Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-27
AN APPEAL.

AN APPEAL.
FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH Are we doing our
whole duty in this hour Of our country's peril
and suffering humanity Most of the brave
and strong of cur sons and brothers, husbands
and fathers, are now battling in terrible conflict
with q mighty foe. We did all we could for
them VIC packed their knapsacks we bid them
be Of good cheer, and our hearts and prayers go
with them still we can do 10 more. Their
untold endurance and privstions come not to Us,
and as long rs life and limb are left, they com
plain not. But there IS another class-sad and
helpless, still with us-the suffering sick and
/ wounded, disabled soldier the desolate wife
and mother and lit5is children Of those who arc
away, or these wko are 10 mere. These ore our
legacy Of e terrible war. Is there one among
MS who can be unfaithful OF ~unmindlul Of these
wrecked and ruined ones Oh. my God, is
there one among usf Let each one ask "Lord,
stir" In the great day Ell judgment there
is but one class Of meritorious deeds mentioned.
You know what theso are. To visit the sick and
the afflicted, to comfort the fatherless snd the
wi low. Shall the Great Eternal say to Us:
" Inasmuch as ye did it unto these, ye did it
unto me p Were ever such inducements offered
for the performance Of s duty We to wait
upon and administer to God Dear friends,
think for one moment Of the sublimity-the
eternity Of & little good deed, which we here in
this world call charity, and that given with " the
cold hand" too often, alas! Ys fair daughters
Of The beautiful land of the South, if there is
one among you not already engaged, heart and
soul and hands, in clothing the naked, feeding
the hungry, administering to the sick and the
afflicted, arise lay up treasures for yourselves,
where moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break not through, nor steal" Arise
ami work while it is yet day, for soon the
night come.h, when no man can work"
know there lnger about Us many restraints
the influence Of former c0nventionalties and
circumstances surrounding US. Then, it was
our blessed privilege to live in sweet seclusion,
and ell the geutler graces and delieacies Of
woman's lovely nature were cultivated and
cared for-blushing flowers of G lard Of peace
and plenty, Bot the dead realities Of war
have removed all these. Want, peuury, ruin,
agony, are mournfully calling for the Steiner
virtue Of noble womsn-ever heroic, ever ur-
selfish, in the darker trials of life! It is ne un-
thing now to see lovely, accomplished
women bending low over the couch Of the
rough, toiI-worn, tattered soldier her "illy
hand, that once adorned the jewels that
it in return. are now bathing his fevered
brow. or holding the cooling draught to his
burning lips, like a sweet angel of mercy, as
she ought to be, TO all who suffer. Who will
dare to smear, or tsuat, or point the finger Of
contempt None, none, save the infdel, the i'm
beetle, or the ~soulless. And shall we not rise
far superior to the %nO1ious exhalstions Of
their tainted atmosphere Heavens purity
cannot breathe in their presence.
In my imagination, I see the heavenly angels
pause in their own holy missions. See how
they look down upon Us they are
listening to the resolutions that each one of US
is now making, and let US listen, too: "If
can do nothing more, 1 will see that one poor
hearth burns brightly this coming
and Sc I will see that one little orphan
$ comfortably clad Il viii send supplies
rom my plantation, for a whole family"
{ Though costly viaads ald tempting delicscies
IRE not mine, I viii take q nicely cooked batter
AXE and sweet cup of milk to that soldiers
lear Old mother, every morning" and 1 will 60
myself to the hospital, and with my own hands,
.3uinister the abundance of others" q viii
end nsy faithful servant - a have nothing to
and am too feeble to nurse, bat viii col
all the old rags in the noigbborhood and
end them" Dy dear friends, if you never i
in a hospital, you can't conceive the
there is in q pile Of old rags! How sooth- ,
ng 10 the blister or the wound, is The daily re- :
ewal of fresh, clean regs! We viii not de-
pise the day Of small things" q
And let Us not forget the captive, whose prison
7sns may be near IS. Let the commands of
,hrist, and tie noble attributes Of humanity, {
ven be OUR guide, and rule Of conduct.
These little, good deeds! Whist a sweet mel- +.
wing incense, frsg' ant with the breath Of an ]
our daily aims, fresh from tho affairs of ,,
faith, hunanity-are jewels, to be reset in
he pure lightof heaven, each are rejecting the I
Of God. Flowers Of time, retinted with {
ues Of immortal beauty, 30 grace the eoronsl !
reath placed upon our fading brows, redeemed q
ON the whitening touch Of time. f
rieDds Of the South ae we doing our sohoIe
afv in this hour of cur country pcii,-snd suE l
ring humanity "CHRISTIAHA."