Often, after two hours of strenuous work among those destitute people we would come home to'find our own little yard half full, it seemed, "of poor creatures ranting medicine. 'Small children, Se. poor and. starved, with the measles rash full out, or in various stages of that' discase, Men and yemen in a burning fever, with bad coughs, others with awful sores and And all of them 1 MP shotter. all nearly have been paid to our little. dis-pen sary during the last three months, the majority being from the ranks of the homeless ones. It has been a joy to give some measure of relief to many. But many died of starvation and disease and were left, either where they fell or thrown into some galley near by to be devoured by dogs or crows.
On May 14, our little band of helpers formed a committee to deal with the problem of burial, only six members, but all bright and eager to do what they could. They were warned of possible danger, "You might catch some discase and die also," "Yes, but what a good way to ie," one man answered quickly. So beggars were hired to dig graves Land-carry all dead bodies found in this part of the city, to these graves and bury them. Our six men took 'a day in turn to look after the men, and be r sponsible to see that graves were dug the proper depth and bodies well buried.
During the following 26 days, 62 bodies were decently buried from this end of the city. To the glory of God be it said that, although we all moved freely among very dirty and diseased people day after day, and our' brethren of the burial committee have done and are till doing their work faithfully, we have all kept in good health,
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