The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-05-22

| N. Y.
(Head of National Service Section, U.
5. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet
Corp.)
Means Saving Civilfzation"- Rer.
DIR. rockingham
Boston
"The call of the Red Cross is call
from our soldiers and sailors. 1t
comes from them not only when thew
are we'll but particularly when they
are i'll and wounded. Of course we
must give and give quickly and gen
erously. America must not fall short
in generosity.
Our people at home are no more
going to be slackers and neglect their
duties than our boys at the front arc
going to be towards and fail to main
tain our honor.
while they hold their part of the
line over there for us, we must up
hold them by doing our parts at home.
Whlle they are entrcnched and
are prepared to give their lives, we
must retrench and give of our liv-
ings.
'Let us not refer to the many calls
that are made but to the many oppor-
tunities given.
"Moreover we should give to the
Red Cross because it means giving to
our Allies. They deserve more than
we can ever do for them We should
give because it means saving civiiza-
ton.
"Thcre is nothing better anyone can
90 with money than to invest it in
liberty, democracy ana league of ma
tlons. The enormous wealth of Amer
lea was formerly Il menace; we are
making it bulwarH in defense of
right"
(Signed)
Paul Rever rockingham,
Pastor. Arlington Street Unitarian
Church, Boston.)
mo Broader Basis of Appeal
President Comfort
HaverfOrd, Penn.
mo broader basis of appeal to the
generosity of our country could be
made than that made by the Amcri-
can Red Cross.
"On one hand this organization is
the official agency of our national
government for the war time require
mcnt OF our own people in our own
country; on the other hand, the Red
Cross has great international part
to play through it's distribution cen
ters and its agents who alleviate the
appalling condition in war ridden Eu-
rope.
"Out of our prosperity and our good
will we can we'll afford to make anoth
cr impressive offering from the ma
ton as whole to the cause of mercy"
(Signcd) w. w. Comfort,
president of Haverford College)
deserves Support OF Alr'-Rabbi
Silverman, New York
81 believe the American Red Cross
is most esimable organization doing
excellent work to help win the war.
1t deserves the support of all patri-
otlc citizens and | trust this appeal
for aid in the present drive will meet
with unanimous and most generous
support from all class..s of people, ir-
respective Of creed, race or nationali-
ty.
(Signed) Joseph Silverr,an, Rabbi
(Rabbi of Temple Emmanuel, New
York City,
"Thc Work of the Good Samaritan
Written Large" DR.. jefferson
"The American peopc believe in
the Red Cross. They will show their
belief again by their gifts. 1t does
us all good to give and the nobler the
"What work can be nobler than
that Of the Red Gross? 1t is the
work Of helping and healing, of bind
ing up wounds and making alive in
time of destruction.
ITS work is solely constructive.
when many agencies are DESTROY
ing 1T exists only to save
ut is a work in which all sorts
and conditions Of men can unite be-
cause it is a work for humanity.
1T is the work of the Good Samari-
tan written large. We all need to
have share in such a work. 1t saves
from the degradation which war has
a tendency to bring. 1t keeps the
mind sane and the heart sweet.
:" Thc size of our Rid Cross contri-
buttons is an index OF our national
character; it is the money we give and
the cause for which we give it which
declare what manner Of people we are
Men pay taxes because they must
and they buy Liberty Bonds because
they are profitable form of invest
mcnt, bnt when men give money for
the relief of the dcststutc and desc
late they do it not Of necessity or for
reasons Of prudence. but under the
constraint Of gentle and generous
heart
"ln our gifts to the Red Cross the
soul of America stands most clearly
and gloriously revealed"
(SigncD Charles e. Jefferson
Pastor of Broadway Tabernacle,
congregational, New York;.