Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1920 — CHURCH COUNCIL ENDORSES N. E. R. [ARTICLE]

CHURCH COUNCIL ENDORSES N. E. R.

Federal Body Says No More Compelling Need in All the World. / Departing from custom, the Federal Council of Churches has endorsed the work being done by Near East Relief, 1 Madison Avenue, New York City, the former comm'ttee for Armenian and Syrian Relief which has essayed the task of caring for 1,250,000 starving people In Western Asia. Resolutions adopted by the executive committee, as announced by Charles S. Macfarland, general secretary, are as follows: “Your committee recommends that prdyers be -offered In ail our churches for the suffering children throughout, the world, especially those who are In distress and peril as the result of the war. “They further recommend that we reaffirm and emphasize our Interest and co-operation in the plans of ‘Near East Relief.’ We know of no need in the world that Is more compelling than that of the Armenian, Syrian and other peoples in the Levant who have already received and must still receive the generous sympathy of the American people.”