Middletown transcript., 1920-12-23
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SAVE ms LITTLE ONES

0NCE more it - our eao outy U M
~ woke the Christmas spirit Of
everyone Of our happy readers, on be-
half Of those three and half millions
Of suffering, starving children in war
torn Europe.
Far from feeling single cruel pang
Of such bitter sorrow, such awful
HUNGER, your glad hearts are filled
with joy at the coming Of the happy
day that commentaries the birth Of
Him who lovingly clasped little children
in His arms and said 'Of such is the
Kingdom Of Heaven"
And % we gather around our happy
Holiday ingles, our buoyant hearts
brimming over with joy, can we do less,
dare we do less, than to- share our
abundance with these wretched little
ones perishing for lack Of the bare me-
cessities Of life-bread, clothing and
shelter?
Indeed, we do little enough, we. in
rich happy America, when out OF our
abounding mercies we give OF our
superfluitiee, of our luxuries. to put
bread in the mouths of these unfortu-
nate children dying by thousands of
hunger and exposure. Oh let us give.
not . little out of our plenty, but much.
give till we feel it, deeming it privi-
d. lege to play the divine role of saving
human life.
Ten dollars, they tell us, will keep
one Of these unfprtunates alive till the
coming Of the next harvest Even our
well-fed, happy children can share in
the great honor Of salvaging the most
precious thing in the world-human
life. Ten boys or girls. with hearts full
Of the Christ spirit of sacrifice, taking
Of their Xmas money one dollar each,
can save one Of these poor boys or girls
from death What blessed memory
the deed will leave behind it, ''Our 1920
Christmas dollars kept a little one from
dying Of starvationl''
And will not everyone of The Tran.
scripts older readers be also willing to
do without few of their luxuries to
help rescue these little ones; to forego
for awhile their candy or tobacco indul.
gences for 80 high and holy purpose
At such / time as this, when great
part of the world il suffering unspeak.
able miseries and privations, millions
upon millions dying Of hunger-and be-
sides these perishing multitudes in
Europe and the Near East, fifty millions
more in far off China also dying as q
result of two years total crop failures;
at such time, to indulge in extrava-
gance and luxury, in dress or idle
pleasure. is sin in the sight of God.
That husband who gave his wife q
SIS. 900. 90 diamond brooch robbed Z. SOC
starving children of their bread of life.
And that vain woman wearing hel
$500. 900 pearl necklace, did she but
know it, was initiating the bloody
heather deity silva adorned with 9
string Of human skulls, her horrid
necklace ornament made up Of 80, 00(
children's skulls /! In Gods name,
again we say, let US give, give, give,
remembering that we must stand al
last before the just and plying Goo
who tells rs in His word that .''He
made of one blood all the children o1
men,, and that ''Ye are your brother'a
keeper"
Finally, in addition to our wish t<
>each Of our readers, Of q Merry Christ
mas and Happy New Year, The Tran
script wishes that each may feel thu
greater Joy Of having helped to SAVE
these pitifully needy children in Europe