The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-05
CALL TO PRAYER FOR SUCCESS OF
 BIG CONFERENCE
One Hundred and Fifty Thou sand Congregations Pray
 for Disarmament.

The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, com posing 31 denominations, have re- quested their congregations to as semble on Sunday. November 6, for special prayer for the success of the World Conference to convene on November 12, to the end that arma- ments may be reduced in all the. civ ilized nations of the world.
 At the Presbyterian Church the day will be observed and the morning sermon will deal with warless world. Few know that Of the s4364 per capita tax for the United States in 1920, that 92.4 per cent went for war funds. The sermon will be of great interest.
 Local Program
 Tn the evening the following mus cal program will be rendered by the choir:
 Now the Day Is Over" (Petriel, by the choir.
 Contralto solo, Miss Connie Mar tin.
 Great Is the Lord" (Wilson), by the choir
 'sThe ,Aronic Benediction'' Uorenz), by the choir.
 e Call to Prayer
 Striking paragraphs from the call to prayer and consecration for the success of the Conference on Limita- lion of arn1amenti issued to l50,0O9 congregations by the Federal Coun- ell of Churchesfof Christ in America are:
 Let iis not ,shrink from proclaim ing unequivocally that war is not necessity, that the pacific settlement of every international question is possible that a warless world can really be achieved. Our witness must be unmistakable that force is not the final arbiter among the nations, but that justice, reason and good will can control their life as well as the life of individual men. To continue to point to the mailed fist as our ultimate reliance and to carry on program of mutual distrust and fear, is to undermine the very foundation of our Christian faith.
 <. Let there be throughout the church fire of holy indignation not soniy against war but also against sths, mad competition in ornaments which .thas nourished suspicion, ill- will and fear, and from which wars shave always sprung and always will. Let us pray. increasingly that the Spirit of God may guide our leaders assembled at the Conference of the nations, that unselfisf motives and wise, connsels may prevail Let us igive. ourselves unstintedly to culti- ivating a Christian pdbliv opinion SO fstrong that it will make possible the richest results from their delibera- !tions. We cannot be satisfied with ia4-mild. ld.4.curtailmsnt.4 of.s our. military expenditure. %
 Nothing, less than a far-reaehlrg freduction in ornaments on sea and land can suffice. It is not for us to dictate the specific plans by which the longed-for goal may be achieved, but insists we must, with all the pas sion of our souls, that rational and pacific methods must now be found for the settlement of international disputes"
 Armament Sermon Topics
 Topics for the special services and educational meetings in behalf of the Conference on Limitation of Ar mament for Sunday, November s, and Ethe succeeding days of Armisti5e lweeks as suggested by the Federal sCouncH of the Churches of Christ in eAmerica, are as follows: Suggested topics, November 6 to II, 1921:
 | Sunday-"The Vision of Warless World" Isaiah 2:24. .-e s~~'Nfonday-sPhe Staggering Burdens of Warning World" Joel 2;1-6. Tuesday -SCauses of the Big Ar Emaments of,sthe Warning World, ." James 8: I3-4 3 <-@ A@s,s&es sass.. { Wednesday, Problems Before, lne Washington Conference" Proverbs '1:1-31. Thursday-"The Distinctive Contri- button of the Church in Establishing Warless World" Micah 6:6-8; Mat, thew 5:3S-48
 Friday-"The Great Decision to Achieve a Warless World" Joshua a4,14-15; Matt fill; Hebrews 11:39-21:1.