Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-30

the First Methodist Church, said Fri
gay that he believed the churches Of
Atlanta should assist in alleviatins
tne fearful suffering that prevails in
Bulgaria. "a
Il have been greatly affected nv
reading the tales of privation and suf
ferlng that followed in the wake OF
the war" he said, The churches of
the city, | am sure, will respond to
the call for assistance. America AL
ways has been first to go to the sue
cor or another nation in mortal dis
tress This will be no exception.
what is done should be done quick
ly."
immediate and Crying Need"
Inc Rev. W. W. Memminger, rector
OF All Saints church, said: Every
church should contribute something.
IT is true that in the majority of the
churches of Atlanta the collections for
Sundays ahead are needed for the
various wants of the church and to
satisfy the drains on its charita BILE
enterprises, but this is an immediate
and crying need, and | imagine that
at least some part of the collection in
every church can be set apart"
Here is the appeal that will be sent
Saturday to every minister in Allan
ia:
You urgently are asked to present
to your congregation on Sunday Feb
ruary 8, a story of the pitiful plight
of the heroic little nation of Bulga-
ria, which, butchered in its defense of
civilization and Christianity, has
stood as bulwark against the bar
barrie flood of Mohamrledanism and
Asiatic invasion.
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helpless as a result of the relentless
battle that her sons have waged to
preserve the civilization of Western
Europe Freedom and free thought
must have died had Bulgaria failed.
This nation has fought for ages to
keep the Turks within bounds. With
more than forty thousand killed and
a hundred thousand wounded, Bull
garia has a right to demand aid from
those she so long has defended.
Queen Makes Appeal.
The ministers of Atlanta are asked
on the day named to set apart all or
part of the collection at one of the
services for this worthy cause. This
appeal is made in response to a ca
blegram from Eleanora, Queen of
Bulgaria, who called upon the news
papers of Mr.. Hearst, with their ma
for the starving refugees of the late
war which was so costly in lives and
property 1t was one of the rare in
stances where a member of the royal
family communicated directly with a
newspaper. She said:
The Queen will be very grateful to
the Hearst newspapers if they will
kindly open a relief fund.
''ELEANORA,
Queen of Bulgaria"
The war has desolated a vast re-
gion. 1t is estimated that there are
100000 suffering refugees. Besides
these there are 100000 children. All
of these virtually are without food or
clothing in the coolest part of the
winter
Dying Every Day.
Thousands are dying every day.
They are freezing TO death and starv-
ing to death. Every minutes delay
means one more life lost. Through
the fall they managed to exist. Now
that winter is here they are dying in
droves.
Practically every inhabitant of
those regions belonging to the race
which devoted itself to the defense
of the Cross against the Crescent has
been bereft of all his possessions, ex-
cept in some instances, perhaps, a
little land and the ruins of his for
mer habitation.
This unqualified misery extends all
over Macedonia and Thrace. from
Lake Ochrida in the west to the east
ern coast of Thrace. If aid is not
forthcoming and quickly the succeed
ing disaster will be unprecedented.
Christians Must Respond.
AS this paper has emphasized re-
peatedly in its editorials, the cry of
starving, tortured nation should be
heard and needed. A Christian ma
| ton must respond TO the needs of
those that have been for ages Chris
! tianity's bulwark. Help will not come
! from Russia and surrounding coun-
/ tries 1t must come from America.
I Other large cities are responding to
the appeal May not Atlanta and
Georgia do their share?
All contributions will be forwarded
promptly to the headquarters of the
Red Cross Society in Washington
and from there sent to Queen Flea
nora for use under the direction of
the American and Bulgarian joint
committee