The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-11-23
APPEALS FOR NEAR-EAST RE-

A letter presenting an earnest ap-
peal for the Near East Relief has
been sent out to church and Sunday
School workers in the Kentucky Con-
ference of the Methodist Church by
Mr.. Dennis v. Snapp, of Paris, Field
Secretary of Sunday Schools in this
territory.
Near East Relief is Incorporated
by the Congress of the United States
for relief of the suffering until some
responsible government is estab-
lished. 1t is the voice of the Ameri-
can people responding to the call of
outraged humanity.
Five hundred and thirty-eight
American men and women are adj
ministering this relief in the Near
East. While they themselves are in
peril Of death from war and disease,
they urge us in the name of humanity
to aid until responsible governments
take over the care of the children.
THE LETTER:
Office of Field Secretary
Kentucky Conference Sunday School
Board, M. E. Church, South.
PARIS, KY, Nov. 10, 1920.
My Dear Co-Worker:
1t is my purpose to bring to your
attention matter which should be
presented Immediately to your Sun
day School and church. Recognizing
the continued need, the General Sun
day School Board of our church again
urges action of Sunday Schools to
take offerings for the Near East Re-
lief.
Calvary is not a story of two
thousand years ago. 1t has been re-
peated thousand times in Armenia
where the merciless hand of the
Turk has defiled everything within
his touch. For 1900 years the
people of the Near East have been
fighting the battle of Christianity.
They have been burned at the stake,
f1ayed alive and crucifed but have
not renowned their faith. They
have been exiled in the wilderness
and the road from the Caspian Sea
to the Persian Gulf is strewn with
the skulls of their saints. =
The Turkish sword has taken half
Of the oldest Christian nation and
hunger is threatening the other half.
Shall we permit them to perish Of
hunger this winter and allow the
Turk to rejoice that he has accom-
plished the purpose of the ages?
Christmas morn in America will
be vastly different from Armenia.
Far away across the ocean in the
Bible Lands made sacred by the
footsteps of our Saviour, other little
children awake on the same Christ
mas morn to find-what?
Gifts? No-not even stockings to
put them in if there were gifts-not
even stockings to wear! The fire.
place-if there be one-is cold and
dreary. Down it's bleak and cheer
less chimney no jolly Santa Claus
has ever ventured His reindeer do
not know the road. And yet if
Santa Claus were to come that way,
what do you suppose would be the
dearest treasure in his pack?
Candy? Fancy handkerchiefs, Gold
en- trinkets? No!
| Bread; only bread-that to thou
sands of little starving tots, would
! be the greatest boon of all on Christ
mas morn.
1t is not so much what will happen
to Armenia but what will happen to
| America if she fails to respond to
the cry of these Christian peoples.
Armenia is perilously near losing her
population but America is danger
ously near losing her soul unless she
steps forward and succors these
down-trodden people.
Five dollars a month will feed a
child; ten dollars month will feed
and clothe it and fifteen dollars a
month feed, clothe and educate it.
How much can you undertake
Make check payable to DR.. E. B
Chappell, $40 Broadway, Nashville
Tenn.
Trusting that this urgent appeal
will claim your immediate attention
and that your Sunday School will
make a substantial cash offering
/ am,
Sincerely yours,
DENNIS v. SNAPP