The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-18
THE CHRISTIAN ADVocATES APPEAE.

Our cotemporary, the New Orleans Chrissiass
AdrOoate. the official organ of the Methodist
Church in the SoutbI publishes the following
| appeal In Its last issue;
| There never has been o time In the history
Of the ChristiGn Adrocate when We needed yonr
| prompt remittsnceS we need them now,
1 I We are 10 the Ridst OF the season of the yeaF
when collections from our advertising psfrona
| are always diffioult; bat at present it 10 Inn
| possible. Business, dull enough before the
oity wss qaarsntined from all its trade, 10 now
suspended, the merchants not beipR able 70
ship goods, or even send their accour t. throuCh
| the mails TO q large number OF their custom
ers for collection. Our Northern customers,
| too, have ceased to remit we cannot tell why,
unless they think We will all be dead before Is
could reach us, and We would not need Il. Bot
we hope our subscribers will consider that the
ss from any other cause. We have not doobe
that more persons die in this city from want
| OF money to get proper nourishmeDt, msdloinos
clothing and fuel than die from yellow fever
and IL any Of our force working to aupply you
with the AdUocate from the editor 20 the
printer boy-Were taken with the yellow fevGFs
or any other disease, We could net fuRnish
them the amount they would require to pro-
cure the neoessaries in such osse yet We have
thousands Of dollars due to them, In email
amounts, which they have earned by hard
work. aud which the subscribers could pay in
most instances If they would They are faith
ful, patieut good men and boys quiet, indus
.rioue n and temperate \ No paper or. on the cent?
and die for want of the money to get the msdi-
cine and nourishment they need, who would 30
the - ~
We suppose yon have not vie wed il In that
light, but the pm blisher is out of money, and
has NO other means of getting 1t. Unless cub
scribers remit we must suffer. To help No
through this great trial we offer to any sub
scIiber who has paid up in full, to give him
credit on subscriptions for three years for flgo
dollSrs in advance or to any one who shall
pay up in fall and Eve dollars additional, the
same. Send at once, by draft, registered let
ter or poktoftce money order. Cannot many
of our subscribers help us by procuring few
new Subscribers7 Some have done nobly In
pAst years. Let Us hear from you again. Let
all help II you cannot send all, send pert.
RoBr. J. HARP, PublfsheE.
The morsl Of this is that newspapers, even
those devoted to religion, cannot live without
the assistance of at least little OF "the root Of
all evil" The MORNING STAR 10 not in as des-
perAts . position aS Brother Harp's paper,
nevertheless IL 10 very much in need Of Hnan-
cisl help. Though its mansgsrs do not ask Tee
patrons to pay three or even two yeaEs' sob.
scription in advODce, they will consider tbem-
selves under obligations to all Subscribers who
give prompt and satisfactory respops IS TO the
postal card bills now being sent from thlg
rfice. These bills are either for arrears or for
tho current years subscription, and while each
calls for but q triAe, In the aggregate the
amount runs way up into the thousands.