The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-09-11
JUNIOR ENoEAvoRERs' MISSION
WORK

For the children of our state union.
TOT the older Endeavores with young
hearts. for Sunday school and all 9th
'r christian workers in Florida. do
We gladly offer the following SPLEEN
uld letter from Mrs. Cora B. Seaton.
state superintendent of the Children s
Home Society. Astor building. Jack
sonville:
ne superintendent of the Chill
aTens Home Society of Florida ex-
tends heartiest greetings 10 the Flor
lHa Christian Endeavor societies for
'he blessed work they are doing along
all lines of Christian work: for the
assistance they have rendered to
The Children's Home Society in their
special philanthropic work.
When different organizations are
touched by the struggles and necessi-
Ties Of humanity. in administering TO
the needs of the unfortunate. they
should join hands and hearts in SYM
PATTY and cooperation. The Chill
dren's Home Society calls for earnest
effort in behalf of the neglected and
homeless and suffering little children
of our state.
We are working for the salvation
Of a most helpless class of depend
ents, not only TO relieve their dwarf
ed and neglected conditions. but for
The shaping of the state for tOmor-
row, the destiny of the children in
the cradle today. Children are the
richest asset of the state. Phillips
Brooks says: Anything that touches
the life OF children. that deals with
the beginning of life. cannot help be,
ing hopeful II is a JOY to DO some
thing that shall not only touch the
present but shall reach forward to
the future
Our work is confined to Florida.
That there is a great need for the or
ganization i'm this state has already
been fully demonstrated. The super
intendent has travelled in the out of
the way places Of the state along the
paths of distress. The helping hand
of the society has reached out its arm
90 receive the babe thrown away by
its natural mother TO the mercy of
charity: the girl earning q mere pit
lance i'm the factory. deprived of the
first rudiments OF bOOk-learning. NOR
al and spiritual surroundings; the
street boy. hanging about saloon
doors. smoking cigarettes, and sleep
ing i'm empty packing-cases in dark
places about the city; the little child,
snatched from dens of vice and cru
city. the orphan family of children,
fatherless and mOtherless; the illegit-
innate child. robbed of its birthright
10 be well born, TO whom We give a
chance Of life. and a place on a plane
with other children. All these and
other classes of unfortunate children
have been received into the care and
control Of the Children's Home Socie-
". and they are coming to us in
greater numbers than ever before.
During the month of July We lis
tened 20 the distressful tales OF twen-
ty-two children, but could only relieve
a few on account of the poverty of
our fund
voluntary gifts support the work.
We have a few membership pledges
upon which we depend from month
10 month, and which identify the CIV
ers with the society. An appeal to
the many Christian EndeavOr sOcie-
ties for a membership in this organi-
cation is made. The different mem
berships are as follows: Annual, 81 to
81: life memberships, s. a year for
five years: patron membership, $40
wear for FIVE years; benefactory mem
bership. $50 a year for five years. So
a membership of any Junior Christian
Endeavor Society OF Young Peoples
society in this organization should be
within the reach of all. This would
give the society a Christian Endeav-
or fund" and our work would be bless
ed with the gifts and with the pray
ers Of Christian workers behind the
gifts. Our work is permanent, non
sectarian. Christian, and we need
you"
Yours for children's rights,
CORA HAWLEY SEATON.
State Stunt. Children's Home Society.