Show I I Churches to Conserve H Human human Lii TT United Its It's jQ St States almost f tes St staggering to realize that people people people- are seriously ill III at t any one oile time Of these consumptives and of the tho latter die every year AND SUl IS A PREVENTABLE DISEASE DISEASED Every year ear people are killed in industry and oo seriously injured i In U t twenty five 11 1 five years rears about people in tl this s count killed and injured merely because they were walking on raf ra b tracks or flipping on cars The wage earners in this coun country ry lose an ave aver avera a nine nine days apiece every year on account of illness the wag wages sl more amounting to the medical treatment costin costing Its It's a source of real leal satisfaction that the federal council of churches of Christ in America America representing America representing dif diff cliffe churches having haing me members members-j is bers-is is about to to set up p a camp campi for the conservation of human life jM Experts tell us human life be may ext extended fifteen ye years rs observing the laws of health and d common sense I If as a resole I the efforts of the federal c council uncil the average life in this coun extended only one year IT WILL VILL WILLIEAN IBAN i THE TILE EQUIV i ALENT COMPLETE LIVES SAVED L. L IN EACH i And this would be distinctly worth while willIe II M Theres There's s 's every reason why the church should engage in suc campaign J Jesus esus spen spent much of his time healing the sick sick 5 shouldn't his followers do likewise 1 But its it's a lot better toP toPI VENT sickness than to HEAL it j A strong advisory committee has lIas been appointed by the tho fed council to work out the details of this campaign among the m m being Gifford Pinchot conservationist Prof Irving Fisher o oY YI university Haven Emerson health commissioner of New York York- Ta C. C Lathrop of the childrens children's bureau of the United States labor dep depa ment Villiam William F. F Cochran millionaire Socialist and friend of lati lal of Baltimore and Graham Taylor of Chicago Commons Wt Commissions of experts will study sanitation food diseases tuberculosis ca causes es of high death r rates tes amo among g babie other causes that lower vitality and shorten life Their reports report receive wide publicity Special text books will be prepared t telli how to direct local campaigns It is proposed to reach the towns in this country j If the churches really get on this job and mean WATCH OUT H The churches are already thoroughly organized they the finest machine in the world And the people in the chi ch r know how to put across a campaign of this kind 9 Its It's a big job job job-it it will be getting right down to earth and be worthy of the churches that engage in it Heres Here's hoping t make good a |