The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-12-12

lThSs saDFy ss sssf suld diiaea In caEnp b
and ad thesa 1srs appsalia sAr.
neatly ths Csriss San asisssi.siSosa,
and eAsr sausSes, so che people. 10 send
Them bpDks sEsd papera And shah not
this apl asis the hearts o eysfy Chris
tan, avsz - behalf of the intsl-
lectaal and spafisuAl wants Of the brl We
men. who are pariiing their lives for uss
They are hungering and thirssing for
that which could be furnished IN album.
dance, ond ct little cost Of time and mon
ey? II we were required 10 do some
great thing for their physical comfort
would we not try 70 do it, And shall
not an effort be made to furnish that
food for the mind, which viii serve to
while away wearisome days, weeks, and
months Of pain and sorrow, and cheer
and comfort the desponding, dying souls
The sick and wounded men are said to
be thankful even for an old pamphlet; :;
and we are told that $4,000 volumes Of
good reading books might be used In the
hospitals of Nashville and Louisville
alone, to most excellent advantage. Pa
pers also, are ealled for, and people urged
to4senti them in. The Christian Commits
sion, both in the East and the West,
are making every appeal, and using every
exertioh to move the people in this mat
ter. They say. " do what you do quickly.
No want is greater in our hospitals. Men
are suffering and dying for what you have
it in your power to give, Some say they
would go deranged If they did not have
good books and papers to fill up the w1a-
risome hours of oonvalesCenee. Shall
not this noble army Your wall of fire,
and rampant Of steel to defend you from
danger, to destroy rebellion, and estae-
Hsh Government and ordor-shaSl they
not be supplied at onceS There is no
tine;to be lost" .> j.
! Friends, shall not this appeal pc heed
sdf VIII not the friends Of the soldiers
eYerywheFe bestir themselves in this mat
teri | understand that collection was
taken uy In one of the churches Of tn 8
city on Thanksgiving day, to purchase
religious books for this object, and that
people are invited to send books, maya
zines, &C., to the office Of Baldwin i
Dodge, where a box will packed and for
warded. This is q good move and it is
to be hoped the call will be generously
responded to. Bat this is not enough
Newspapers Of religious and moral char
acter. may be forwarded weekly by mail,
and it would be but q small matter for
each person who takes from one to " halt
a score of papers, after reading them
selves to put them in wrappers and send
to some one of the hospitals, or to some
friend in camp. This would furnish them
with late news, and a good deal of it.
A pound, and over, of papers can go by
mali IOr y ulIIlS, Hiiu " hat ASJ" IA HhSt1A va
woman among us who is not willing to
furnish our soldiers an intellectual weekly
treat at so small a. cost
will not tho Sanitary Commission take
ahis matter into consideration, and 7p~
point sHitabls persons to see that papers
are collected and mailed? Or cannot a
society be formed for this purpose? The
money for wrappers and postage could,
no doubt, be easily raised, and there are
those who would cheerfullp undertake
the work.
An reading matter for western hospi-
tails may be addressed to Isaac RUSSELL,
Agent, Christian Commission Rooms
Louisville, Ky, or. to Rev E. P: snlTH.
Field Agent, Nashville, Tenn. Boxes OF
reaSinp matter may be sent to Christian
Commission Rooms, Lindel Hotel, st.
Louis, and from there they will be for
warded South the hospitals IN st. Louis
being already supplied with libraries.