The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-05
EMPLOYMENT SUNDAY" WAS OBJ
SERVED AT PRACTICALLY ALL
THE LOCAL CHURCHES.
MATTER OF FURNISHING MEN DIS
CHARGED FROM SERVICE DIS
CUSSED FROM ALL ANGLES.
AT MOST CHURCHES SPECIAL COM
MITTEES TO COOPERATE WITH
GENERAL COMNTITTEE.

| abandonment Sunday" MAS observed
: Yesterday in most Of the local churches.
! and special rcf"rrnc"S wore niHd" with
! many Of the ministers making II Il theme
| in their sermons.
/ In the Fourth street methodist church
Rev. = +. Aliens subject was: What
! is the Naltl, If 81 Soldier" II" treated
I tho subject in a general way. d"rtalling
| the subject with Tn" Victory Liberty
| Loan and said. rs matter Ut Justice TO
; the returned soldiers. Liberty Bonds
| should hr bought literally and tho mat
! ter Of securing profitable employment
for tho soldiers should hc in III" hearts
/ Of every true American. which would
moan the rr;tdjustmrnt Of business and
the moral wclfar" of III" nation.
! Rev r. L. Strides. nf St Matthew's
! EDiscopll church, dTclt on the subject
! " employment for discharged soldiers
! and discu>s"ts it from various angles.
At st. Luk"'S Episcopal church. on IN"
; Island. Rev. EuttinEham road President
Wilson's. Secretary "f Labor Wilson'S
! and cx-Gorrrnor w. \. McC"rkG'S proc
J lamat!on on the day and talked about
] the wrlfarc Of returning soldiers. after
which Harold Maxwell CAV" his expert
cnccs in the battles in France and told
| Of ArEonn" wood in a vivid manner.
At Trinity Evangelical Lutheran
church the question Of the unemployed
soldier WAS dwrlt upon in both sermons
by tho pastor. Rev. Q. c. Dean. ana the
following committee WAS appointed TO
! work in conjunction with tho Lutheran
! welfare cornmincr: \. +. llrich,
| chairman: W. ]. Miller. t. n. Sea-
| bright, Arthur Edge and James Nor
gan. sThis committee will also CO.
operate with the local L. S. Employ
! mont Service.
Rev. w. T.. schucttc. OF st. James
church. in his morning sermon. said We
! should express our spirit of Of thank
fulncss toward thc soldiers for what
no has done and help him in getting
work whore needed.
At the First English Lutheran
church. Rev. E G.. Howard made spc-
cial reference to the day as employ
rncnt day and spoke fcclingiy of our
obligations TO the soldier. and any work
in his behalf would be Christian
move Henry F. Jucrgcns and William
Fritz were arpoiKed to represent the
church In working with the l. ). Em-
ploynent Service In getting returned
soldiers work.
The morning sermon OF Rev. W. II.
Fields of the First Christian church
was partiy devoted to the subject OF nm
employed SOiQlcfSS, ana coIlIulA''' t'i'-
sisting Of Robert Frazier. ". l.. Van
Trcss and David Sihler was appointed
to confer with other bodies for The Sc
curing Of work for returned soldiers.
The soldiers scTtette from Camp
sherman was at the Third Presbyterian
church and added to the attTactivcncss
of the singing. and the pastor. Rev.
Thomas Grief Koontz, spoke CT the I'M
employed soldiers in a general way.
The congregation was also enlightened
by the bulletin Of the church on the
subject.
At st. Pmls Evangelical church Rev.
August c. Rasche inculcated into his
morning sermon the theme. and told OF
the debt of gratitude owed the soldiers.
and the citizens who stayed at homo
should return the debt by giving or
helping them TO get profitable employ
mcnt. The committee TO work with
other bodies in carrying out the project
was appointed and is composed Of Her
man Hundt. Charles Whiteman and
Harry Brown.