Homeless and Destitute Through the European War
NEWS is censored so closely that it is difficult to get any reliable word in regard to existing conditions in Europe where those mighty armies are in such deadly combat. But enough is getting through to let us know that hundreds of thousands of people are rendered homeless, and not only homeless, but without food or adequate raiment for the rigorous winter that is now coming on. We may deprecate the barbarities of this war, we may talk of its horrors, and all of this may be very proper; but in addition, we must not forget that, unless we who are in this more favored land render substantial assistance, thousands upon thousands of little children, helpless women, and old men, will have to suffer and die through sheer lack of the necessities of life. Our General Conference has a well-organized plan for rendering assistance to these destitute and helpless people. We have reliable and competent Christian men and women right on the ground to whom funds are sent, and these see to it personally that every dollar is expended judiciously and carefully. Your heart must be touched by this situation, and possibly you have thought that you would like to send means to help the work if you only knew how to send it so as to be sure that it would reach the desired place and accomplish the good intended. Money sent for this purpose to the treasurer of the Pacific Press Publishing Association, Mountain View, California, will be promptly forwarded to these suffering ones, to keep them from perishing through cold and hunger.