The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-11
MAYOR URGES
DAILY PRAYER
FOR SOLDIERS
Mayor Thomas NJ. Russell Issues Pro-
clamatiOn Asking Citizens to
Spend Five Minutes Daily In
Prayer for Our Forces
Bells and Whistles
VIII Sound.

The people of Maysville were called
upon this morning by Mayor Thomas
NJ. Russell to spend at least five min
utes each day in prayer for the sue
cess of the forces of our country and
that our soldiers in France facing the
enemy may be blessed.
In many of the cities of the coun-
try this five minutes each day is be-
ing spent in prayer. The sounding of
factory whistles and the ringing of
bells in church towers announces the
beginning of the prayer period and for
the next five minutes the entire COM
munity turns its attention to Almighty
God and our soldiers on the battle
front. The prayer period has done
more than any other one thing to i'm
press upon the people of these COM
munities that our nation is in war
with mighty enemy.
Yesterday members of the Ma
son County Woman's Club waited
upon Mayor Russell and urged upon
him that he issue a proclamation call
ing upon the people of this city to
observe daily prayer for our soldiers.
The plan meets the hearty approval of
the ministers of the nation and in ey-
cry city where the prayer period has
been adopted the ministers have been
strong factors in making it count.
They will be asked to announce from
their pulpits the daily prayer and to
urge upon their people the solemn oh
servation of this five minutes each
day.
1t is pointed out that it is not ne
| cessary for industry to stop or for
folks to discontinue their work for
the period but they are asked to turn
| their thoughts during this five min
utes, wherever they are or in what
ever they are engaged to God, breath
ing prayer and asking his blessings
upon our men in battle.
Seeing the great Importance of the
matter and upon the urgent request
of the ladies', Mayor Russell this
morning issued the following pro-
clamation which is directed to every
citizen of the city and to every manu-
featuring establishment:
Maysville, Ky, July II, 1918.
|. Thomas NJ. Russell, Mayor of the
City of Maysville, hereby call upon
all citizens of this city to spend at
least five minutes each day from now
until the close of the war in prayer to
Almighty God, the Ruler of the Uni
verse, that success may attend our
army in this mighty conflict and that
our men fighting for Liberty and
Democracy over the seas and in train
| ing camps and environments may be
blessed.
That the attention of the entire pub
lie may be called to this daily season
of prayer, call upon the factories in
the city to sound their whistles
promptly at II a. m. each day for a
short period Churches are called up
on to instruct their sections to sound
all church bells at this time each day
and the gong at the Fire Hall will be
sounded.
THOMAS NJ. RUSSELL, Mayor.
Attest; X. b. ADAIR, City Clerk.
Beginning tomorrow morning at IL
o'clock all of the whistles and bells of
the city will sound and this will be
the signal for the beginning of the
five minutes daily prayer service. This
will be continued every day promptly
at IL o'clock and every truly patriotic
citizen of the city is expected to rev.
erently turn to God.