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...United States to aid in completing the Balkan-Turkish Relief Fund. According to reports given out through the International Red Cross Committee conditions are extremely critical in the hospitals and relief stations near the seat of war. Lack of funds and inferior medical supplies have caused great distress in several of the large camps of Greece and Montenegro, where wounded refugees have congregated...
...with social courtless. Generous in deed as he was in word and thought, he gave without stint, now, perhaps, a contribution of money to a friend in need, now a book from his library, now time and friendly counsel, offered to show appreciation and sympathy or to meet distress. This sense of kindliness was thoroughgoing. He had made it a principle, so he told me, to abstain from unfavorable personal criticism unless called for by some need. It was a rare event to hear him pass an unfriendly judgment, and he disliked to hear it done by others. He appreciated...
...depth of the ministry demands study for the understanding of a man's own belief and the power to allay spiritual doubts in others. The minister is privileged to see the bottom of friendship and of sorrow. That men and women turn to him in distress, is one of the greatest joys of his life. Such incidents raise the height of the ministry to a level reached by few other professions. Constant contact with the highest ideals leads inevitably to a more satisfying life...
Literally hundreds of thousands of lives have been annihilated by the force of the eruptions and the fires and the sea. Lower Italy is panic stricken; mere words cannot describe the awful state into which the country has been plunged. Heroic efforts to relieve the distress are being made by scores of men and women in the vicinity whose lives were spared, but more money and more provisions are needed. It is right that this community give of its abundance at this time and contribute liberally to this, the noblest of causes--the relief of human grief and suffering...
...appropriated by the neighboring city of Lynn, and large sums were sent from Somerville, Malden and other cities. An appeal has been made to all the cities and towns in Massachusetts, it is expected that at least $1,000,000 will be needed to relieve the distress adequately...