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VOL. 34. NO. 21
The Long Arm of Mercy
By DR. FRANK CRANE
The Red Cross is the Long Arm of Mercy.
It is the Kindness of Mankindorganized.
In Man is an Angel and a Devil, a Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde. The Red Cross is the Good, aroused, energized to
thwart the Bad.
It is the best antidote we know to the bane of war.
There are other Charities, more or less helpful. The
Red Cross is the mightiest of all Charities, the Love and Pity
of all men made supremely efficient.
If, as Emerson said, "sensible men and conscientious
men all over the world are of one religion," this is the ex-
pression of that religion.
The Red Cross is Humanity united in Service.
It asks no man's opinion only his need.
Black or White, Friend or Foe, to the Red Cross there,
is no difference it only asks: "Who is Suffering?" And
to him it goes.
The Red Cross is so Efficient that Governments recog-
nize it so Pure in its purpose that whoever wishes well his
fellow men, desires to help it so Clean in its administration
that the most suspicious can find no fault in it.
The Red Cross not only seeks to alleviate the cruelties
of War it is the expression of those human sentiments that
some day will put an end to War.
It is the impulse of Love, striving to overcome the im-
pulse of Hate.
It is Mercy's co-operation struggling against War's ri-
valries.
