Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-20
PASTOR FOR WAR
WORK ON SUNDAY
Minister Urges Munition
Plants Run Full Blast
on Sabbath
ONLY WAY TO WIN WAR
DR.. Watchorn Flags Man Who
Idles During Week to Boost
Pay Envelope


work on shells and munitions to
obiitrrate kBiserism IL FAR better than
prayer. even though IL must he done On
the Lords Day. n I had n congregation
Of 900 workers and went to my church
on the sabbath morning aud found they
NIL STAYED from church in order to work
in munitiou plants. I would he far hap
rirr than if they were all there to iift
thrir voices in prayer for the Govern
rnent. II would he more effective
prayer"
This Is the declaration made today
~ The Rev. Dr. John Watchoru. CORE
spending secretary of the Philadelphia
Conference city Missionary and Church
Extension Society of the Methodist Epis-
cupal Church Doctor Natchorn's state
mcnt was occasioned by the minority
movement made IN the lhst day OF the
l3lSt annual session o' II" ihlladtl-
rhia conference III concentration OF
sunday WORK WI 'ne 'nuh'tlon pants.
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orn. was entirely our of tune With the
spirit of the splcndidly patriotic address
Of bishop Henderson, Of Detroit, at
Mondays meeting. It IL ALSO entirely
out Of tune with the test proposed by
the bishop 'Thc cause Of the Allies
Is tno 'duS' o' IIIn'''uS"'SS. 1uc"
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monster ti''t llaNeS SUI" ilvau',ip.uou'
cialIIiS 10 culture a," W otN NiiiHa''ot''
we must not forget tndt we naEe
'he d'N'he lhJuhctloi, ''''t we '''uSS ,,, uo
good works as wei as pray tnere
'ouId ne no petter NorhS 'i'"'I diulhs
ones GoNernment III the unle Oh suci
stress as now befalls the United states.
And there Is no more effective ana at
present than helping to speed up the
war industries.
THE Master himself told us that work
on His dav may he justified when he
exnIained to his disciples the parable
or tho man whose sheen fell into the
nit an tho Sahhatb day and he went out
Int, ,ho sold ond drevy II ont.
a., II,
ne AlllfS are ll'N III wv i'N -
O. nefH' u Is now up 10 US ~ 'eeu 'n
Masters voice ana ur"N 'h''i' '"' vi
that pit.
some of the members became con-
fused with the position taken by Lloyd
George and others in England who have
declared that there Is no appreciable
advantage in Sabbath work That would
he all right if the war had lasted only
a year or two.
But the Allies have now been in the
war for more than three wears. During
the first wears they found themselves
unprenared for the unwonted onslaught
Of an enemy without honor. They were
forced 10 sneed nm industry to the ut
most canacitv Thev had 10 turn out
every ounce of munitions and supplies
possible. Now they are better prepared.
Ihey nave more supplies on hahd thah
they did in the early days OF the war.
'N''t - O' -
position that the Allies We're IN those
uIH VI ~ va w, or. !" W.,
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greater nrenaredrcss or our rart for ,ho
camnaigns Io come I,ntiI tbat noriod
of rush is nast we must do al in orr
nower to aid We nus, lat rn,hins
stand in the way.
II was quite surprised when the Rev.
Dr. Benjamin LaPish, Of the Fretz
Memorial Church, South Bethlehem and
the Rev. DR.. T. Il. Mutchler, head of the
Sabbath Observance Society of the Con-
ference, arose TO defend my position.
"heh saw thein on the hoor felt they
were going TO oppose me. Ihey are the
sreatest advocates OF Saopath obserV-
'uce W tnIs nls,rlct ana perhaps IN the
.ts' ."uutls' bu' ',eS p"'" 'ooN 'he same
"In fact IL was the snirit of tbA con-
ference that If Sunday work Is heces-
sary for the successful prosecution of
the war, which means the welfare of
the marion IL should ro ahead
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