Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-02
WEEK NOV. 1915
SET FOR PRAYER
Y. NJ. C.. A. Asks For Support
of Soldiers and United
War Work

In an announcement by Arthur
u. Bacon, president of the Contra
Y. M. c. A, last night, 1t was an
nounced that the week of Novem
her 1915 will be a week of prayer
when everybody will be asked to join
in daily prayer for the men In the
army, in prison camps. and for the
success of the United Wal WORK
campaign. The announcement Is
as follows:
THE Week of Prayer for Young
Men for the year 1918 falls within a
spacious, momentous and fatefui
time. Truly we are living in great
days; great in upheaval and over
turning, for literally old things are
passing away and all things are be-
coming new; great in anu
constructive achievements; great IN
sacrifice and suffering, for see the
millions of war-flled graves n
other millions of mutilated n
manned, and the countless sorrow
stricken and anxious homes; great In
the discovery and releasing OF men
latent capacities for heroism ana UNI
selfish devotion; great in the email
lenges summoning men to enter with
wide plans and God-touching spirits
into new and better days.
such days call for men, and call
for men at their best. They must be
men of comprehension, that they
may have understanding of their
times. They must be men of the fin
est loyalties-loyalty to undying
principles and loyalty to u Divine
Lord and His undying cause-that
they may lot miss the way, and that
they may indeed be true leaders.
They must be men of contagious
characters and with n passion for
helpfuIness. To furnish such indis-
pensable men. and likewise to Sc
cure foundation for such manhood
Christlike boyhood, is the high mis-
sion of the Young Mems Christian
Association.
Times like these not only demand
all that is best in man but also call
us to prayer thai the power of the
living God may be manifested. The
association movement, like every
thing else in these days, is being
tried by fire. Our dangers are so
many and so grave, our tasks so
greatly exceed our powers, and our
opportunities so far transcend our
visible resources, hat nothing short
of a fresh and wonderful accession
of superhuman wisdom and might
will suffice. Therefore, let us during
the days of November 10th to 10th
give ourselves to prayer and likewise
call on our entire brotherhood and
Its multitude of friends to pray.
Among the objects of prayer
which you are asked to concentrate
your intercession are the following:
II. For the men of Il Army and
Navy and the Allied forces, that they
may win the war, and hat they may
& so without losing their own soul.
-, For all who suffer in hospitals
or who languish in prisoner-of-war
camps that they may be given pa
thence 10 endure and that they may
be restored to their homes.
70. For the work of the associa-
ton on behalf of the soldiers and
sailors that 1t may become increas-
ingly efficient and fruitful in spiritual
results.
a. That the home work and the
foreign work of the American and
Canadian associations may not only
meet the present war demands but
also be prepared for the far greater
responsibilities of the periods of de-
mobilization and reconstruction.
%. That leaders may be raised I'D
capable of meeting the unparalleled
opportunities which are to rown the
coming days.
g. For the United War Work
Campaign, that 1t may call forth the
united, generous and sacrifcial sun
port of the entire American people.
Without sacrificing convictions
and without compromising u dis
tlnctive character, let every member
OF the Y. M. c. a. for the sake of the
boys in uniform at home and abroad.
on lam or on sea or in the air. and
Tor the sake of our Lord and Master
use the countless new contacts and
the wider fellowship into which the
president has called us, as an unpre-
cedent opportunity to witness. to co.
operate and to serve"