This is the second in a series of messages to inform the Chris tian public about true condi tions in Korea today and to re veal the overwhelming needs of these brave people in the wake of the war. Our Government has an nounced r e lie f shipments are being made to Korea. This has led many folk to believe there is. no more need for individual help. The facts are Government help will go largely for reha bilitation of cities and towns. There is no way we can convey to you the tremendous personal suffering that continues every where in Korea as a result of insufficient food and clothing. The common people and, par ticularly, our Christian brothers and sisters need our help des pera tely during the winter months ahead.
This little tot searches through a garbage pail for a morsel of food. He does not know the comforts of home for his entire life has been lived amidst the ruins of war.
Dear Lord, Take Care of the Little Boys and Girls in Korea Tonight Over 200,000 orphans —less than one-third of them in orphanages..
is the great spiritual program which must also keep pace with a program to relieve physical suffering. The need staggers us and we are driven to our knees. But then we re member how God has worked through you in the past. As we re view the hundreds of tons of clothing you have sent and the large finan cial gifts, we know we can trust Him —and you—for the tremendous needs of Korea for another winter. Send bedding , clothing and contributions for Ko rean relief to — The Oriental Missionary Society 900 North Hobart Blvd. Los Angeles, California
left. I’ll never forget the cry as she stared at the shapeless form of her boy: ‘Here I left North Korea,’ she said-—‘everything gone—and I came here to this city of refuge only to lose my only child!’ And I heard in the voice of that mother the haunting cry of thousands upon thousands of mothers that are weeping all over Korea.” Another missionary reports seeing a baby sucking at the breast of its dead mother who had just lost the grim struggle against starvation. We of O.M.S. feel our great family —who has already helped so nobly— will want to again rally to Korea’s need in the months ahead. We are continuing to send tons of powdered food monthly; more than 2000 orph ans in 15 orphanages look to our hand monthly; widows and lepers are under our care also. And then there
T here is without doubt more con centrated suffering and agony in Korea tonight than any other place in the world—more personal tragedy than at any other time in history. O.M.S. missionary, Ed Kilboume, sent from this city of heartaches the following vivid picture of disaster: “A large fire in one of the Pusan refugee camps left 15,000 without shelter. As I walked through the smoldering ruins I heard the hyster ical cry of a mother who had left her boy in a hut that had just burned. I turned to a couple of Koreans and said, ‘Let’s go find him for her.’ In the midst of charred rubble we fin ally found him. There wasn’t much
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