The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-18
Nearly Every Church in To
-peka Joins in Events.
Union Celebration Is Planned
by Several Congregations.
many "STAY At HOMES" To GO
Man Who Is Not Church GOer
y Gives His Reason.
American Red Cross Practices
j Religion of Mercy.

Every church in Topeka has re-
. snotftled to the call of the American
. Red Cross and has announced It's IN,
/ tentfbn of either holding a special
BED f-ross service tomorrow or OF TAX
ing Bart in one of the big union meet
. ingsaespecially arranged as the open
. ing Guns in the Second Red Cross war
| fund campaign.
III some of the churches which are
To tk1ke part in the union meetings in
the evening the morning service VIII
be ~ a special nature designed 10 IL
lustrate the way the Red Cross car.
ries Sout the teachings of the Most
4 Mereiful. Other churches have called
on the Red Cross authorities for spe-
cial Speakers and churches of every
Reorganization will make some special
mension of Red Cross work and the
RedE Cross war fund drive at their
services tomorrow.
Tie big union services Sunday night
are To be held in churches centrally
located. The members of every con-
gre Ation are expected to do their part
.-eyAn those members who are mem
bersRin name only and who do not
as dfrule attend church. Tomorrow
evening is the time of all others when
dilatDry church members should
grasp the opportunity to mend their
wayS.' asserted one prominent Tope-
kanswho is not connected with the
Red Gross in any way except as lib
era1 bscriber and who is himself
noted for his inattendance at church.
- Is Going to Services.
This man has asserted over and over
aeatp: Sunday night l am going to
be a. one of the union meetings be-
cause my boy is over there and the
Heds Cross may have reason to min
istersto him at some time" This man
saidSthat he considers it his duty to
tske.part in anything the Red Cross is
. n nir nd ha a T.
est religion in the world is the religion
lived land acted by the American Red
Cross-the religion of mercy.
Ofher men and women of the city,
great numbers of them, have made
much the same assertion or they have
formed the resolution in their own
minds.
IN .many cases the union meetings
are not being held in the church that
the Individual is accustomed to attend.
To these persons another prominent
T 5p6lxan, this one high in the councils
of an war work campaigners, offers
this-pit of advice:
y All Churches Interested.
This war in which the United States
Is now engaged is war of nations
for the life of nations, and for the
iGeaIa of Christianity. 1t is not wal
of one sect against another sect; 1t is
essentially on-sectarian-and in our
prosecu' ion of the war sectarianism
and gliqueism will be fatal to our
hopes of victory if allowed to prevail
feel that if the religious meetings
having to do with the war or with
the war work were held in the temple
OF one of the gods of the heather then
it would still be my duty to attend"
The union meetings for the benefit
of the second Red Cross war fund
drive and the churches which will
partieipa in them are.
FIRST Baptist-First Baptist, First
Presbyterian, First United Presbyter-
ian and First Congregational joining,
Rev, Robert Gordon.
FIRST Methodist-First Methodist
Swedish Bethel, First Lutheran and
First christian joining, DIR. E. ]. Kulp
Central Congregational - Central
CONGREGATIONAL, Euclid avenue, West
minister Congregational and Lomar
Memorial Methodist. Joining, F. Du-
mont Smith, of Hutchinson.
Ffrst United Brethren-First United
Brethren. First Evangelical, Rev. B
H. Hobbs.
q u. b. Mass Meeting.
The congregations of the First Unit
ed Brethren and of the First Evan
gelical churches will hold a union
meeting in the First United Brethren
church at the corner of Twelfth ano
Quincy Sunday evening at o'clock il
the Interest of the Red Cross drive
that.is soon to be made. The follow
ing Program will be carried out:
Rev Givens, pastor Of First U. y. churcl
presiding.
Orchestra.
DoSplogy-by the congregation.
Prager-Rev. C. Linge.
Song; America-Congregatio
Address; STARS and Stripes. Senate
Hilkey.
Resiing-Miss Jessie Tobias.
AGsress; 5rhe Cross,r by This w
Condffer Rev 3. H. Hobbs, paste
Evangelical church.
offering, and announcements.
RBEEMBER OUR BOYS!
six Churches Combine.
Six~church in the southwest part o
the atty have banded together for
n,onstrous Red Cross mass meeting
TOMORROW night at o'clock at tn
Genital Congregational church, Hun
toonkand Buchanan streets F. Du
mont Smith, a prominent Hutchinson
attofhey, will deliver the address. IN
churches taking part in the patriot
meeting are:
FfIelid Avenue Methodist, Lowmal
Hill methodist, Central Park Chris
tia n .aW estminster Presbyterian, Sec
ond sHJnitd Presbyterian and Contra
CONGREGATIONAL.
At Other Churches.
Atsthe Potwin Presbyterian churc
Sunday morning John NJ. kinkel. c
the state public utilities commission
E will hive the Red Cross speech of tn
day., In the evening Mr.. Kinkel goe
TO West Indianola where he will b
TIL Speaker.
<East Indianola Hugh Fishe
COUNTY attorney, will make the mere
adf1ress.
Nff-the Oakland Methodist churc
Suf&ky evening. Fred Jackson is til
SD er for the big union mass meet
in 8 the churches of that town.
I'M Hawkes., assistant attorne
GENERAL, will g. to Rossville Sunda
evWI3ng and will speak at the mas
m ling for the Red Cross at tn
M{thpdist church there
ruesday evening of next week q
thk Indian Creek grange Bling Ban
BitrEBiby and Fred Voiland will d
oratlfical honors for a monster Re
CrosA rally and social.