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ONE CHARITY DIFFERENT
FKOM ANOTHER OHARIT1
Dr. C. C. Brown.
To be left motherless is a grea
misfortune. but not the sorest tha
ran befall a child. To have a mothei
who is a cast-away?whose name thi
-child cannot bear?of whom th<
child must be ashamed in the aftei
years?this is misfortune heaped up
on misfortune.
Something over a half mile fron
my home, out in the Columbia sub
? U 'ltn, i?vthe Rescue orphanage, whost
representative in the state is oui
-brother. Rev. Carlile Courtenay. The
trustees and managers, all good antl
kindly men. live here in Columbia
and Mr. William Devant. the active
- superintendent, lives in a house at
the entrance to the grounds.
My first visit, some months ago,
was made in obedience to an invention
to preach to the children. Since
then, upon the least provocation, my
car turns its head in that direction,
and I find tnyself loving to go ther".
When a visitor comes in, and I need
entertainment for him. I take him to
rule?out to the Rescue orphanage.
I want everybody to know the place
to see it. When I go there the children
gather about me?maybe because
now and then I give some of
4 hem a ride?and aeem to want me
to talk to them. There are now a
hundred and twelve of them from all
sections of (hp state, of all sizes and
ages up to fourteen or fifteen years.
Ia the front porch, which is properly
screened, there are six or eight
little beds with high sides, and In
each is a chattering child, rolling
Troni side to side, or holding to the
railing in the effort to stand up. A
few of them I know by name?
George and Moss and Sumter ana
Lee and Ruby and Jappe. Their surnames
I have never heard. In fact
1hey are supposed to have no surnames.
Their mothers in some cases
are harlots or drunkards or human
wrecks of some kind, whose namet
v^ould be but a curse to them. Ir
one bed I uncovered the head of f
tiny baby, only a day or two old, thai
had been picked up at the union stat'on.
Out In front of the main building
the yard was alive with boys and
girls. All around is the farm, th(
garden, the chicken yards?in all ol
which the little ones are belnf
taught to wortc, so as to irk" *'
some revenue to the Institution and
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to make themselves of some worth,
k* Many of these little ones must
bear the burden of a curse for which
hey are not responsible. The in
t iquities of father and mother feil
t upon them. To the grave,v whether
r; it be near or far. they must carry a
5 j secret which they themselves cannot
i explain about father and mother. If
r they had not been gathered into this
home they Would soon have taken
their places in that dull line which
j marches on to fill up the ranks of
. thieves and prostitutes. A thoughr>
ful and helpful charity has thrown
. an institution across their pathway.
, in which they find shelter from iinI
pending evils.
To one side is the last building
erected, a combined school and chapel.
and here it is that faithful women I
ere seeking to make good the absence
of mother. Now and then
some loving soul, whose home is
ch'Idless, is allowed to adopt one 01
the little fellows, according to certain
prescribed legal forms -to
make the adopted one a child, but
not a servant. In this way the
number of inmates is kept down to
the capacity of the institution. 1
have seen a childless mother stand
there among the little ones, and look
on and wonder?and weep. And
sure it is enough to move any heart
that is not callous beyond all feeling
to stand there and gaze upon them
and haer their prattle, and think how
little they know of the fearful handicap
with which they begin life. One
comes away assured that there is no
superior charity anywhere; that this
is the aupremest?a whole flock of
little ones, not only to he made into
something by kindly teaching, but
first to be unmade and, in manyi
cases, to be taught away from all,
i that they have ever learned. To
make a real man out of one of the
boys; to give strength to his life and
uprightness to his character; to dig
i' out and uproot all the evils of his
i antecedent history; to blot out
i mother and father from his life?to
i do all this would be worth a king's
i ransom, and yet this is the task set
t before the institution.
To maintain the "home;" to fur
nlsh food and clothing; to pay the
I teachers; to enlarge the scope of
j the work?this is the task of Mr.
t C'ourtenay. who is one of my neigh
f bora. I am not allowed to see a
great deal of him. He is away from
1 his home a large part of his time, go%
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ing to the churches of every creed
and faith and telling the story of
want and woe. Some pastors in the
state, not knowing the facts, or not
caring, or not willing to aid an in*
stitution not fostered by some specific
religious denomination, are very
chary about allowing Mr. Courtenay
to speak in their pulpits. He has to
write letters ahead, and get permission
to speak where he can. He alIways
gets help where he ran get a
hearing. If the pastors only knew
| the facts; if they could look just
once down into the eyes of the little
children, Mr. Courtenay would re'
reive a welcome everywhere; and if
the masses of the people knew the
facts, no mail would come to Columbia
without bringing some sort ot
help for the Rescue home.
I Boxes of clothing and shoes, and
even toys, or tools and pieces of
cloth, of anything that children could
use. would be all be acceptable. The
mere opening of a box, with the children
standing around, would t^TVe
sprightly variety to life's dull routine
of work and school, with occasional
play about the yard. But
money to buy food is the chiefest
need these days. The eost of maintenance
Is about nine hundred dollars
monthly. The board of managers
is composed of some of our best
citizens, and they give time and
thought and money to the orphanage.
If friends were to arise everywhere,
whose charity would respond
to the sorest calls for help, the in-'
atitlltion COIllfl cr> ?n in iho anonm
plishment of n still larger task. It j
has about reached the limit of its
ability to provide accommodation for
inmates, and halt must be called until
additional room is arranged.
In the midst of our abundance out
hearts Ought to be moved to help
these meek-eyed little souls who
have nothing, and less than nothing.
I wish I knew how to write a worn
that would serve as a key to thousands
of human hearts in South
Carolina.
A letter addressed to Itev. Carlilel
Courtenay, Columbia, will reach him
with its gift, and the consciousness
of having made the gift will bring
rest and satisfaction to the heart of
the giver.
Columbia. 8. C.
To Curo a Cold la One Dty
Take LAX ATT VR BROMO Quinine. It atop* the
Coafjh and Headache and worha off the Cold.
Druggists refund money II it fatla to cnre.
H. W. OROVR'S signature on eccb boa. 25c.
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