The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-28
SUFFERING In CUBA.
A Remarkable Sermon on Inter ma
iional Philanthropy.
Cause OF Cuba is Not of Race but Of
Iumanity.

csptly delivered In fremont Temple,
Boston, a remarkable sermon on inter
national philanthropy, with special re-
CARA 20 the suffering in Cuba brief
abstract is given rel0w:
Sacred her cause; 1t Is the cause not OF
race bat of humanity, yea, even or
Christ Hims. II. who has identified him
self with humanity, and who has taught
that every act Of humanity is done unto
Him.
1hs nation that helps and Is kind will
be given the preference everywhere In
the long run.
"Cast thy bread upon the waters; for
thou shalt find II after many days
Eccles. XII. l.
"ro sow in the sea" IS an ancient
Greek expire ssion denoting the hop,less-
ness and protilessDess OF certain hctlons.
But the kindred form OF speech In our
text coEveys very different idea. III
suggests rather, IA noile, dislnteit sted,
lavish, venture some spirit, which, though
il anticipates no immediate prospect OF
return, sends forth Its manifold beneiac-
tipns
1t is not local and provincial, but wide
and ccsmt politan: it is not narrow ana
restricted, cut is broad and exp n I've.
AS the rivers flow into The ocean ana
minEls with tho tides that come ana 60,
ana us the ocean is not bound ana 're-
strained. but circulates free ~ around onr
glObe, so casting bread upon 10 symto OIL
ties a charity thai knows no disdnetion
of race or CLINE. but Is Orld-wide In its
sweep and scope.
The duty Of sympathetic helpfuluess
which ought to be discharged 10y one man
10 another in time of need ought TO gov
orn the al tion of one commonwealth
toward another.
America sent provisions 10 Ireland in
the time of the erost famine, aud she has
sent contr ibutions TO lnGin in similar
circumstal COS. both s1e ana England
contributed much money. food and cloth
ing for che relief OF the lfeuch after tie
decisive conflict OF 1871, and lsttly they
have dsaIt generously toward tbs sufferers
in Armenia. And now anovher door is
open To our bounty; ana The preside 1T
! has gone SO far as to call upou the several
states to do what uaey can 60 mitigate by
/ liberal gifts the horrors that prevail
| throughout war-hflli cted Cuba.
Letters l have been permitted to peruse
/ from the seat of war represent horrible
| state Of affairs. Children dying of hun
! ger. women wretched ana forlorn. dead
/ bodies found in the streets OF those who
| have perlshed for lack Of trad. One
/ communication reads: Folks are dying
! hers so fast that they can't set them all
! buried, and All old stock Of corpses Ees To
| lie carried over to the next day. and about
| one-third Of the people arc in Ted. F"
"pcor Cuba she is passing under the rod
! # a1lliction, perhaps some ct them dt serve
| IL, but. there rs vast amount OF innocent
| sufferIng-put tho number is growing
| rapldly less Our Boston relief commit
| Tee has Just issued the following terrible
| statistius, which nav we'll inspire horror: I:
The Diario, ore of the most trustwor-
| thy napers in Havana, says that up to
| Novenl ber 80, in the single provinces of
/ MatAnZas. 20 OH IacltcOs tnOn- CON bat
! auts) had psrished Of hunger. that IL, 456
| had disappeared, many Of whom it is be-
| leved wandered away and died, am
! that o. 312 were wholly without r. SOURCES,
| GO 900 OF whom were actuRlly starving.
! Physicians saw that maj rity of them
! will die The same conditions exist in
several other provinces so mat the bs st
authorities estimate that eco 900 have AL
ready Gitd of famine ana that n5 least goo.
900 more ere in danger Of dying" Ali
war Is desolating, and in the best of cir
cumstanoes a terrible scourge.
We're the appeal Of the President to be
generally and generously answered 5y our
citizsns rot only woulisa great humani-
tarisn work be accomplished, but l be.
lieve on the whole il would 90 far toward
promoting a nobler civilization every
WHERE and would result in Blessings in
calculnbe not only 10 Cuba. but to the
|
il contemplates, and the bread o,st upon
the Water viii return after many days
Let fhe United States rise 70 tho level of
"A great deed. Ii she can assume the role
of the Good Samaritan among the ma
tiors, she may stimulate some of h + sis
tsrs to take a different view from that
now prevalent OF the stronger govern
Inents toward the weak. She may even
he the leader in n new type Of national
gruatness. All, IL 10 not wise that we
should afford something to let the world
know something OF our better self, of our
peaceiuln,ss, humanitarianism and con-
liassinn. What say you To pbilanthropv
Where shall we find an object so pitiable
and Geplorahly wretched as Cuba?
Stricken, suitteD, shamed-shs covers in
fer and helDlessness and extends her
hands for help.
sacred her cause; it is the cause not of
n race but of humanity, YEA, even of
Christ Himself, who has identified Him
self with humanity, and VINO has taught
that every act of humanity is done unto
Him.
And what position in this grave issue
shall New England take' She who has
ever thougnt of others as we'll as herself
who has taken the lead ia advanced legis.
latiun for the weak and defenceiess, who
hesitnted not TO give her sons for the
slave. and who has never withheld sun
port from wcrtby causey VIII she now
be true to her great IecUrdg BY an
uprising of beneficenco she may save n
stricken people. and add TO her laure.s
the garlauds OF gratitude woven by the
hands Of suffering women and children.
Mers in need of soldiers Tor noble
struggle. know i should not appeal In
vain. And yet more can 5e done for the
hcnor of humanity and the glory of
America at one tithe Of the cost hy the
offerings | seek to suppress misery In
Cuta and, as l hope, helping TO suppress
war at tho same time Men and women
Of New England who will holpP Remem-
ber IL IL more blessed to give tnan to
rqoaive: more blessed to save others than
ourselves; and even more heroic to win.
dicato the rights Of Others than our owns
"Each of the heroes aronud us has
fought for bis aud and limo;
But thou hast fought fer "A stranger. In
the hate of wrong not thine
Happy are an free peoples too strong TO
ha uis0ossest
But hlfssed ara thCss among rations,
who dare TO bs strong for the rest. y
DO YOU heliove ttis2 II So. then i am
sure that the multitude ! address today
,rfIf % hforf ~ sVmrnthy for Cnla