Oxford eagle., 1919-01-02

that the work of relief is in capable
hands. We know the splendid and
great-hearted men on the Committee
for Armenian and Syrian Relief. We
know Cleveland H. Dodge, the treasur-
er. He not only gives his time and
his devoted energy to this and to
many other merciful causes, but he
has set new standard of giving. He
has by his own example shown that in
these dark and terrible days, when a
sum Of human suffering is being writ
ten, greater perhaps than for all ages
gone by, it is our duty to give not
only from our income, but out Of our
principal itself, until not one human
being on this earth shall die from
hunger.
A 100 Per Cent Charity
Remember this is a 100 per cent.
charity. Not a cent will be deducted
anywhere along the line for postage
or clerical help, or advertising, or
transportation, or administrative ex-
penses.
We have satisfied ourselves as TO
these facts. We have satisfied our
selves as to the desperate need they
represent. The suffering is so tragic,
the want so pitiably urgent, the priva-
tion so immediate and pressing, that
as this article goes to press the Lit
erary Digest is. sending its check for
81 900 to Cleveland II. Dodge, treasur-
er, No. Madison Ave, New York
City. This is an earnest of our faith.
This is our mite. But the cause is
great and needs not our help only, but
the help of every reader whose heart
can be touched by human misery. OF
surety, you have given to many
causes. With doubt you have given
generously and often, but you could
not look starving Armenian man or
woman in the face and say you had
given enough. If you could, with
your own eyes, see the wizened baby
faces-faces of those who once were
plump and rosy-cheeked children-if
you could hear with your ears the
cries of the aged, you would sell all
you had and give to these destitute
and utterly wretched people. You
would follow the example of a gener-
Gus giver to or Belgian Children's Re
lief Fund of last year-a Mr.. VIM. NJ.
Essick, of Reading, Pa. who wrote at
that time: 81 started my letter say
ing that / would thrw the lifeline TO
ten Belgian kiddies and the job seem
ed so good | want to extend il to one
hundred. Therefore when | wrote the
enclosed check for sl20, | decided to
add another chipher and make it ST.
200"
Give now. give today, and there viii
be childish lips in Armenia that viii
pray for you, there will be mother
hearts that viii bless you, there will
be men who will remember your act Of
brotherhood and humanity to the end
Of their days Help feed these people.
Help bind up their wounds. II is lit
tie to do and the reward is great and
sure.
Truly they who give to Armenia VIII
be laying up treasure in Heaven. and
they too. no less, will be laying up the
richest and brightest treasure in their
own hearts. "And the King will say
unto them: "Come We blessed Of my
Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the
world, for ] was hungry and We gave
me to eat, thirsty and We gave me to
drink-naked and We clothed me
And they will say: ~When saw we
thee naked, or hungry, or sick, or in
prison and ministered unto thee 80
And then will come that sublime and
inexpressible beautiful answer: "Tnas-
much as we did it unto one of these my
brethren, even these least, ye did unto
me-"