The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-12

houses or a thOUssnd soup.hOuses "If man."
says the Apostle. ''wlll not work. neither shall he
all political economists take the two passages in
connection. The real misery of the wOrld-that
SSsh Ss it tuS Z pST and my duty yESs most ear
not love to meet men in the broad light of the
day, but seeks solitude, is the kind which this
such q society in Philadelphia who searches out
the cases Of poverty; who carries the Church, and
carrying the Church, carries also physical comsOrt
to these poor obscure ones. Ali the misery OF
the SICK poor 1t Is hard enough to be SICK. II
IS hard enough for rich man to be sick. Young
It is hard to be sick; evon to have father who is
ready to send for any medicine, employ any physi
smOothes your brow when it is fevefed oh! but the
sick poor; who can describe the agony OF the chi!
dTeDr Hele is a poor mother, stranger IL may be
in strange land, with the hand of death upon her
She is In small, contracted ROOM dark with low
are any window -panes al all Over the floor crawls
ashIvering baby, suffering from famine and cold ;
the mother suffers phI steal pain; the pain is almost
forgotten in the agony of spirit TO think that she is
alone in the world, dying, with no one to help her.
and as she gazes upon her little one behods its little
emaciated fingers, perhaps purple ready with the
hues OF death. Obi it's scene to make angels weep
God OF pity is there to help in this Christian land
and Christian city Is there help these agents
the Society in aeviatlnR their sueringsY They do
not hesitate to enter the thresholds of poverty They
go right into that lowly cabin; He finds out first
what may be neeGed most. medicines he brings and
a physician, and the disease yields to the skilful
medicai treatment, his heart is gladdened, and
the poor sufferers OF our CITY, thank you that you
are engaged in this noble work. l thank God that
there have been persons enough to respond least
to that extent as to enab tho Society to perform
its blessed work in limited spheres but that sphere
shSuG shs 6e VERY enaTEed arg and IN order to 90
ing IS held this evening. l know you will respond
very heartily to the brothers appeal who will rext
OF those doors 10 night and look up at the clear sky
and button up your coat to shelter you from the
nippinR trost,iask yourself, "Haye done my duty
suffering tO-nlQltY'
Rev. j. Howard Suydam was then introduced,
and spoke in substance as follows:-
We have been accustomed during the few years
passt,-in which we have lived, In our experience
and in our history, several generatons--to near
thrilling tales told us by the delegates of the Chris
tian and Sanitary Commissions as they came back
from the fields of slaughter from the hospitals of
near our enemy's hnes to which they were permitted
to have access; and hearing them, our sympathies
were enlisted and we prayed tog, ther we wept to-
as we never dreamed that we could be induced to
give IT. We have been accustomed to this for a
period OF years. Something similar appeals to our
sympathies tonight. There is danger of reaction
just as after period OF speculation in business and
spondency. The people have S always besn cen very y
liberal, but somehow or other they hanging back
at present. great many Of them do not have con.
dence In these societies. If they assured that
the money would be in good hands, and would be
distributed according to their orders, confident
they would subscribe literally. With such men as
George H. Stuart, Alexander G. Catteu, and others
at the head OF this Society who can doubt its integ
rityY HE that 1yeth to the poor lendeth 10
the Lord" My friends, do you suppose the Lord
will borrow Of you without paying it back again?
Have you not reason to expect that he will pay you
back in good measure heaped up, pressed down,
oyerhowing? If your faith is in Him. give, and you
will get per centage for the money you have in
vested three times greater than you have received
the EARTH The Society presents to you tonight its
claims and l hope you will respond lib rally, re.
remembering 1t is for the spiritual and physical well
fare of our brothers and sisters in Christ.
A collection was then taken up, ana a considera.
BILE sum was realized, after which the Denediction
was pronounced and the audience dispersed.