The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-04-12
STATISTICS THAT SIAGGER
APPEAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF
STARVING INDIA.
a A>Sehe me Whereby Funds May be
Contributed 40 the asaaine
Stricken Sufferers.

THY Uf!ifeiFS- Soo y"St 4>~eN '
And yet this runber of immortal
beings are in various stages Of star
.ation, and Eve nIlksns of these same
3eings are now at deaths door in
famine stricken Iudia. DIR. Talmage,
IN the Christian Herald, has made l.
pathetic appeal to Americans for
these same dying people. Shall we
turn deaf ear to that leud call:
>iod>forbid! The most pitiful and
heart.rendiug cry for bread that has
ever escaped hSmsR lips or reached
mortal ears eemes from this famine
stricken cosntry. Since the world
began that We have any account OF
the greatest catastrophe is now being
enacted, and Unless help speedily
comes to India's relief fully ten mil
lions of men, women and children
must DIE before the next crop is har-
vested. Three months ago the gov
,ernment placed the number of stsrv-
ing sufferers ut thirty millions; to-
day the number has almost doubled.
Five millions of these people are EN-
ployed BY the government at wages
averaging two cents Il day each,
while the remaining must be relieved
J5y private charity or yield to star
nstion's edict. England is doing
what she can for their relief, but she
,is unequal to the task: and America,
with her overdowing, busting gran
-aeries, mnst speedily come to the
rescue Or these millions will perish
from the very lack of what We enjoy
an superabandance. May We share
ju generous measure the abundance
.wherewith We t,sye been 60 bounti-
fully blessed. We are told that our
missionaries now working in India
have been so affected by The scenes
of heart-rending suffering which they
have been compelled to witness, that
though their hearts are breaking
down with grief at this sad sight,
their tears refuse to flow. They
themselves have given all they had
and all they could borrow, sud now
they are daily inditing petitions anc
sending them broadcast with the fer
vent prayer that God will move
the hearts Of their more fortunate
brethren in distant lands to contrib
ute largely in this hour Of ludisS S,
.,lirsst need, aud thus help them to
help these who are locking to them
for salvation and impending death.
The cause of Chaist is making won.
.drous progress among the dense and
.duskY population of India, and now,
that disaster has befallen them, and
death is threatening them, what won
der that they are hoping for help
from this country whence hal! the
missionaries, who have told them
over and over again the beautiful
story of their Saviour. who went
about doing good. Shall these pc o.
pile look in vain! Will We disap-
point them: Shall we so at as to
make them believe that our religion
is vain and mere profession: Shall
We shut up the bowels of our COM
passion aud tell them by our with
holding that American money and
American bread are for Americans
only-that religion is one thing and
charity is quite another? Or shall
We open mp our hearts, our hands.
our purses, and in the name OF onr
Master, whom We serve, bid them
share with us the bountics of our
Heavenly Fathers goodness: Two
cents day will support life. One
.ollar will keep u man, woman or