The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-19


r ronduits aud railway tracks.
were not helping some. I could not
be guilty Of asking for Assistance.
but when | tell you that In II weeks
we have helped 81 families. rescued
eight women from lives Of shame,
been the means of saving over 20
souls. finding employment for over
80 men and depending entirely on
the free offerings Of support. you
will. ! trust. be led 10 assist us In
this effort 10 help some Of God'a
children 10 obtain a little Of the
comfort you now enjoy"
Note the pathos Of this letter.
Capt BOyeB says. In all sincerity.
that the philanthroDistB OF Seattle
have responded spleudidly" to his
appeal; for isn't the munineent sum
OF t2l.25 contributed monthly
just think Of the magnanimIty OF
the gifti
Twenty-one dollars and twenty
five cents a month donated By tho
biR-hcarted rich OF Seattlci
These same people dug up s2l.-
800 In fifteen minutes for foreign
mlssiona'
II the local wealthy charity giyers
use the s2lz5 stunt as the basis for
continued donations. Il will take
them just 81 years. three months
and six days to give 10 the Yoiun-
teers what they gave 20 the foreign
missionsl
That's a pretty compliment 10 To-
cal charity. isn't IL
When | asked old Mother Ryther,
whose big heart and noble work
have endeared her to Seattie's home
ieas waits and unfortunate women.
what she could do with SIS .0G9. she
nearly tainted at the question.
Twenty-Five thousand" exciaim-
ed the dear old roman Il could
save enough boys and girls TO start
a new town with"
But, dear old Mother Ryther
knows that she viii never have 10
prepare for such a shock. n she Il
able 10 clear a modest hundred dol
lars from her little benefit At the
Grand opera house this week she
VIII be content.
Then there's the Emergency hos
pitai, one OF the noblest and most
deserving charitable institutions In
the world Wouldn't that Seattle
Offering been better spent In its
behalf than In trying 10 cram a new
religion down a negro's throat2
OF course. there is no doubt that
the money spent In foreign mission
AIRY work does some good.
or course there is no denying
that when wealthy men Ike John
D. Rockefeller donate hundreds OF
thousands for the enlightenment Of
the heather mind they do SO for
pure Christianity alone. aud not for
sordid ends.
Because the education OF the Chi
nese means more commercial power
for the Standard OIL in the Dowaeer
Empress domains would have no
effect on the broad mind and pure
soul Of the mighty oil king who
wipes bis shoes eompiacently on the
necks OF the American public and
Uses the ruin of competitors as step-
ping stones toward more m%lllionsi
So. lets wait for another foreign
missionary meeting before We ilft
the I'D from the charity box again.
Let's crowd into the big church
and hip and hurrah" for the cause
OF the unfortunate John Chinaman.
Let's open up our pocketbooks TO
the Joss worshippers and Sun idol
ators across the seas
And
Close our hearts to the starving
wretch seated on the cold stone step
outside who suffers SO near that
We look over his head away off in
the distance for some one to aid.
oh. well-what's the use OF
preaching 10 these charity givers OF
the local richg
It's the same old story OF Browns
family starving 20 death. while
Brown sends the larder contents
across the street.
One thing sure. Mr.. Philanthro-
plst-
Yon can't talk religion to an
empty stomach.
Look about your own town-fInd
tho hungry and homeless and maxi
ed, feed them. house them and
| clothe them. Find them Jobs at
which they may work and earn an
honest iiving-maye them feel like
real men and women-not moral
and social o~utcaats.
And when you have done this
then tell them the Word OF God.
AND THEY WILL LISTEN.
Then
When you have cared for your
own p~eoples-those who pass your
door each day and glance yearningiy
into your window at the cheerful
fireplace and the good things on
your dining-room table
When YOU can say 90 yourself
! have fed my neiehbor and cloth
cd him and he has listened to Gods
sweet call"
Then
You may cast your eye beyond tho
waterfront and toward the big. sun
burned empire of the Chinese in
search for work among the peoples
- othcr lands ana other flags.
ut NOT UNTIL THEM