Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-18
WAR TURNING MEMS
MINDS HEAVENWARO
Men in Trenches Rising Above
Sect, Baptists Are Told; Spur
red TO Prohibition Activity.

Atlantic CITY, MAY IS Plans 70 line
the Baptists Of america s0lidly behind
tine national prohibition program were
placed before the Northern Baptist Con
vcntion by Rev J " Graves, the new
organization secretary Of The temper
ancc department Of the American Bap-
tist Publication Society. when a con
ference on social service in America
was held Yesterday n the FIRST Baptist
Church Rev " q RoSselle, of Phila-
delphia. presided. and in outlining the
work that must be accomplished DIR.
Graves said that more than Is 900. 900
votes were cast AT the Presidential election
in 1916 and o nc-thlrd Of the voters remain
ed away from the polls.
The LIQUOR forces annually poll their
full strength, SAID he These 1000
900 who do not vote are our reserve
force Many of these doubtless are
church members, and some OF them
members OF Baptist churches The
least responsibility We as Baptlsts can
assume in this battle for righteousness
Is that Of informing every elector IN
our constituency as to the attitude of
legislative candidates and Of pesuadlng
them to register and vote both at the
primary and general elections for men
who will ratify the prohibition amend
ment
we have q big Job ahead Of us; it
bchoovcs US 10 prepare with all our
might for this new thing that Is TO come
out Of the war, declared Rev. II. +.
Stilwell, of Ohio. speaking on The
Church and tie | nchuTched Religion in
Army Life, this morning. we hear
much about a new church in these en-
lightencd days If there Is to be any
change III the church il Is not IN the
fundamentals Of religion The change
must be in us There never can be Il
democracy Of the world until il comes
inside the Christian church. and it can I
come into the Christian church until it
comes into YOU. When the church recog-
nizes a man : a man for "A that then there
will be an incoming Of those from without"
Rev {. W Gikley, Of Chicago, COM
mcnting on the returns that have been
received from questionnaircs sent to
army pastors declared
"The replies and other evidence that
is fast accumulating from word that
comes from the other side are signifi-
cant in that they are overwhelming tes-
tiInony that these men are rising above
the fences of sect and limitations Their
attitude is repudiation Of denomina-
tionalism; ii has become q common ex-
preston among the men of the service !"
II have the word Of a prominent pas
tor lust back from the front that the
men have risen to "A spiritual and moral
level that nothing in over decade in
the ministry has lifted me It's going
70 make a lot Of us feel SO small in our
conceptions that well want to listen
and learn when they return to us with
their Interpretation Of life and Christi
anity. We must learn some way TO
keep them thinking Of US, to make them
feel that we are thinking constantly OF
them. There shouldn't be a church but
what sends forth at least one letter a
week to every member il has in the
service, q CHEEKY word that tells the
soldier this very thing Let him feel
that we are with him always in spirit.
Rev Spencer B. Meeser, Of Crozel
Seminary, Upland, Pa, was elected pres
ident Of the American Baptist Historial
Society, with the following other officers