Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-09-14
Communicated
CHARITY COvERETH MANY SINS.
Soliciting Aid for IN Orphan Asy-
lum.

Soliciting Aid for an Orphan Asy-
lum.
Among the greatest of human virtues is
charity, and especially is that active benev-
olence which remembereth the woes OF the
orphan, pleasing to him who tempereth
the winds to the shorn lamb and marketh
the flight Of the sparrows of the air. The
benevolently inclined are always happy
| because the remembrance of the good which
we do in this world sooths many a sorrow
in the evening Of life, and fills the heart
with gladness at the thought of having, as
we passed along the highways and by-ways
of life, contributed something, however
small, towards alleviating the sufferings of
the unfortunate. Man lives not for him
| self alone others have claims upon him,
| claims upon his sympathy and heart, if not
upon his bounty and purse. The weak and
helpless waits of society, the ~parentless
children of misfortune, constantly appeal
to our better natures, to our generous
impulses for aid and comfort. Eu-
rekans, blessed as they lave been
by a wise and beneficent Providence with
| all the comforts and many of the Injuries
| of life, have ever held their purse strings
loosely when appealed to on behalf Of
| others.
Although it ought to be the duty Of the
State to make some suitable provision for
the maintenance and the education Of its
orphan children from time to time as occa-
| sion mightdemand, we are not aware that it
looks after them or makes any appropria-
| ton for their support. And this is cspeci-
ally SO in the case Of the orphans which
have been placed in the benevolent insti-
| buttons of our sister State to the west.
There have been many of the orphan chill
dren of Nevada confided to the care of the
charitable ladies who conduct such insti-
buttons in that State. Among such are
| the Sisters of Mercy Of Grass Valley,
| two Of whose devoted order have
| lately arrived in our midst from Austin,
to solicit the aid of our citizens in behalf Of
their inmates. These ladies are known in
religion as Sister Mary de Sales and Sister
Gabriel. They are both amiable and re-
fined ladies and are actuated by the hottest
motives, and for that reason we bespeak
for themselves and the helpless ones whom
they represent, the kindly sympathies OF
our people, without regard to class or
creed. These ladies tell us that they have
above sixty boys to care for, clothe, feed
and educate, SO as to make them both good
citizens and good men in after years.
Many of these, if not the greater proper
ton, have been at various periods received
from various places in this State, which
has never yet contributed one dollar
of its public wealth towards their
~sustenance, though morally il not legally
responsible for their keeping. But, lest
some Of our readers may suppose that all
of these boys-the girls are supported at
the sole expense Of the convent school at
Grass Valley-are of Catholic ~parentage.
- - I'LL -..@l.
is not the case. But, even if the case were
different, what difference ought this dis
t~inction to make to such as are liberal
and intelligent enough to cut themselves
loose from sectarian prejudices, when ap-
pealed to On behalf OF those whom the
grim monster has untimely bereft of their
natural protectors?