The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-06-04
SOMERSET. ONO. May 25. 1875

Mr.. EDIToR:-We heard a sermon
few Sabbaths ago, preached in our town,
IN which the minister in closing his dis
course, brought up the case of the lost
boy, Charley Ross, as comparison oi
the many lost souls. We wish not to
go in detail of the discourse.
We beg leave through the columns Of
your valuable paper, to call further at
tention to the case of Charley Ross, az
a comparison Of the lost. Your readers,
and all Of us, have heard Of Charley
Ross-the little boy that was stolen
away from his parents in Philadelphia
several months ago. He is now gener
ally given up as dead. The following
statement of facts, which we have MOTTO
ed lately, will give some idea of the ex-
tent of the efforts which have been made
to find him.
More than $40, 900 have been expend-
ed; Commissioners have searched from
ocean to ocean and across; 100000 cir
culars have been issued. Printing and
photographing have cost over $4,000, a
corps of clerks has been employed in
the correspondence about the boys; 200
hands of Gypsies have been searched;
one stray boy has been found and taken
home to the mourning parents; 600
Charley Rosses have been reported;
100000 persons at one time or another
have been on the search. The result is
nothing yet, and the detectives believe
cluse who has never heard of the case.
In addition to the above $4,000 was
offered by the city authorities for the
recovery Of the boy. And more recent
ly the parents have offered 5000 foI
the recovery of the child alone,-show-
ing willingness to permit the scoun-
drels who stole him to escape if they
could but recover their child. He and
his wife have been on the borders of in.
sanity in consequence of this terrible
calamity, and the heart rendering ankle
ty arising from the mystery and uncer'
tain in which the whole is enshrouded
while those who know the parents and
little boy personally, and indeed the
great public heart has been filed NXitf
thrilling sympathy by the event
Thousands of gdNd people living fal
away from Philadelphia who never saw
nor heard of Charlie Ross, or his par
ents till this heartless abduction of tn
child, have been so touched in thei
sympathies and affection by the even
that tears and loss of sleep, and the OF
fer to aid in the recovery of the chill,
have been the result.
And all this in consequence of til
loss-temporal loss of little boy. who's
father is unknown, but who at the mos
has been killed, and is now beyond tn
suffering calamities of this world in hi
home in heaven. What is this compal
ed to the loss, the endless loss, of til
soul in which thousands and tens
thousands of our good Christians VIII
weep over the abduction of Charlie
Ross and who are willing to do and giV
anything they possess; almost their ow
lives for his recovery? He is beyon
all suffering, while they believe the to
lures of the damned shall never, new,
end. That millions on millions are
this moment thus suffering in hell VII
have existed in torments there ever stint
the destruction ofthe antedeluvian worl
and who will continue in this conditiC
of wretchedness not only an addition
four thousand years or a hundred thou
and or a million ofeenturies, but as lor
as the Almighty shall exist to have
vengence upon them. This is what
great many of our good people profe
to believed and yet show no sympatl
as in case of Charley Ross.
Do they believe it? Believe i'll v
mean as they believe in other affai
that transpire. Do they believe it
they believe that Charley Ross is lol
Oh, myl If they do, why not show syl
pathy for the damned as we'll as for t
lost child. Why this utter heartle
ness in Christian souls2 Why weep ov
the temporal loss of Charley Ross al
little boy; but if gone to maturity; a
dead and sentenced to- an endless he
feel no compassion for him? %@*
Something New in SOmerset.-A.