Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-03
JEWISH RELIEF DRIVE
GREAT HUMANITARIAN EFFORT

Rev. DR.. H. Hurt pastor Of the First
Congrega tionaa- rhur1h, ChicaiEo, calls
the Jewish War Relief drive the most
ma gnihcent spectacle Of humanitarian eff
fort the world ever has witnessed.
Such an expression from Gentle pas
tor is vastly encouraging word to
the Norwich wcHkers who will EAush
| forward between March and March
18th the drive to raise the Norwich qua
ia Of 325, 900 as a part Of the national
quota of $4,000, 900.
Speaking of the Jewish war relief fund
Pastor Hurt said:
This drive thrills men as could not
| trumpet-blast in battle II Is more In
spring than any marching hosts or
| Haunting flags. 1t stirs the deeps of my
being as the sea is stirred by a storm.
So splendid is this spectacle that it re-
fleets insperishable honor on the Jewish
race and should shame every anti-Semite
| in the land. It should silence the lips of
SANDER and prove a. revelation to those
viii have regarded the Jew unworthily
But the Jews are only caring for
their own" says the anti-Sernfte
Wen. does he Gentle do as much?
When has Henry Ford donated dollar
from his congested Golfers for the relief
Of war sufferers of his own or any race?
DID all other peoples care for their own
as do the Jews, the millennium soon
fould be a condition instead Of a tradi-
ton. and there no longer would be war
sufferers for succor.
Still, see nothing so remarkable
about such q work-the mere giving of
a large sum Of money - by the Jews"
persists the anti-Semite
| Is there nothing remarkable In now
/ erful and prosperous and comfortable
people giving without stint to relieve the
humble victims of Gentle viciausness in
| lands so distant that their misery never
| could reach and touch their rescuers!
Is there nothing remarkable in the
conscience Of a whole people aroused and
in action. working ceasefessly, knowing
neither sleep nor rest until the last pitt
full sIlffever shall have been comforted ?
Is there nothing remarkable in these
people, exalted to the sunrnfte of un-
selfishness amidst sordid society. ris-
ing to supreme attitudes of altruism.
psusing in their daily pursuits to give
not only Of their money, but-what is
infinitely more precious-of their golden
time, that these wretched direlicts in far
alien domains may be salvaged: that
they may be vouchsafed the boon of life
that laughter may be restored to their
famshed lips that the roses may bloom
again in childhood's pallid cheek?
i I am thrilled by the thought. and for
the first time in my Hfe I find myself
seriously wishing I. were !: millionaire
Ordinarily a paltry half-mil1ion would
content mel instead Of on improvident
scrlbbler, that I might send a golden
stream across the seas that should serve
abuHdartly as a river of relief through
out these stricken areas.
I cannot understand how wealthy Cen
tiles can refuse from joining this move
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while the little kinsnen af Christ are
perishing miseraoly by thosands.
How much grander it is to give mil
lions to save lives than 1t was to con
tribute billions to q. war to take life
How nobler to relieve this suffering thar
to promote a. cause that made necessary
such relief This drive of .deliverence Is
an sndesvor. of truer patriotism than any
Liberty loan campaign.
Jewish life has wantonly been wasted
IN the past: it should be guarded ana
treasured no was never before. Jewish
blood has been poured forth lavishly or
the soil Of every land to fertilize thu
flower Of human freedom it now SHOULD
be conserved as carefully az we conserve
some rare wine of precious vintage II
these prohibition days. For every Jew
will be needed in the building of tn
: New Order as bread Is needed in
/ famine Every Jewish life salvaged to
day Is a priceless asset for the societ.
/ of tomorrow.
There is Just one thing I do not like il
this campaign, and that is the resur
rected war slogan: Give until It hurts :
hold that this is not good in its psych
illogical effect. In this giving thar
should be no suggestion of painful reac
s ton Every friend. of humanity, ever,