Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-05 | Page 5 | Appeal through Churches

I 0 - J; Appeal Through Churches On December 1st there was read in ; every church in the land; the United .States Food Administration's appeal to j "the world conscience of the American people. "The ending of the war does' not release us from the pledge to send lifood," read the message. "The same populations must be fed, and until an-lother an-lother season has passed they cannot .Weed themselves." (The world has never before witnessed witness-ed a situation such as this. Every device of man has been used in the rar and the keenest sort of competition competi-tion might have kept on indefinitely, had not the question of food entered jlihto consideration. The very fact that I the war is over is a proof that the . World's supply of food is low. I 3 Should we fail to hear the cries of I f those who are looking to us for im- ; mediate relief, revolution would spread like wildfire over tho world. The opportunity for world service :yis the biggest thing that has ever come to a nation. It is so big that we can-inot can-inot sidestep it or argue with our con-Klcnccs con-Klcnccs about it. It is, if we will, the j .5 acid test whereby wo shall find the tftrue patriotism and humanitarianism I :Jof our people. Wo must save that we V may give.