanian peo-
pie, nominally subject to Russia, have
subscribed literally to the loan and as
church, purchased on Sunday a $500
bond. In st. Georges Catholic Church
the topic was presented at high mass
by Rev. ]. J. Cyen. while Rev. O. W.