FAMINE OF 1891-92 



Washington's Birthday, 1892, were so unique 

 and remarkable that they commanded attention 

 throughout Christendom. Roman Catholic Arch- 

 bishop Ryan, Jewish Rabbi Jastrow, Presbyterian 

 Rev. Charles Wood, Protestant Episcopal Bishop 

 Whitaker, Baptist Minister Dr. Wayland and 

 Methodist Episcopal Bishop Foss, standing upon 

 a common platform, gave wings to the faith and 

 hope that inspired every breast, that He who rules 

 the winds and the waves would speed the great 

 ship to its desired haven. And I thought as I 

 looked upon this scene that, though prophecies 

 shall fail, tongues shall cease, and knowledge shall 

 vanish away, the love that binds the hearts of the 

 children of men in the bonds of a common brother- 

 hood shall endure forever. Here was Charity in 

 volcanic action, and in its fire I beheld the beauti- 

 ful foundation-stone of all true religions, sparkling 

 like a "gem of purest ray serene," and, following 

 its light, flashed across the stormy seas, I have 

 seen it again and again, lightening many a dark 

 and dreary dwelling in dreadfully afflicted Russia. 

 Their cry of distress went up to Heaven and was 

 echoed back to our far distant shores. 



The Philadelphia Relief Committee's Commis- 



