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EVERYBODY'S FRIEND
November, 1913
The Child Saving Mission
of The Church of the Brethren
of The Middle District of Iowa
Incorporated
C. H. Erb, Yale, President.
F. M. Wheeler, Marshalltown, Treas.
A. M. Stine, Adel, Secretary.
D. W. Badger, Beaver, Manager.
Items for Everybody’s Friend from M iddle la.
Baby Roy, whom we mentioned in our former
notes, has found a good home. He goes to take
the place of the dear little fellow who died last
spring, and we know he will help heal the sor-
row caused by the death of his foster brother.
This baby is a remarkably bright and well
developed little fellow and his sunny disposition
appeals to all who see him.
Our District Meeting and the Child Rescue
Meeting held in connection with it are now mat-
ters -of history. This meeting came just a little
too late to get in items for last month, so we re-
fer to it now.
Our Child Rescue program was held on Tues-
day eve, Oct. 7, in connection with the Temper-
ance program, and was full of interest from the
first. In fact it was the best meeting we have
yet had in reference to the work.
Our Matron and Chairman respectively dis-
cussed “The Needs of the Work” end ‘‘How
Create Sentiment,” while Bro. Wheeler gave an
address entitled “On the trail of the orphan. ”
These talks were well received and some of
them may appear in print later.
These addresses were followed by a miscella-
neous program consisting of recitations, songs,
etc. The ten orphan children present were
then called upon the rostrum and introduced to
the audience—a very touching scene that bro’t
tears to many eyes.
As yet we have no Receiving Home in which
to care for children awaiting homes. A number
volunteered to help care for children, thus re-
lieving ou r Matron of some of the duties, and
creating sentiment in the community where the
child is temporarily located.
The Missionary offering taken on the follow-
ing day amounted to $800.15—one fourth of
which goes to the support of our work. '
A. M. Stine, Sec’y.
Needs of the Child Rescue Work
By Laura Badger, read at D. M. of Middle Iowa,
The name alone implies work—and danger of
loss if the work is not done. Usually the amount
of time or effort spent in trying to find that
which lias been lost depends larselv on its value.
Why if we lose even a watch or a pocket knife
we cannot rest until we find it—or at least have
put forth every effort to find it.
But how very easy and unconcerned we are
about rescuing those dear little ones, and there
are so many being lost daily, lost to all that is
noble and pure. Oh! chat there might be more
loving hearts to rescue these little ones, and to
really feel that it is their duty.
Now as to the needs: At first thought it
seems we are pretty well equipped for the work
—with our General Committee of Child Rescue
work, then our Home Officers, an agent or rep-
resentative in each church; also Everybody’s
Friend, and seemingly plenty of money to car-
ry on the work. And still we are not accom-
plishing near what we should. But how accom-
plish more?
1 think one good way would be to try to get
Everybody's Friend into more homes since it
isour advertising medium. Reading the Moth-
er’s Letters, telling of the little darlings they
have taken into their homes, will do good. Or
better, if they could go to their homes and see
the child for themselves, and hear words some-
thing like these: "Uh! we are so proud of our
baby! or “I don’t see how we could do without
him now.’ This would surely create sentiment.
That devoted foster mother never would have
come clear from Oklahoma to claim the “baby
sisters” had she not read the Friend. But
some people will excuse themselves from taking
the paper by saying, 0 we don t have the mon-
ey to spare or the time to read so many papers.”
They really don’t think how much more good.