The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-04

only proclaimed in words Of unparai-
leied beauty tnd eioquence az to the
way OF life, but His great heart was
touched with the sufferinss Of human
kind; He fed the hungry: made the sick
well; the blind to see; cooled the burn
ing fever and restored the mother's
son: He was continually with the poor
and unfortunate--He was the founder
Of concrete Christianity.
Freah AIR Camps.
Could any one conceive O more COM
mendabie effort than that OF the Sal
walton Army to establish these yearly
Fresh Air Camps where hundreds Of
poor women and children are quarteret
In tents and other structures in some
beautiful sylvan locality: where whole
some food Is supplied: the most careful
precautions observed as to sanitary
regulations: where far from "the mad
dening throngs ignobie strife" those
unfortunates, without one cent Of cost.
can spend weeks--can roam the woods.
commune with Nature and be famed
by the cool forest brsezes; with plenty
OF good. cold spring water TO drink:
forgetting for brief period the ser
rows and cares OF earth: returning tp
their respective homes strengthened
and happier and better prepared to en-
gage in the irrspressibis conflict &c
life.
The Sunshine Brigade.
we have all read of the charge Of
the Light Brigade at Baiakiavn: How
the 600 rode into the Valley Of Death
and enrolled their names high on the
scroll of earthly fame. But have You
heard Of Captain Odom's Sunshine Bril-
gade? the object of whose attack -
homes squalid and wretchsd--unkempt
and uncared - for children - In the
charge OF this Brigade there II an alb
sence of the scream OF shot ana the
burst of shell. mo wars Wild note, NOR
trumpet's stirring blast"--but there Is
dren, cheerful mothers and happy
hearts - which emerged from the
charge Of the Sunshine Brigade. ~
Not only doe the local organizatiYn
extend aid TO all unfortunately w4p
call at the home on whitman Stre9t.
make systematic. persistent searcn
for the distressed and helpless: liter
ally speaking, they go out in the py-
ways ana seek for the lost; the deepsr
stepped In sin and fifth, and the more
degraded the case the more eager 70
this valiant band 10 lend aid.
should not a work OF this character
receive announcement ana financial
assistance? No Investment In the una
verse could bring more satisfactory re-
turns.
General outing and Picnic for Poor
Children In April.
Captain Odom 10 at present workfng
I'M interest In an automobile ride, gen
eral outing and picnic for the peer
children of Montgomery to take place
April 49, This event will be fraugnt
with much pleasure for the poor emil
dren. There Will be long ride over
the beautiful slopes. and through tEe
cool shadows of the forest-the point
~ destination being Pike Road. There
will ba a variety OF interesting fea-
lures embraced In the exercises or the
day: musical numbers, choir singing
'nicnickinR: plenty of good things 70
eat. and an abundant supply OF go9d
cheer. -.
Fence or the Ambulance. ana an pa
triotic citizens will lend aid In crys-
tallzing effort to stamp out the great
white plague, but let no acciatn
drown the notes of the drum and the
tambourlne, for they sweep 70 tae
stars and descend again in this "Vale
OF Tears" transformed into showers OF
blessings. -,
Regions of Light as to the efficacy o.
speak legions Of hearts that have
been made glad.
Testify once wandering wretch as 20
how the flame OF hope was ngnteo
again In your soul and you Were roy
cued from q self-murderer's SraVe.
shout in glad acclaim hosts OF lives
who have been made clean and happy
through the blessed instrumentahty pt
this sanity band. -
redeemed and reclaimed sister, wife
and mother, snatched, fagot from the
confiagration OF hell itself-swell the
glad chorus which rises to the STATS
ana sweeps over the battlements OF
heaven. minRiing with the song OF
cherubim and seraphim-and. kind
reader, after you have heard the sef-
vices on the corner; after you nave
heard the last tender appeal to espouse
Torever the cause Of a Crucifed Lord
and savior-after the last note OF the
retiring band is swallowed in the dis-
lance and the din--rem ember' tnat vac
whole sphere of action of this deFoted
hand is not comprised in the drum aae
the tambourine &
Montgomery. Ala. March rs. 1903