The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-10-20

souls II tnefe De any Sucn IN A allu 81 plenty WHO
reve in abundance and refuse 10 share Il, 20 whom
the Master said Woe unto you that full for ye
shall hunger Woe unto you that laugh now for sc
shall weep And then you will seize gladly upon
that other divine word of the Christ and send across
the sea with your speedy gifts TO comfort and save
and your gifts will make good the message Blessed
are We that hunger now for We shall be filled.
Blessed are ye that weep now; for Sc shall Taught
The Literary Digest well knows your good
works: it well knows that you reess and always
ready 10 save and TO comfort. You will now respond
instantly TO TINS call What The Digest has done
while waiting to tel YOU the facts has been done in
utter faith in YOU and IN your overwhelming response
The great ship Clontarf has discharged ts load Of
food and the starving fugtives have already eaten
The bread baked from the flour in that cargo. Il is
YOU who did this because when on September 18th.
Il committee of the Near East Relief the Y NJ c. "A.
and the Y. w. {. A. called upon The Literary Digest
to help in this awful emergency. and no funds were
then available discounted our faith in you and
borrowed the $4,000 and bought the entire food
cargo of the Contarf We told the committee to keep
buying other shiploads Of food until the pitiful
need was satisfied "He gives twice who gives
quickly and are confideutly depending upon
you to make this act your own BY a great outpourng
Of gifts to pay for this first cargo of food and TO fol-
low il with others We appeal TO all the churches in
america that have been the repositories OF the sacred
ideals Of our nation; we appeal 10 the thinking and
working classes Of our broad land TO all the nsttu-
tons and organizations that have for their object the
safeguarding OF human rights ana human lives. Az
God has blessed you as He has given you happy
homes and laughing children, as He has been merci-
fu to you, have mercy upon these His people
The Literary Digest, standing shoulder TO
shoulder and heart to heart with you in this urgent
task will start the fund with It's contribution Of
$4,000 to help feed these starving fugtyes And
we urge all who read these words to send per-
feet storm of checks to provide food and shelter and
medical care for the half million sufferers in this
awful inferno of the Near East
They can never repay yOu-those homeless
ones, those tortured women and pitiful children You
will never them face to face nor look into their
eyes shining with gratitude never? Yes perhaps
you will But now the blessed Christ bids you give.
and He will repay for it He who said DO good
and lend hoping for nothing again, and your reward
shall be great and ye shall be the Children of the
Highest
President Harding has appointed as q Special
Committee with Will Fl. Hays as Chairman, the fol-
lowing representatives of eight national organiza-
tons who will cooperate in this great work Of relief
DR.. John X. Mott Of the Y. NJ. G. A.. Mrs. John
French, Of the Y w {. A.; James A. Flaherty of the
Knights OF Columbus: Felix Warbmg, OF the Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee; Dr. Robert +. Speer
of the Federal Council Of the Churches Of Christ in
America DR. James l.. Barton of the Near East
Relief Herbert Hoover of the American Relief Adj
ministration: Judge John Barton Payne of the
American Red Cross and K. J. Cuddihy, of The
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