Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-21
"Draw Out Thy Soul to the H In
and Satisfy the Afflicted

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They are stretching their hands to- you nov. out Of the
horrible Pit. Lift them up to life!
The appealin their behalf which comes to you from the
President Of the United States is to be needed, because you
are one Of the great-hearted Americans to whom his letter
is written. The appeal from the Near East Relief and the
American Red Cross through their chairnen is to be
needed, because your ears are open to such a call for help in
this terrible emergency. But stronger than the call Of
President, or Of Relief Committees, stronger than. any
urgent words THE LITERARY DIGEST can say to you,
knowing 50 well your unfailing tenderness and quick
generosity when the hunger, and sorrow, and gaunt suffer
ing of mothers and babes cry out to you to comfort, and to
save them alive-stronger than all written or spoken APP
peal is the hot, cage. demand Of your own sympathetic
heart that can not regard such bitter pain and need without
stranddng to the utmost for their instant relief.
Y The picture isso full of terror and anguish words can
moi portray it. Mark o. Prentiss, for: the Near East Relief;
Gables: II have seen terrible sights until my senses are
numb, but the sight Of 100000 people, mostly women and
children, being penned up and burning, and those escaping
being driven to abarren, devastated country for starvation,
is past all comprehension That was in Smyrna. Hun
dreds of thousands more, both Christians and Jews, fleeing
from persecution and the sword, are %crowding the other
ports of Asia and the nearby islands: Of the sea awaiting
rescue-or death. In Saloniki a hundred thousand are
herded in deplorable confusion. The city has been in ruins
since the great fire Of 1915 and affords little more shelter
than Smyrna. In the island of Mitylene another hundred
thousand penniless ~fugitves have sought refuge only to
find there a new danger Of ~pestilence and a more convenient
harbor Of starvation.
Panic has seized upon the frightened wanderers.
Manv have even cast themselves into tle harnes IF their
own homes. Food is gone, even water to drink is at a
premium. Families are broken up, while parents in frenzy
of despair seek their lost children. Hundreds Of mothers
have given premature birth to infants in the midst of terror
and death. Half-fed babies, covered. with sclrvy, try in
vain to draw nourishment from. their mothers empty
breasts. y
Quick compassion is needed; delay means death for
scores Of thousands who might be saved. Something
HEROIC in giving is needed. You are not there in the
midst of the terror and the frantic cries for help. If you
were, you would leap into the sea, if need be, or brave the
flames, the sword, the plague, to snatch back from death.
some helpless woman or little child. You would not see
them perish in agony before your eyes if you could save
them, even at the risk Of your life. Here, in this smiling
land of comfort, where your home is safe. and your loved.
ones dwell in peace, that same terror and anguish Of help
less women and children come 70 YOU across the. sea and
can to all that is heroic and generous il your heart. s
sWhoso hath this worlds good and seeth his brother
have need, and shutteth up his bowels Of compassion from
hirn"-ah, but the Master did not mean YOU. Your
heart is warm with compassion and your hard will BE open
wide viii. help. Perhaps you will feel 4 moment off
shuddering pity for those shriveiedS souls, il there Be any
such II this land of plenty, who revel s. abundance and ~
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