The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-09
% SAVE TIE STARVING
ST. ANTHONY HILL CHURCHES,
UNION SERVICE LARGELY
ATTENDED
GRATIFYING SUM RAISED
Rev. Rockwell Clancy Gives a Vivid
Picture of the Appalling
Condition in
India.

The churches Of ST. Anthony hill in
GLIDING the First Methodist, Woodland
Park Baptist, Park Avenue Congregation
al and Christian churches, held a
union service last evening at the Dayton
] Avenue Presbyterian. church in the inter
ests of the famine sufferers in India
Rev Rockwell Clancy, secretary of the
Bishop Thoburn special fund for India,
gave the address. Mr.. Clancy has been
missionary to India for nearly seventeen
years, and came to the United States to
attend the general conference Of the NJ.
B. church in Chicago. He is now lectur-
ing in cities in this country and raising
money for the famine sufferers. His ad-
dress is Albion, Mich. and money for
India may be sent to him there.
The service was largely attended and a
gratifying contribution made to the
famine fund.
Mr.. Clancy said:
Ny first experience in famine work was
n 1884, when %, GO 600 were affected, and
several millions persisted from starN 4 ton
Famine Is a hard thing to describe to
an American audience vino have never
known anything of want / have heard
the wall of tie starving. and have seen
thousands Of living skeletons staggering
along the roads on their way to the gov
ernInent relief camps, or in search OF
1000. That wall, once heard, can never
be forgotten, nor ean the picture ever be
eHace5i from the memory.
The famine IS caused by TIE failure of
the monsoon, which begins at the end of
june and usually continues till the end
Of September
Periodically this monsoon fails, and that
part OF the country where tbs monsoon
-IaliS becomes a desert.
During The early part of this rear
Travelled hundreds OF miles through the
famine district, and never saw one field
OF grain. In large districts the wells had
gone dry so that there was ne water 10
drink. Thousands left their homes tax
ing with them their families and cattle,
IN search of food and water, and thou
SANDS died by the way, as there was fam
Inc on every side.
The present famine covers an area of
$780, square miles, and involves moe
than $4,000 Geo 1t is the wor1t of tne
fourteen famines of this century
DR.. KlCpseh, of the Christian Herald
has gust returned from India. He traY-
eIed through the worst parts, and says
that the scenes of horror battle descrip-
ton. He saw hundreds of dead bodies
ara thousands of dying people In one
relief camp 5000 people were carried off
by cholera; in another 2 SEQ For DAYS
the bodies remained unbur.ed as the
camps were broken up and the poor peo-
pie scattered. Dr. KiepSch cab ed to
New york for 100000, and one Of his last
100000 blankets for the sufferers, who,
during the rainy season, will suffer from
exposure as well as from hunger.
II the rains should be abundant, relief
viii come with the harvest in Oct Der
and November.
Many have asked me what the British
government in India is doing for the
starving people. 81 Let me say that the
government, from its long experience VITA
famine has reduced famine relief TO a
science, During years of plenty a fam
Inc fund accumulate and as SOON as
there is a scarcity relief measures are
put into operation. Relief camps are
opened in ali parts of the famine district
where the people can get enough to keep
them dive But the people are SO super
stItIeus that mangsr refuse to enter These
camps, fearing to be made Christians by
force. by having their caste broken.
/ believe that the government is dcing
its utmost to save the people. SIX mill
ions are being fed daily. Millions of
cattle have died which might have been
used far, food, but the religion of the H n
docs ferbids them to eat COW s fFash
The missionaries are aiding the govern
nlerty and are saving thousands of chill
dren. who are being gathered into or
phanages. They expect to save 10000
children, who will be taught to support
themselves .-e-s