The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-22
1t is not by preaching but By r,ori.

Gus example that the parsons in
France are once more bringing reli-
gion into its own. A congregational
minister III Y. NJ. C. A. hut near
the front line expressed 1t well when
lie said, IL have been preaching the
gospel for twenty years, but during
the last three months | have learned
far more about it in selling chewing
tobacco than during all those twenty
years in the pulpit"
DENOMINATIONS FORGOTTEN.
Observation-Disclosures? 1t is forgot
ten; Recently y Y. NJ. G. A. secre.
tary, one Of the, most. prominent, Of.
New England Presbyterian preachers.
walked seven miles to get a crucilIs
for a wounded Catholic soldier. An.
other secretary, pastor Of one of the
most fashionable Methodist churches
in Massachusetts,, served without dis
elimination Catholic, Protestant and
Jew until, gassed and feverish, lie
was compelled BY the Association
manager of the district to 60 to a
hospital. But. even in this condition
he turned to me with weak smile
and declared, This is the life for
me-! | wouldn't have missed it for
the world 5.s.s
When the rector Of one Of the larg-
est Episcopal churches in the South
serves month after month in . Gel
lar canteen in the side Of 4 hill; <
when professor Of theology walks
eight miles with a sixty-pound pack
of supplies on his back in order that
the boys with whom he lives in
chalk quarry may have tobacco, and
sweets and magazines; z when & the
chaplain Of an American university
chops wood and builds fires and heats,
water for the soul-sick men returning
in the dark from the trenches, when
these things happen tue most iFresi-
gious Of US must Acknowledge tkat IN
this hour 81 traysil the spirit pf Jesus.
has returned to the world. Z, 81: ,.:.s
We can indeed fully agree with q
raw Yankee trooper whols lapfusys
was more picturesque than seltct
when be exclaimed, X never thought
there was 4 hell Of a lot in this Chris
tianity business. but damqsd il /.
don't believe. there is Bow,
CONSCIENCE TROUBLED.
Are these war parsons changing
the conscience Of the men? ~
There is an Indian soldier who. il
he could, would answer from tie
world beyond. That swarthy fellow J.
had had several talks with Z Y. NJ.
C. A. secretary about drinking and
had promised to quit, but suddenly
temptation had overcome him. and
when he awoke in the night be found
himself locked in the ard-house. r
Stung by the thought that he had
disgraced his regiment. lie broke out
Of his prison, obtained gun, ran to
the trenches and out over No Mans
Land and the last that was seen Ut
him ia the gray dawn was his fight
ing Z mighty battle with a mob Of
Huns in the enemx's treuches. Only
in this way did he feel that he coul;i,
square himself with God and his resi-
ment. = Fs,N,r,tt $ti.lsss
* Whether the American church will
sink back after the war iuto its quiet
ante-bellum conseryatiyeness auti
is vet to be seen. Whether .
it, becomes, once mere the most atly,
manic force in civilization depends
upon its ability to and seize an
opportunity. 55 ID /, I,
But whatever happens. 4 I:ese Of Us.
who have served in Europe shall ever !
and revere the war parsou
as one who worshipped God BY sery-