Evening journal., 1908-06-03
INTERNATIONAL SUNSHINE,
DELAWARE DIVISION

Is made the public will please bear in
mind that such work, II ever done.
Is cared for through branches. II a
person claiming to represent Interna-
tional Sunshine cannot show proper
credentials from the State President
Mrs. j. w. Pennewln. state Head
quarters. Room 700. Equitable Build
ing. Wilmington, Delaware, the pub
lie may know that he OF she does not
belong to the International Sunshine
Society
All articles 70 insure Insertion must be
sent not later than Tuesday morning to
DR.. Florence M. Seward, No. 906 Jeffer-
son street. d. and A. telephone sissA. Dell
maryia, 1890
Report Of the Delaware Division Of the
international Sunshine Society
From April I, 1907 to April
I, 1908.
MANS necessity Is Gods opportun-
ityF is proverb heard from earliest
days. II so surely, Gcd must have
been working in and through the Del
aware Division o. the Sunshine Society.
This has been a winter of opportunity,
and thanks be to Him. who is the
worker within we have met this re-
sponsibility bravely and cheerfully. Not
in boasting way but In thankful
way let me say that almost every So
ciety In the city of Wilmington has
asked for assistance fcnm the Sunshine
Society. This assistance has beer.
most Willingly and chcarfully given
You ask why We are asked to help the
other societies? To ask the question
is TO answer Il. Because the Sunskinh
Society does its work on such a broad
and generous scale that there are cases
and the most worthy ones. that no
other society can meet. This comes
! from our lack OF red tape. and our plan
Of not asking too mary questions and
/ of telling no tales Often a case win
come TO the society banded together for
| the doing Of charity that the society
cannot handle. for the ones involved
VIII not accept charity And so he
! Sunshine Society is glad to do the
! kindness and forget that II ever did It.
We take fun responsibility as to the
| giving and making tho recipient take
the full responsibility o. the accept
ance Of the Eiftunworthily Are we ever
/
| from purely worldly standpo nt So
are the other societies cutie as often
as we are. But If we take for granted
the assurance of the Master when He
saws: Turn not your face away from
any poor man and the face Of the Lord
viii not be turned away from you" We
feel that we can leave the results 10
Him. and even If we are imposed on oc.
casionallv. It Is better 10 minister to
one unworthy than TO turn one worthy
person away. We are stewards. not
owners. and we must sec 10 Il that we
fail not In our stewardship. II we eN-
pect 10 hear the sweet voice of the
Master when He shall say: Il was sick
and ye visited Me. I was a stranger
and ye took Me in"
In looking over the years Of work It
seems as n the list could not hold a
greater variety Of deeds We have fed
the hungry. clothed the naked. visited
the sick and those in prison. We have
cheered the weary-hear.ed paid The
widows rent. remembered the lonely.
cared for the dying We have sent a
flower or a cup of nourishment where
il would do the most good. Numbers
of children out Of school we have. by
supplying clothing. made their return
possible. Children unborn we have
provided the swaddling clothes for and
made ready the winding sheets for the
| dead AS 10 our money work IL seems
so little compared with what we have
done in other directions. for truly the
things most cared for are not pur-
chased at any price We have four
teen branches: a membership of over
three hundred. Have expended in our
good cheer work over 4ifteen hundred
dollars. We own many things to make
easier the weary hours Of the invalid
The Delaware Branch has three wheel
chairs and the Coreopsis Branch six.
These are constantly loaned to the sick
The Cynthia's Helpers Branch, named
for our dearly loved president-general.
has paid special attention to the blind,
and has co-operated with the philan-
thropv committee Of .he New-Century
Club in asking that the State take
charge Of the work Which the State
is cheerfully doing. Not content to
stop here they are lending their
energies toward establishing a library
for the blind. This library to he
named for and in memory OF our dear
bishop. the Right Rev. Leighton Cole
man. who passed away 20 perpetual
sunshine early last winter. The work
Of this branch has done a good that
can never die out ana il is a lesson
10 us all on concerted effort. The
Coreopsis Branch along with its wheel
chairs has crutches. rea ding tables AMI
baby coaches and window tents to loan
to those who are made brighter and
happier by the using Of them. To be-
gin TO enumerate the good these diff
ferent things are doing would weary
the most interested. and so I pass on
TO the one great accomplishment the
State has made during the past year.
refer to the establishing Of head
I quarters. On going home from the
convention Of 1907. I was firmly con-
vinced Of the necessity of headquarters
il we wanted TO impress the citizens
of Wilmington with our work. After
a great many trials we finally hit the
right nail on the head. And upon
writing and asking one of our most
prominent citiznos for assistance along
this line. he responded so very gener-
ously as 10 give us free use of two
beautiful rooms in one Of the finest of-
J fee buildings for three months. with
free use of heat. light and janitor SER
vice for three months. Win thankful
hearts we set about to furnish them,
and in less than a week was in them
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