Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26
s.aEI EAGERLY
ETS READY FOR
DAYS
IoMlNATloNALisM is SWEPT
lDE FOR PARTICIPATION IN
VIDE SPREAD MOVEMENT.
READY FOR BOND SALE
alshop Glennon Says the Spirit
Pf Willingness Is the Thing
to Consider.

1rch leaders ore eager to show
e world on Volunteer Days, Sept
that the spirit of the people OF
RIGA still remains firm. and that
have not begun to fight as they
G to do with the weapons that
& possess.
Ny welcome the opportunity to
how many bonds of the Fourth
Fy' Loan they are ready to in
in without an solicitation. The
Dbl is the leading institution Of
End, they say. and will take the
in voluntary offerings along this
lie volunteer idea is the right
said Archbishop John ]. Glen-
when asked for his opinion.
is the spirit that the democracy
Gnerica manifests In everything
Bpirit to give and to do without
asked or solicited. Thousands
enlisted and other thousands in
kraft are also to be considered as
kteers. The spirit of willingness
u thing to consider. The people
h Church will be glad to respond
volunteer Days"
q The Right Spirit.
4 1ding Rabbis OF the Jewish Syna-
Is expressed qualification that
y people were to be accorded the
8lege of showing their spirit to
freely and unasked. Their PEG
they said, would not lag on those
They have already volunteered
Avery vital way to help the coming
& feaign.
Ia letter to the Liberty Loan Or
Izlation, Grand Rabbi M. Lipshitz
Philadelphia, Pa, formerly of ST.
His, states that he will buy the first
b in his synagogue and that he
his people will talk Liberty Loan
Al The meetings that mark the Jew
New Year and the days that fol
leading up to Yom Kippur, the
l of Atonement.
lE. Louis Rabbits are also volunteers
9shis particular. They led off with
Ateches and private conversations in
4 V. interest of the Fourth Liberty
I'm before they were solicited to do
In fact, this has always been
~ spirit of st. Louis Jews in every
brprise OF the Governmert. If "
~aihelp America, that is all we want
\ ,bnow is the splendid way they ex-
rs it.
Church Should Lead.
think the Church should lead out
he Volunteer Days selected" Rev.
IN William Robert King, president
the st. Louis Church Federation,
lh. "They should not wait to be
lied or made to do their duty. 1t
3luld be a pleasure, as | believe 1t
~ be, for church people to >shsw
aEir splendid volunteer spirit. not
3,y on these days, but throughout
war.
1--WE sent DR.. Mcfarland to France
FINE time since to tell the people and
lItion Of France, Gen. Pershing and
other leaders, that the Church OF
nerica was back of them in every
leded way. Here is a practical way
show the kind Of a spirit we pos
ss-the spirit we gave in those mes
lges."
IlThe Church, whether in the small
aWn or in the city, has never waited
be called upon in any matter OF
w. Instead 1t has taken the lead
lid done the asking. No man could
" he was not given an opportunity
i do his part in any enterprise thai
bncerned the war or the Government
some other agency or individual
Ia not reach him-and the chances
he they did-he could not run thu
Auntlet of church leaders and pri
kte workers
Greed Not Considered.
OF the people who bought bonds
/ the other campaigns without solici
ktion a very large majority OF then
kere members Of some particula
hureh, and many church organize
ions purchased bonds as voluntee
Iffering to the Government.
During the two days set apart TO
I5lunteer subscriptions to be mad
IA the part Of the people and institu
ions services will be held, sermon
'raached from the pulpit and pal
|fotic addresses delivered by leader
Ind others.
u 1t is expected that millions of do
SSrs worth Of bonds will be taken i
hts way con these two days. TIL
american people, and that include
lghe Church of America of every cree
and faith, will turn up Liberty Loa
subscription through the spirit of vo
|unteering so great that the Hun wi
nave no further doubts Of America
aims in the war. .