The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-05-22

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Arny's ability to support and OK
tend them. The pressure Of the
coincidence Of vast schemes and
scanty means has been over
whelming, and many consecrated
workers have gone down under
the strain. There must be sub
stantial relief. The work Of car
ing for the poor and destitute be-
longs not only to The Salvation
Army, but to society. Too much
of the burden has been left to
The Salvation Army, because the
workers have the will and the
heart to help all that came to
them, and were unwilling to turn
any away. But now The Saliva
ton Army sends up a great cry
for help-a cry that must, they
earnestly trust, be heard by those
who are able to give largely to
humanitarian and spiritual work.
Turning from the need for
funds, from the pictures Of sor-
row and suffering and helpless
ness of those poor and unfortu-
nate members of the community,
The Salvation Army looks toward
the more highly favored portions
of society and sees a waste which
would, if turned into the right
channels, do away with want. 1t
sees great fottunes bequeathed
to ungrateful relatives, and to
grateful relatives far in excess
of their possible need or possible
use, and it thinks of whole
groups of families too poor to
bury their dead, even by combin-
ing their resources. 1t sees mil
lions given to monuments,
museums and projects of doubt
full or remote value, and thinks of
the great need for Rescue Homes,
Maternity Homes, Industrial
Homes, Orphanages, Nurseries
and Shelters for homeless men
and Homes for friendless girls.
1t sees the carelessly spent dollar
OF the pampered youth, and
thinks of the starving family in
the Easements Of the slum tene-
ments. It sees the waste food
from the tables of the overfed
and thinks of the emaciated in
valid crying for the morsel which
poverty denies. 1t sees ward
robes bullying with surplus of
seldom-used garments and thinks
of shivering men and women and
children with nothing but scant
rags to clothe them. It sees
money lavished on pleasure tours
and thinks Of children who have
never known the meaning Of play
nor seen the open country-baby
fingers picking out basting
threads ten hours day, with no
time for the simplest toys.
The Salvation Army lifts its
voice to God, who knows the
secrets of all hearts, understands
The springs Of all action and the
outcome of. all tendencies, and
cries out for money" to help
carry forward it's great work for
uplifting these ill-favored ones
into the sunlight Of better day,
and into that hope of immortal
ity which alone makes hard lives
seem worth while.
A friend to the friendless.
A home to the homeless.
A help to the helpless.
The champion of the weak and
the humble.
%, SlT-Jnat the Salvation
Army.
The Salvation Army has built
it's house in the Streets of Power
ty. lis always next-door neigh
Dor to misery and suffering. The
poor and the lowly in 81 coun-
tries know it well. It has a habit
of reaching down the hand of
friendship to the man who has no
friend. It serves on the field Of
battle in time of war and builds
its trenches against misery, pow
erty and vice in times Of peace.
Is it entitled to support?
Them Help.
It is LAUGHING campaign to
carry on it's work in America.
The Salvation Army Home Ser
vice Fund May 10 to &c.
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