Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-12
LADIES IN CHARGE
Of SERVICES THE
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BAPTIST CHURCH
WAR TIME SPIRIT ENTERS INTO
LAST NIGHTS MEETlNG-lSSUE
APPEAL FOR RED CROSS AID
AND FOOD CONSERVATION.

The service under The auspices OF
The women at the Baptist church last
night demonstrated their ability to
plan and carry thru an interesting
program. Miss Vera Ham and Miss
Reoecca Yentzer sang a duet. q ladies'
choir and orchestra rendered spe'
cial music. Lady ushers did their
work well. The pastor spoke on
Ladies' Aid"
Ladies' Aid is a word combina'
ION commonly used to designate a
society in the church. %Pollyanna
speaks of the Ladies' Aiders' as wom-
Ell who reAcarpet the church. We
might add they have been the life
ver OF the church III financial mat
tiers. They have been the %drudges up
on whom men OF the church saddle
the money raising to pay church bills.
The Ladies' Aid give suppers. bazaars.
fairs and the like. They are the Mar
thas busy about many things, sery-
ing tables. %perspiring in church kitch.
ems, quilting and divers other things
for the getting and saving of money
for the church. This is the old idea
Of the Ladies' Aid, it is the anti
qdated conception. A new day has
arrived in which we think differently
of this heroic band of women.
There Is a way of pr0nouncing
Ladies' Aid which ~desipnates a larg-
er and more general application of
the termn. Put a comma after ladies
and exclamation points after aid and
you have the modern emphasis. 1t is
found thus To be IA present day slo-
gan. ladies' aid =! Lend a hand.
1T is the cry issuing from Red Cross
headquarters. II is The summons of
Hoover in the interest of food con.
~servatlon. 1t is the war cry Of Rus
sia'S wOmen's Legion of Death 1t is
the clarion call of Great Britain that
brings one million, five hundred thou
sand into industry who were
new there before. 1t is the reason
both in Great Britain and France for
thousands of women in muniti0n
plants. Ladies, aid..! Give a lift!
We hear the cry from political
hladuua rtnry Tho opti CSln,, nn,t,n
use it to achieve prohibition. Reform
candidates in municipal elections use
1t to Dust the machine. Ladies' aid -!
Help us. And the ladies' have respond
ed %grandly. They have demonstrated
that they have the brain and the
Drawn, the mentality, executive abil-
ity and the stamina to stay by a thing
and see 1t thru to the end. Jane
Adams, Ella Flagg Young and Helen
Barrett Montgomery are women whose
exploits give them right to stand be.
side the big men who bring things
to pass. There are many others of
the same high caliher and achieve.
ment.
This new way of pronOuncing
ladies' aid in contemporary life has
invaded the church. II has given a
new ring TO an old term. II has meant
enlargement. Women OF the average
church have the genius for the prop.
agation Of great causes; they make
excellent camraieners and they secure
ere relating that ability to a larger
TASK
Every community has it's crying
needs. lnnumerable means OF service
may be discovered. The church is in
business to minister to the commun
tT 1t does not exist as an end In it.
self but as a means to the service
ut people. There is scope then for
tha hifhest feminine ability, for the
most striking initiative The ladies'
Rid IN churches today are enIarging
Their vision and scope of endeayor.
~ he name of the church they are
luaang clothes for the children Of
struggling widows; they are helping
yuitng girls who work long hours and
IN small pay, they are generating by
tnselfish MINISTRIES new interest in
church attendance and Christianity.
The day Is passed when they will be
mere convenient slaves for the men
ct the church to get under the linan.
cial needs. They are in for the spir-
ffnal task. for the bringing of Christ
10 the community and city in deeds OF
Ncriicial service.
" re Is the new call TO ONE of
The churches. Ladies' aid!!! Lend IA
hand Pull up your stakes. lengthen
tour cords, enlarge the place Of Your
tent.
Presbyterian Church.
Yesterday morning Il large congre.
cation greeted Rev. Vonckx ana list.
ened most attentatiyely TO his mes.
sage on "The Kingdom al the Pres.
byterian church. It was the second
sermon IN the series on the Lords
Prayer. He said:
What did the Lord have in mind
when lie put the second petition into
His prayer?
The Kingdom may be looked upon
as three fold past, present and flu
ture. The kingdom OF the past had
to DO With the jews; but when tho