The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-12
NATIONWIDE APPEALS
FOR BIG CHURCH FUND

'un uu UnUnuU UNI
New York Feb. i0.--"He did nobiy
war; help him 10 90 molly In
peace" Is one Of the notice adopted
rs the keyuotes of appears which was
made last Sunday February - in
tens of thousands OF churches
throughout the country to give a rous-
irg seud-off to the Interchurch Erner-
&ebecy- Campaign fnt ra,slng q fuhd
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Of ts.s churches
Perhaps never before has such an
aggregation of bishops and prominent
cierSymen OF many communions
spoken simultaneously on one subject
IS was heard on that day. designated
as interchurch Emergency Sunday by
the general committee hi charge of
the movement, OF which the Rt Rev
Theodore Irving Reese, bishop coad-
tutor OF the Episcopal Diocese Of
Southern Ohio. is chairman.
Almost every city. town and VILLAGE
church will hear these appeals, which
are designed to set forth the urgent
need OF throwing around the soldiers
and sailors sill in service and those
who have recently been dem obiiized
religious influences ard social service
helpfulneee which will enable them to
readjust tho rnHeIves to pes ce without
disturbance CO the American morale.
AS pre.ade to the campaign, a
s7ries OF "inspirational conferences
has been held In the last ten days In
I New York and other cities. at which
Bishop Reese, the Rt. Rev Wilson r.
| steariy. Bishop Coadtutor, Of the
/ Episcopal Diocese OF Newark. n. j.:
Bishops Luther B. Wilson and William
| A. Quale, OF the Methodist Episcopal
church; Few. Charles W. Gilkey. D.
D OF the HYDE Park Baptist church,
Chicago: Rev. Nehemiah Boynton. n.
D.. ex-Mede-ator OF the -onfrega-
tional church: DR. Rohe-t f Sn~Ar
+, chairman OF the wartime comm
sion of the churches; Director George
Q. Tanbl who ia in general charge
OF the campaign. and others have set
forth the purposes OF The drive and
| stimulated the cooperation OF the
different communions In this the first
combined money-ratsing movement
ever undertaken by SO complex body
Of the Christian community of Amer
lea
Bishop Reese said today that al,
Indications were that the carnps IN
would be great success.
The war has stimulated the
churches to reaiiye the common ma
ture OF their task as never before"
! said the bishop i. THE emergency
thrust upon the churches when our
country entered the conflict and which
brought about the organization OF the
general wartime com mission OF the
churches. has given q powerful in
spirat.on which Is still felt. We see
cur task Is orly partly done. although
tas funds which We f.ava previously
exhausted.
Now we must show tfe world that
there 10 enough vitality in the Amer
can churches 10 safevuard the period
OF reconstruction, as well as the period
Of conflict The hundreds OF tacus-
Rnds Of men eti1l left In the army
and navy, suddenly deprived of the
spur Of actual hoSt.lities. are now in
q condition In which they are parti-
cularly subject to demoraiiz ng In
fiuences. They need the services OF
efnctent and tireless chaplalns more
than ever and part OF our fund will
be used to keep up the number Of
that devoted body OF workers and
to supply them with suficien, means
TO extend their helpful influence as
widely ne possible among the great
body Of men committed to their re-
Hgious care.
''As the soldiers and sailors rsturn
from abroad. we intend to keen up tho
work OF organizing the different
churches IN communities at the ports
and sailors shah be met and assisted
n IT only by the direct rinistrations
OF the church. but by social and
benevolent influences which viii, sase
the stress Of the period when they
sc waiting tic be discharged from
service, We intend to see that each
e these men has the opportunity to
affiliate himself with the church OF
his choice. or at least to accept its
getting settled down again to tho
normal occupations OF peace.
"Our program LIS to care for the
material interests OF our men who
have fought so nohly abroad ass vel,
p" for their spiritual interests, We
shall help them to be reunited with
their families and TO get jobs in which
they will be satisfied to make a new
start in life,
''In the scattering OF the great
masses OF workers who have been
assembled in the censers for the pro-
duction OF munitions. we shall fight
the battle against generalization.
We shall strive TO see that home and
family ties arc broken as little as
possible and that the workers sud-
denly cut off from the comparatively
hi~h remuneration which many OIL
tenn have been geftirx shall be
come fixed in s'eadv places IN which
the~ viii be satisfied.
The stricken churches in the war
zone abroad are 20 he helped both to
unite their consrera tons and to
reconstruct their buildings.
THE international religious tbs that
have been develo-ed by the war are
not to be imperilled II we can help
II. AS a step In this direction we
4 tend to arrange for an exchange Of
pu,pits by ministers America. Great
Britain and other European countries
with view to deepening the reN.
gicus lie snd promoting International
good will.
These are some " the th'nrg
which we intend to do WITH the fund
which we confidently believe VIII be
raised. The war has given spur to
lig.ous life and thought such as
few had hoped for. It's effects rIus.
be preserved. Our cooperative cam
paign is an obvious and necessary
means to that end. and we believe
that the commandments maeses OF the
american people TO whom we shall
"a rrils ra~nnpN n tina