The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-20
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MIDWAY
RELIEF SOCIETY HELD LAST
NIGHT. y
MARKED ITS TENTH YEAR.
RIAN CHURCH OBSERVED IT'S
ANNIVERSARY.
PASTORS AND LAYMEN JOINED
Meeting Which Was Very
Largely Attended.

The Midway Relief society held their
annual meeting last evening in the
Merriam Park Presbyterian church,
which was participated in by all Of
the churches Of the Park, including
Methodist and Olivet Congregational
churches. The meeting was quite we'll
attended, and a collection was taken
up to enable the executive committee
Of the society to carry on the work Of
relief during the winter.
The report of the treasurer and sec
rotary was read, which showed that
the society, although very much in
need Of funds, had been doing an eX-
cellent work in caring for number
Of families residing In the Park who
were without means of support, and
the committee had been instrumental
in securing work for a number of
these. The treasury had been heavily
drawn upon during the last month
on account Of the unusual number of
emergency cases which had come un-
der their notice.
Maj. Coykendall president of the
society, followed with an outline of
the objects of the society, saying that
he hoped the people of the Park would
respond generously to their appeal for
subscriptions. The near approach of
the holidays, he said, would necessi-
tate a large amount to be paid out for
Christmas dinners. He thought they
owed a helping hand to their less for
tI1,, TO hrA .i.-
them Merry Christmas and
brighter prospect for the new year,
by their material assistance in secur-
ing work for the poor, which was even
more essential than the giving of
money.
The election of officers then took
place, MAJ. Coykendall being re-elect
ed, as was the entire executive COM
mittee.
Rev. H. A. Riser, of the Olivet Con-
gregational church, and Rev. John
TemDeruOn, OF the Merriam Park
Methodist church, assisted in the serv-
ices, the address Of the evening being
delivered by Rev. A. B. Meldrum, of
the Central Presbyterian church.
After the business of the society had
been finished, a short praise service
and season Of prayer was held, fol-
lowed by Or. Meldrum's sermon, which
was based on the parable of the Coed
Samaritan, Luke X, 25. During the
course of it he said:
when Christ related the beautiful
story Of the Good Samaritan He turn
ed the tables On the lawyer who asked
the question Who is my neighbour
by answering the vastly broader ques-
ton which lies at the base of all phil
anthropy, Whose neighbor am ~ OF
what use is the most orthodox creed
If 1t be destitute Of Christian charity :?
A man may have a creed q yard long,
but Of what earthly use Is it if it
never moves a man to loving and gen
erous action? 1t is a mockery and a
sham. Faith without works Is dead.
The good Samaritan was one Of the
deSpiSed Sect-he was an alien and a
hereto; he was treated with hooking
hatred and scorn by the Jews. Z But
over these influences love triumphs.
His conduct showed that 1t is love
which makes man neighbor to man.
This is just what Christianity is, true
neighborliness, humanity Of DISPOSE
ton, friendliness, compassion, and this
is the test that determines eternal life
There are poor folks all about, whose
hearts crave for sympathy and friend
Illness more than their bodies crave
for bread and butter. Christ gave
Himself for mankind Love is the only
redemption power in all the world.
It is by this the world Is to be up
lifted and saved. The man lying by
the roadside all bruised and crushed
and bleeding is your brother. The
hungry and destitute ones all about us
are our brothers and sisters, If we
have the love of Christ in us. We are
brethren not by blood, but by virtue
Of the love and sympathy he needs
by the fact that he needs our kindly Of
fees, and by the fact that 1t Is within
our power to render him aid. That Is
the spirit of Jesus Christ. What is
Christianity? What is the religion Of
Him who said: whatsoever shall so
do my will. the same is my brother, my
mother and my sister,"