The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-12

A POWERFUL APPEAL.
The following letter was yesterday received at
most valuable authoresses, who, with becoming
modesty, requested that her name remain anOny-
m0uS:-
THE PERIsHING CHILDREN
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
We have read in the HERALD Of the efforts Of few good
children 9! New YORK and We have noiced how
his great wealthy and pspaioas ely sy' have lifted
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or woman blessed with ali the comforts OF ife and at
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better thank Offering" can YOU make to the Father o.
All than gift from your abundance even from your
poverty to help the persng children of these destitute
Parens who watching. beside the beds of your own
sick e c but give he ad res afr pure
delicate fool flowers toys smiles every comfort that
an 9s 1on pain w nd @ for pr an IL,
state of the suffering helpless babesor whom invoke
selves. Tor moment in the place of those poor mothers
VINO see their infants pershng their arms without the
,hroats or little morse Of delicate food to tempt their
from your abundance give something towards supplying
suffered the and yet the deepest sorrow that
come, except through SIM to any human heart who
have your loved and lovely little pass away
from earth, what holier offering you make to the
memory your chdren in Heaven than gift for the
relief Of these ptable little sufferers still earth
work can be al together good that Of saving the
perishing children OF the poor II is well TO give money
TO convert the heather, to reform the criminal, 10
reclaim the drunKard, TO redeem the Magdaene,
but surely it is better still to give 1t to succor the
sick children Of destitute mothers Poor little children
have deeper claim upon US all than the heathen, the
criminal or the beggar and the children perishng
Of disease in the wretcbed sums OF the city, have the
deepest claim upon us of all the sufferers earth.
Whyf They are so perfectly innocent and so utterly
helpless They have not brought evil upon themselves
they do the least thing TO avert TO relieve
cannot lit their little hands TO They do not
know that live and have the power TO help them
But we know that they suffer and suffer limo
Gently and helplessly, and that have the
power, every of u.s. TO do our own share great
small towards saving them Shall we harden hearts
against themr Oh, may do II. They are not sturdy
beggars." They will not importune us But shall we
close our hearts against themy Heaven forbid And
now Christians the SAKE OF Him whose sacred name
we bear, who has said whatsoever receiveth one
such lite child in Ny name receiveth Me- pity and
help these pershng children. This fearful slaughter OF
nnocens need not for week longer II each one
will give little according to our ability Let every
one give something be II never little In proper
ton means and this awful destruction OF limo ent
lie will bJ arrested The fund should be made by the
dinner OF the millions well as by the dollars OF the
miliionnaires Blessed the wealthy who from their
abundance give dollars this work but blessed also
the poor who from their poverty will spare dimes Tor
"AYAH,r