The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-09-27
CHURCH EAGERLY
. Gets READY FOR
VOLUNTEER DAYS
DENoMlNATIoNALlsM is SWEPT
ASIDE FOR PARTICIPATION IN
WIDE SPREAD MOVEMENT.
JEWS READY FOR BOND SALE
Archbishop Glennon Says the Spirit
~ Of Willingness Is the Thing
to Consider.


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Church leaders are eager to show
to the world on Volunteer Days, Sept
p8-29, that the spirit of the people OF
America still remains firm. and that
they have not begun to fight as they
Intend to do with the weapons that
they possess.
They welcome the opportunity to
show how many bonds of the Fourth
Liberty Loan they are ready to in
vest in without an solicitation. The
Church is the leading institution of
the land, they say, and will take tho
lead in voluntary offerings along this
line.
THE volunteer idea is the right
one," said Archbishop John ]. Glen
non. when asked for his opinion.
"This is the spirit that the democracy
Of America manifests IN everything
the spirit to give and to do without
being asked or solicited. Thousands
have enlisted and other thousands in
the draft are also to be considered as
volunteers. The spirit of Willingness
Is the thing to consider. The people
of the Church will be glad to respond
on Volunteer Days"
The Right Spirit.
Leading Rabbis of the Jewish Syna-
gogues expressed qualification that
their people we're to be accorded the
privilege OF showing their spirit to
serve freely and unasked. Their peo-
pie. they said would not lag on those
days, They have already volunteered
In very vital way to help the coming
campaign.
In letter TO the Liberty Loan Or
sanization, Grand Rabbi NJ. Lipshitz
of Philadelphia, Pa. formerly OF st.
Louis, states that he will buy the first
bond in his synagogue and that he
and his people will talk Liberty Loan
In the meetings thNt mark the Jew
ish New Year and the days that fol-
low. leading up to Yom Kippur. the
Day of Atonement.
St. Louis Rabbis are also volunteers
In this particular. They led off with
speeches and private conversations in
Loan before they were solicited to do
SO. In fact, this has always been
the spirit of st. Louis Jews in every
enterprise of the Government II 1t
will help America, that is all we want
to know, is the splendid way they ex-
press it -
"s'-- Church Should Lead.
= Al.
On the Volunteer Days selected" Rev.
DR.. William Robert King. president
of the st. Louis Church Federation,
said. They should not wait to be
asked or made to do their duty. 1t
should be a pleasure. as l believe 1t
will be, for church people to show
their splendid volunteer spirit, not
only on these days. but throughout
the war.
1--WE sent DR.. Mcfarland to France
some time since to tell the people and
nation of France, Gen. Pershing and
the other leaders. that the Church Of
America was back of them in every
needed way. Here is a practical way
TO show the kind of a spirit we pos.
sess-the spirit we gave in those mes.
sages."
The Church, whether in the small
town or in the city. has never waited
TO be called upon in any matter OF
duty. Instead II has taken the lead
and done the asking No man could
say he was not given an opportunity
TO do his part in any enterprise that
concerned the war or the Government.
il some other agency or individual
did not reach him-and the chances
are they did-he could not run the
gauntlet OF church leaders and pri.
vate workers
Greed Not Considered.
OF the people who bought bonds
sn the other campaigns without solicit.
tation very large majority OF them
were members of some particular
church, and many church organiza-
tions purchased bonds as a volunteer
offering to the Government.
During the two days set apart for
volunteer subscriptions TO be made
on the part Of the people and institu-
tons services will be held, sermons
preached from the pulpit and pat.
riotic addresses delivered by leaders
and others.
II is expected that millions of dol.
lars worth Of bonds will be taken in
this way on these two days. The
American people, and that includes
the Church of America of every creed
and faith, will turn up a Liberty Loan
subscription through the spirit of vol.
unteering so great that the Hun will
have no further doubts of Americas
aims in the war.
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