The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-11

rum sellers call beer, Good coffee would
do much in driving out bad rum.
Adulteuton of food has got TO be
an evil against which all the health
officers and all the doctors and all the
ministers and all the reiormers and all the
Christians nocd 10 set themselves in battle
array. How can We serve our generation
with enough to eat? by sitting down in
embroidered slippers and louuging back IN
an armchair, our mouth puckorcd up
around Havana OF the best brand and
through clouds OF luXuriant smoke read
ing about political economy and the phil
osophy OF strikes? mol mol BY finding
out who in Brooklyn has been living ON
gristle and sending them tendcrloin
bccistoak. Seek ont some family who
through sickness or conjunction of mis-.
fortune have not enough TO cat, and do for
them what Christ did for the hungry null
tidudes of Asia Minor, multiplying the
loaves and fishes. Let us quit the suricit-
ing Of ourselves until we cannot choke
down another crumb of cake, and begin
the supply.oi others necessities.
We often see ON n small scale n reckless.
ness about the welfare OF others which u
great warrior expressed on large scale,
when his officers were dissuading him
from certain campaign, saying ut
would cost 100000 lives" replying with
a diabolism not to be forgotten, "What
are 2OO,0OO lives to me2"
So far from helping Hppoase the worlds
hunger there are those whom Isaiah dc.
scribes as grinding the faces OF the poor
You have seen farmer or mechanic
put scythe or an ax on grindstone,
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round aud the man holding the AK bore
on IL harder and harder while the water
dropped from the grindstone, and the edge
oi the ax from being round aud dull, got
kecner and keener, and the mechanic
lifted the AK glstcning aud sharp and with
the edge NJ keen he must cautiously run
his finger along lest while examining the
implement ho cut his hand to the bone
80 have seen men who were put against
the grindsione Of hardship, and while one
turned the crank another would press the
unfortunate harder down and harder
down until he was ground away thinner
and thinner, his comforts thinner, his
prospects thinner aud his face thinner.
And Isaiah shricks out "What mean yo
that yo grind the faces Of the poorl' II
i an awful thing 20 be hungry. IL h an
easy thing for to be IN good humOr with
all the world when we have no lack. But
let hunger take full possession OF us aud
We would all turn into barbarians and
Cunnibals aud iicnds.
am GLAD to know that the tinic II COM
ing, God hasten IL, when every family in
the round world will sit down at full
table. aud il will bc only q question be-.
tween lamb aud vcnis0n. or between
partridge and quail on toast, aud out oi
spoons made out OF Nevada silver or Calf.
lornih gold the pastries will drop on
tongues thrilling with thankiulncss be.
cause they have full enough have no
idea God Is going 10 lot the human race
stay in its prescnt prcdicamont. II the
world winds up ~ u now W " will be an
awful failure oi world. The barren
places will bc Irrigated Tho pomologds.
helped 6ffGol, will. urge W tho fruits.
The bo'hnisis, inspired ~ he Lord, VIII
help on the gardens. The rnisers oi
stock will send enough animals iit for hu.
man food 10 the markets, aud The last
earthquake that pnds the world will upset
n banquc,ng table a. which are seated the
entire human race. Meanwhile, suppose
that some Of the energy We arr cXpcnding
in useless aud unayailing talk about the
bread question should be expended IN
mcrciul allcyintions.
ruE 0ErAIE-r BATTLEFIELD.
have rcad that the battlefield on which
more troops mrt than on any other Ia the
world's history WIS the battlefield oi leip-
sic. lGD.C0l mrn under Napoleon, go, ,V0
men under Schwarzcbcfg. No. no. The
greatest aud most terrific baltic is nov be-.
ing fought all over tho world. Il N the
struggle i1r food The ground tone ol the
finest passage In one oi tho great musictI
masterpieces, the artist says. was suggested
to him by the cry oi the hungry popuacc
Of Vienna a. the King rplr through aud
they shoutcd, "nrcnd. Give ~ broad -
And all through the great hnumDnirs VI
musical academy and cathedral hear the
plthus, the ground tone, the tragedy "
uncounlcd multtulcs Who with stream.
ing cycs aud wan cheeks uui broken
hearts m behalf ui themselves aud their
families, are pleading ior bread.
let a. take another look around 10 src
how We may serve our generation. Let
us see ns iaf as possible That they have
enough to wear Gul looks pn thr human
race aud knows jusl how many inhlbi-
tanls the world has The statistics Dl the
worlds population are carefully taken ~
civilized lands. and every few years u.li'
Gers ol the Government go through tho
land aud count how many people there
are In the United States of EugInnd aud
great accuracy " reached. liul whom poo
pie tell us how many people there arr In
Asia q. Africa. ni best Il must Boz wild
guess Yet God knows thu exact nuuibri
Of people ou guf plane. aud he has mnl'
enough apparel lor each, AMI " there b'
| fifteen hundred million. h,tron thousand.
fifteen hundred nni lnc'n people, thrr
there is enough apparel ipr hiirrn bun
drCI million. fifteen thousand, hlIUHn hun
/ drrl and hitrrn. Nni sluurhy apparel
/ not ragged apparel. not insufficient up
plWl, but appropriate apparel NJ
| least two suits lur every hfiug un ih,
| earth, q summer Hu.t and Winlr
suit gpld pair ol shOcs ioruycy liyinl
| mortal a good coat, q good hHt or :
I guDl bonnet and 70 good shawl, anil a com
l plrin m lsruliup ur irminu Quilt ul apparel
\ wardrobe ipr all nations adapted 10 nl
| cIlmrs. and not u string ~ button pr
/ pin or hook Ur uu eye wanting bul
alah where are lhr good clUthDs lDr three
/ i1unhs Oi the human mre' Tho 0ihr
| ono fourth have Appropriated them. lhl
iact is. there needs tp bo anl will boz a nc
distribution. Not by anluhltic VIOLENCE
! n outllNry lad iN way, u would rynO
and tear and diminish until Instead q
thrco-iouHha Of The world not pppCd.
| aitfCd. i0uri1urihs would hU iu RAGS.
will lcl you know how iho Redistribution
will take place. liy generosity on thc plI
oi those who have q surplus aud increase
industry 90 thg part % those suffering iron
deficit Not nll but the large majority p
cnsos Of poverty in this country arc q ~