---
title: 'Preparedness for Duty'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Marinus Vander Meulin'
date: 1917-06-13
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'War and Peace'
- 'Temperance'
- 'Bible and Canon'
scriptures:
- 'Nehemiah 4'
- 'Luke 22'
- 'Proverbs 16'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/vander-meulin-1917-preparedness-for-duty
---

# Preparedness for Duty

1917 Christian Observer urges national sacrifice in wartime: ban intoxicating liquor, cultivate self-control, and be prepared for duty. Upholds the Bible as the supreme rule for life.

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