Unidentified photographer
n.d.
True Sympathy

Carte de visite, back
UCR - University of California, Riverside
Object Number: 1988.0003.0002
 
True Sympathy.
“Whose little faces are these?”
“Inmates of the Orphans’ Home, located at Mt. Vernon, Ohio.”
“Bright faces! Pretty, intelligent children! Very much so! Many such children in the state of homeless?”
“Hundreds of such!”
“What a pity! I do pity them!”
“How much?
“I have not put any price upon my sympathy.”
“It will not be worth anything to them till you price it and pay the price. But when your pity is valued and the price is paid, it can always be used for their good. And Solomon says, Prov. 19, 17: “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord, and that which he hath given will He pay him again.”
“Why were these pictures taken?”
“To raise money for the support of the children. Do you wish to help a little? If you give Twenty-five cents or more, you can keep this picture.”
The work is supported by charity, and it is not sectarian, and homeless children are admitted from any part of the Country.
G. W. McWherther,
Superintendent.
 
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