Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-19
SOLDIER BOYS
SPEND EASTER ABROAD
Heading Churchmcn Of America Will
Of1ciatc Mt Services Held
"Ovcr There"
~. NJ. C. A. HUTs AS CHURCHES
Hundreds OF Thousands OF Song
Sheets Havc Been Sent to France
and Germany for the American
Doughboys.

Sc PARIS, April la.-whcn the bells OF
1 the old churches in Franco and oScu-
pied Germany sound the advent OF
! l1astcr, 100000 American dcushboys
Swho cannot be at home to observe the
day in the old way, Will have their
own Easter services, at which some OF
Sthe leading Churchmen of America Will
officiatc.
Since the American soldiers canno,
go to the home churches. the y NJ. (. y.
France seems full OF distinguish he'd
American clcrgymen, who come from
almost every part OF the United States
TO talk to the soldiers ON Easter. And
each steamer adds 10 their number. \
part OF every Easter service. both here
and in the ~ huts in the states. WI WI
be devoted 10 the memory OF the
men and women who died in serving
the American army.
When Easter morning comes the
clergymen from home VIII begin such
a day OF speaking as prohtbl! not one
of them has ever undertaken before,
They will be sent wherever American
huts will be their churches.
They viii speak from five TO ten
enough Of them TO go round among the
the Rhincland. so motors Will be used
to rush them from hut to hut. that
And with only two or three miles be-
tween the villages where the boys are
D1ilctGO OF tlltdlIlDt IL 'liS tttII t>S' =
9lished over here that an itinerant
at the maximum. with properly
Among those already in Franco. with
are Rev Harold Pat,ison. p n, of New
of Buffalo, y. y; Rev J. Whitcomb
Broughcr, u. D.. Of Los. Angeles. cal,
and REV. William Russell owen, D. D..
sor Herbert l.. Willett, Of the divinity
school OF the University OF Chicago,
Christian; the Rev. Judson l. Cross
Herbert y. jump. -. D.. of Manchester.
y. H.; Rev. John l.. kecdy, of Andover,
Mass, and Rev Albert Jones Lord -.
alists; Bishop G. Is Mitchell. of ST. Paul,
Mimi. Methodist: Professor Charles i:
Erdnian OF the Princeton Theological
Seminary, Presbyterian, and Professor
Robert s. Smith. of Smith College.
There arc more. many more and
others are stu arriyinE or schedule d, d d
these latter are the Rev. Hugh Black.
D. o.. OF the Union Theological Sem
mary, New York City; the Rev, I'd
i l.: Rev. Cieland Il. McAfcc. u. D.. Of
the Mccormick Theological! Seminary
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5 But Easter addresses by speakers
newly arrived from tho homeland will
not be the only homelike feature of
y tho troops. Most of the boys OF the
5{ American cNpcditionary force know
ana ra'her lonE lot me ia'nii,ar ieni ,
t'feStival at home. The Y. NJ. G. a.
has met that longing. too. For weeks
hundreds OF th9usands OF Easter sons
have been shipped out from the rel!-
Gious work department in the Rue
point in France or Germany at which
American men are stationed and a ~
hut maintained.
There are no lusticr singers among
the fighting forces OF the world than
the soldiers OF the United States, and
many Of the clcrSymen just come over
Will be given a new conception Of con-
grega tional singing when the boys lot
20 on the Easter songs.