The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-25
AMERICA SAFE
FOR CITIZENS
IS ASKED BY
PENNINGTON
American Social Safety
Should Come Before Mexi-
can, Says Friends Speaker
Outlines Movement.
PEACE REPORT IS MADE

Il believe 1t behooves us to make
safe Chicago. and Memphis, and New
York. and st. Louis, and Pittsburg,
and the whole United States, for
American citizens, before we start in
to make 1t safe for American citizens
in Mexico" said Levi It. Pennington,
head OF the Friends forward move
ment. in an address before the Indiana
Yearly Meeting. Thursday MORNING
Many more American citizens have
been killed in race riots in this coun-
try than have been killed in Mexico
during the entire time of the turmoil
there.
When a man tells me that we in
America are sleeping on the orator
of a volcano, believe what he says
said Pennington, in discussing the con-
ditions which lead to the initial for
nation of plans to organize a For
ward movement.
The foreward movement of the Five
Years Meeting in America Is not an
organization to shut down on the de-
nomination of Friends in any way nor
to form unions with any other
churches, but movement which will
attempt in the biggest way possible to
do big things, ond for which we have
for the coming year." he said.
Sees Reconstruction.
To-day the heather points to Europe,
and the battle fields and says:
That's what Christianity Is, that
the greatest of Christian nations
should tear each other to pieces. How
do you expect me to be a Christian"
THE time to put Christianity into
our life is when we are rebuilding that
life; the time to put right laws into
our government, Is when we are re-
building 1t, and so in this our rebuild
ing time we believe that 1t is ours to
see to it that We do not forget to put
Christianity straight again."
The aims, he said are to re-en1pha-
size our message OF personal relation
ship to God and personal service to
humanity; to enlist our membership
in a great fellowship of international
intercession for Gods blessing on our
work as a denomination; to help is all
to face honest and open-eyed, our re-
sponsibilities in this day; to interprete
in terms of men and money our mis-
sion in the world at this time; to as
sist in the enlistment of life-work re-
cruits; to raise by limited campaign
net spring, an adequate budget.
Conferences Occupy Winter.
The speaker announced that con-
ference will be held next week, while
an organization Of the field force will
be made early in October. November
! to s Is to be known as American
Quakerism week. During this time a
general campaign will be carried out.
hN Ja,I 10
movement also during Christmas week,
and again in January an evangelistic
campaign for enlistment, will be made.
This will be followed by stewardship
conference, and financial campaign
is for one of the spring months.
Peace Report Made
Reports Of the Peace Association
of Friends in America. the Indiana
Yearly Meetings report on peace and
the report of the Friends Service Com
mittee were given.
Indiana Yearly Meeting, peace re-
port was devoted to the endeavors of
the past year to- distribute instructive
publications. Much literature against
universal military training was distri-
buted, according to the report which
also stated that pamphlets published
in London, on social study had been
well distributed.
The work of the American Friends
service bodies, many members which
served. and are still serving in France
in reconstruction work, was given a
prominent place. Other phases OF
the work at the headquarters in Phila.
delphia, and that in which Indiana
Yearly Meeting took a prominent part
were mentioned
Dr.. Hole Presents Document
The report of the Peace Association
of Friends formerly presented by DR.
Allen D. Hole.
It Follows in Part
The year ending March 81, 1919
including as it did the closing months
of the great war, the signing of the
armistice, and the beginning of nation
al and international readjustments as
the basis for an enduring peace. has
brought the Peace Board of the Five
Years Meeting in common with all
other agencies of the church face tC
face with an unusally wide range OF
questions of far-reaching importance
In the field that has been assigned
to it the Peace board has attempted to
meet the changing conditions through
which we have passed with message
OF truth adapted to the times.
I'VE believe that the problems OF
the future will require for their solu
tion an increasing willingness to be
guided by the principles of justice and
GOODWILL. and that the application OF
these principles can be successful only
in proportion as the work is attempted
In the spirit of Christian love and with
a full and intelligent appreciation OF
all the facts bearing on the cases that
arise.
In the articles of the Peace Associa
ton Of Friends in America the follow
ing classes of problems are specifical
" mentioned as being included in the
field to which it's attention must be
directed, viz: Difficulties which may
arise between individuals, between la
Dor and capital, and between nations.
while realizing that attention must
still be given to the perfecting of plans
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