The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-13
MINISTERIAL UNION
URGES O|SCONT|NUANCE
Of SUNDAY PARADtS
Unanimously Adopts Report of Com
mittee Recommending Week
Days BE Used for Such
Events.
GREAT PUBLIC MEETING TO
BE HELD TO AID ARMENIANS
Richmond to Rally to Save Starving
Women and Children Turned Out by
Turks to Die--Committee Named TO
Discuss "BAockade Running"

The Ministerial Union of Richmond
held a meeting crowded with features
OF interest yesterday at the Central
Y. NJ. c. A. building.
Resolutions were adopted urging
that military and patriotic parades and
similar events be held on days other
than Sunday; q committee was named
for a great public meeting to be held
on Sunday. November Is, on behalf of
the suffering Arlnenians, and COM
rntttee was appointed to confer with
Prohibition Commissioner j. Sidney
Peters relative to the increase in pub
lie drunkenness apparent here on Sat
urday, indicating that a rather larger
supply of cont-aband liquor had sue
ceeded In running the blockade re-
Gently than usual.
The report of the committee named
at the meeting of the ministers of the
city held In the CAPITOL on October 10
relative to Sabbath observance was
unanimously adopted. The commit
tee was composed of J. Calvin Stewart.
chairman; w. r Bowie. r. A. Smoot
and w L. Ball. The recommendations
of the committee are as follows:
Urge Regard for Sabbath.
First. The committee recommends
that our General Mir isters' association
urge all our people to new and holy
regard for the Sabbath
second That "A distinct effort be
made by each pastor to teach and en-
courage the people TO such reverance
and love for Gods holy day, that a
strong and vitalizing influence will go
out--the real effect of which shall be
TO cause our leaders in these move
ments for Sabbath day parades. mill
tary and civic, q. consider II they
could not better meet the ends Of such
parades by utilizing a week day rather
than a Sunday.
I'VE feel that I'm a week day parade
for which. II necessary, business half
holiday could be declared as was done
In the case of.the state fair. would uni
~ all elements of the community and
conserve every Just end. Whereas as
on the other hand many OF our best
and strongest citizens believe that the
having of parades on Sunday must
pul down our reverence for Gods holy
day, and SO, little by little. open the
doors until soon our Sabbath day will
be only the continental Sabbath.
Third Let us he inpelled 70 the
duty Of holding La the -sancti..y- of the
Sabbath by 90 calling attention to
the fact that the dav Is the Lords
Us obey God rather than man and
trust Him to work out His will and
care for all that concerns church and
state--as the prophet and priest
Samuel of old said Il Sam. 1879 to
obey God Is better than sacrifice. az
We believe that nothing can he more
detrimental to the best interests OF our
emmunity--moral. social and COM
merciai-than the breaking down of
sabbath observance and we say this
in full view of the fact that as Chris
thar men and as representatives Of the
church we are profoundly concerned
In everything that makes for the pa
triotic. the moral, and the spiritual
welfare OF the entire community. ts4
And we think that in urging these
things concerning Sabbath-day> OBJ
servance, we are asking only for that
which viii guarantee to our city the
Of that sturdy type of
citizenship that has made Richmond
influential and we believe more re-
vered than any city OF its size in our
land"
The several parades held on Sunday
when the American troops returned
from the Mexican border, and in con-
nection with various military and pa
trsotic functions In recent months.
caused the ministers OF the Cli[ TO feel
that the time had come when a word
os warning might properly be spoken
in that connection.
Must Help Armenia Quickly.
Rev. Or, w. Russell Bowie was
named chairman OF the special COM
mitte- to arrange for the public meet
ing 10 be held to raise money to aid
I'm making provision, for the thousands
of Armenian wefaefa and children at,~
soluteiy without means of support, and
who must starve If help cannot be
gotten to them.
The union endorsed the lectures on
Pilgrims Progress" and "ParsifuI"
which will be delivered here shortly by
Rev, Frederick Ray Of Oakland. Cal
W. r. Muten. who was in tho
trenches two years and four months
and was several times wounded, and
who is now In Virginia In connection
with the drive to raise money for the
Y. NJ. c, A. war fund addressed the
union. telling of the great needs OF the
men Mt the font.
Rev. f. T. McFaden and Secretary
$. K. Mckee were named as the spe-
cial committee to discuss with Com
missioner Peters the matter of the an
parent increase in drunkenness on the
streets of the citg.