French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-22
CALL no SERVICE NOV. 25;
REMEMBER THE MANY ORPHANS.


sunrise and sunset, sunshine ana
shadows, springtime and autumn, seed
time and harvest. childhood and old
age. blend easily and naturally into
our humanities." In our %fullness OF
heart we hear the tender words Of the
master: Suffer little children to come
unto Me. and forbid them not, for OF
such is the kingdom of heaven.
Suner them, CITIZENS Of North Car
DINA and when second child
hood comes you viii hear the same
compassionate voice calling n en-
feebled OF age. AS patriotic citizens
of a great commonwealth, we will not
realize the tuIl delights of service to
humanity until we provide comfort ana
protection TO the State S untOrtunates.
Recently articles have appeared IN
the newspapers calling attention 10 The
urgent needs of the various orphan
ages of the State and appealing TO the
citizens OF our commonwealth 70 s@
aside one days earnings out or three
hundred and sixty-five to this right
eous cause, as a Thanksgiving oHer
ing, to be invested in the greatest OF
charities-our orphan homes. In no
other channel, CT EFFORT is our response
to the command, Visit the sick. re-
Iieve the distressed, bury the Dead,
wildly and practically exemplihed as
it, is in the work OF u orphan homes
Here are gathered the fatherless and
motherless. children of our State,
where they find fostering care and
protection throughout the years OF
their development. Here they are
given the education and training SO
essential to success when they go out
into the cold world to battle for them
selves. 1t is to one of these splendid
institutions that every citizen of North
Carolina is asked to forward a cOntri-
button during the approaching
Thanksgiving season. 1t is an invest
ment which promises no immediate
monetary reward. but will aid in di-
recting many little footsteps into the
ways of pleasantness and peace.
We feel that every patriot. who is
such from a Jealous and All unseitish
desire to serve his country in this
world crisis, will cheerfully answer
the call to aid in this needed work at
home, thus placing himself Tor her
self on record for performing an I'M
selfish. charitable. Christian act, !
worthy of a jealous patriot who stands
for the conservation of the future
manhood of North Carolina. If every
friend of the cause should enlist ac-
lively in support of this movement, the
home treasures would reap a bounti-
full harvest this Thanksgiving and the
maintenance of the sixteen o~rphanages
the approaching winter would
and educate the orphan" SO
be assured.
The newspapers of the State have
the publicity of this propagan-
da, and the service thus rendered is
invaluable. That the movement may 7
be given the widest possible publicity,
bring this appeal to the attention
Of of their respective congregations
Sunday, November %. A special
bearing upon the o~rphanage
work. from every pulpit in North Car
DINA on that day would help nightly
in reminding our charitably inclined
people of the opportunity to aid in the !
support of this essential civic and
Christian phi~lanthrOphy. To the pas
of country churches in which no
service may be held on November %,
We would suggest that December I'd
be observed as "Orphanage Sunday"
Let every citizen of the State rise
to the necessity of the hour and assist
depositing a handsome aggregate in
~orphanage treasures. 1t will be
a prime investment for both church
and State, first saving from degeneracy
the most exposed children in the
and then training them for use
in the Commonwealth and the
M. L. SHIPMAN,
JAS. R. YOUNG.
JOHN D. BERRY.
A. S. BERRY,
LIVINGSTON JOHNSON.