The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-03

Tho full and complete sanction of the
church was placed on the Liberty Loan
IN Kenosha on Sunday when from
practically every pulpit in the city
strong appeals were made to the people
of Kenosha to do their full part in meet
ling the obligations of the nation.
"When God is with our righteous
cause, his Hottest places then are
ours" was echoed from a score of pull
ipits Sunday morning and in many of
1.-THE churches the ministers spoke on
the Liberty Loan at both morning
and evening services.
| At ST. James Church the services dur
ling the entire day were given over to
pleas for the Liberty Loan, both the
Rev. R. S. Smith and the Rev.
James ]. Conway making stirring
lpatriotic appeals.
The righteous of our cause was
preached to the people and it was
shown to them that their bounden duty
to buy bonds until it hurts and to make
their sacrifices commensurate with the
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"Another opportunity is offered us, -
said the Rev. FL. Z. Gebhart, D. D.,
speaking at Grace English Lutheran
Church, to show to the world at large,
the devotion of the American people to
the cause Of freedom, liberty, justice
and righteousness. BY the hberality
with which we subscribe to the Fourth
Liberty Loan will we declare our in
tention to stand by our government I'M
til the war has been won. Let it be the
aim of each one of you, to purchase
these bonds, and thus get behind the
boys who are fighting for Us in the
trenches in France. They are making
/ every sacrifice that the fortunes of
war require, even the supreme sacrifice,
that of life itself, in order that our
form Of government shall endure.
Every bond bought is an aid to the
allied armies on their way across this
Rhine, into the strongholds Of Ger
many, until the ultimate objective,
Berlin, has been reached
| Must Meet Nations Obligations.
The Rev. A. J. Nickel, speaking at
all four services at st. George Church
on Sunday, made strong appeal for
the people of that great congress cation
to give their most cordial support TO
the Liberty Loan. eve must meet the
obligations of our nation. We must pay
our debts" declared Father Nickel.
"The loan offers: us a chance to have
a part of this great debt paid by the
coming generations and it is fair that
the cost of war should be spread over
future years. The people must meet
this call of the nation just as they have
met other calls with the patriotic spirit
of backing the nation to the last man
and the last dollar. Father Nickel
also called attention of his people to
the fact that the Fourth Liberty Loan
offered splendid investment for the
moneys Of all citizens.
God and His Angels Fighting This War.
Christ came to bring peace, but
peace must be dearly bought. Each
step in the advancement Of the King
dom of God has come through struggle
and sacrifice, - said the Rev. Charles
Everett Mccoy at st. Matthew IS
Church. "God and His Engels are
fighting in this war to bring about His
irresistible will Strive to get His
high spiritual attitude in regard to this
struggle. Again we are asked to lend
Ito our government. We are called up
to to invest more heavily than ever be-
fore in order that the great war for
the rights of America and the liberia
ton of the world may be prosecuted
with ever increasing vigor to a VIC
torious conclusion. Why will we re-
spond to this appeal? Why have we
responded before with an enthusiasm
unequalled in any nationg Because we
have faith, faith in the cause, faith
in the country we love, faith in the
mighty effort she is putting forth to
be Gods chosen instrument in bringing
| forward His Kingdom. Do not be blind
to the fact that this is a great spiritual
movement in which God is summoning
men to enforce His irresistible will
He cannot fail. With this kind of
faith we cannot hesitate to lend, aye,
to give to the very uttermost. Es this
not the faith of those who have given
their lives? A lower faith were un-
worthy the cause, unworthy the mem
DRY of those who have paid the supreme
sacrifice. Do not permit the grim ma
terialism of war to rob you Of this
spiritual attitude in regard to the
struggle. Think of your son as a holy
crusader with the red cross upon his
breast and Gods angels round and
about his path. Ask God to let your
eyes penetrate the veil of blood and
smoke and reeking horror that you
may see those shining legions of the
Heavenly host warning above and with
the sons of men that His win may be
done on earth as it is in Heaven.''
Five Reasons to Buy.
The Rev. M. F. Benko, speaking at
the Sloval1 Lutheran Church, declared
that there were five reasons why
fSlovak Lutherans should buy the
Fourth Liberty Loan bonds.
Give as Christians ought to-. and
must stand always on the side of liber-
ty and democracy, and use every means
to promote the same. Fourth Liberty
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