The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-03
LOCAL MINISTERS
 SPECIAL FEATURE
PATRIOTIC SERMONS WILL BE PREACHED AT REQUEST OF
 FOOD AOMiNlST RATION.
Necessity for Saving Win Be Pointed Out and Pastors All Over the State Go. Operating

Rev Dr. C. E Hickok. president of the Hot Springs Ministerial Alliance and pastor of the First Presbyterian church has received 8 request from Hamp Williams, federal food admin istrator for Arkansas. that local pas tors preach special sermon next Sunday. Feo 10, on Conservation" " and Rev pr Hickok stated he would place the letter before the local Al liance at it's session tomorrow Ministers all over tha state are co- ] operating in this feature, which has received the hearty endorsement of | leading church publications. among them being the Arkansas Methodist and the Baptist Advance both pa pers this week carrying special arti- cles on tish patriotic feature.
 | In his letter Mr Williams also asks the local pastors 10 get in touch with their brethren in the country, SO that all over ae county messages of this nature may be given tn epeople The letter from the Food Administration to Hot Springs ministers is as fol- dows:
 am calling the ministers of Ark ansas to the colors" for a specific and l important duty The call comes in the interest of the Food Admlnistra- ton | know you will rally to your governments support
 On Sunday, Feb TO- at either morn ing or evening service, preach a spec ial sermon on Conservation l tell you in all seriousness that if l did not believe such message tAundering from the pulpits of the state to be a vital necessity at this me would not make the request
 Our people are not thinking ser 1 iously about this war It hasn't been brought home to them They are loyal and patriotic, but indifferent and care less in the nome conservation now so vital to the nation
 Scripture is made glorious by the l great lessons it contains on saving 1 The chief object of Christ on earth was to save the world He. the Great Conservator, gave the world a lesson in saving in one of His greatest mira cles: After he had fed the five thou sand from five barley loaves and two small fishes He ordered His disciples | to gather up what was left SO that nothing would be wasted
 In the special sermon on "Conser- walton" the ministers can well point out in forceful and convincing lang uage the result of wastefulness-th wasting of ones spiritual and moral substance, which leads Co the wastin2 1 of the necessities of life There never was time in the history of the na, tion when such a glorious opportunity was presented to the people to rendch to God a great and personal service. and to their government loyalty beyond question
 Call meeting of the ministers of your town and place this request from me before them. Ask them to person. ally undertake to get this word to their colleagues in the rural distrist Bring 10 your people, Sunday. Feb. 1o the vital necessity of their saving food of observing "wheatless" and meat less days and following closely the requests of our government through the medium of the Food Administra ton Awaken in them a sense of their own responsibility 10 God and our nation, and make this service great for the glory of God and Ark ansas Write me, please, and let me know now you are progressing and the result of your request to your fellow ministers I am depending on you as chairman of this movement in your town
 Thanking you in advance, with the sincere prayer that God will bless such service, and with personal best wishes, I am,
 Very truly yours,
 HANP WILLIAMS, Federal Food Administrator for Ark
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