Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

proses careetrerenencaneneousresmonanvenenarty wor Say Stgolenseven se Gree tee SUESINY Sy =e Orem a ne nae TARA ETE — == To -teeenennens —S =—= > ——S = ~ etmerenee as = ath ete ADuniata College Wibrarp AiAsseIC AS Oe epaeus oh eae ACCESSION Rote see Gite OF Mo. ten a os tot lew FEEDING THE HUNGRY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2023 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https ‘//archive.org/details/feedinghungryrus0000pete CHORTITZA MONUMENT Commemorating the original colony of Mennonites, who settled here in 1798— the first in Russia, This monument is in the square at Chortitza. Feeding the Hungry Russia Famine 1919--1925 Q Wj American Mennonite Relief Operations under the auspices of MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE P. C. HIEBERT, A. M. Chairman of the Mennonite Central Committee Author—Editor ORIE O. MILLER, A. B. Assistant Secretary of the Mennonite Central Committee and Relief-Worker. Associate Editor Scottdale, Pa. Mennonite Central Committee * 1929 All rights reserved. Copyricut, 1929 By MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE Printed in United States of America DEDICATION This book is gratefully dedicated to the Cause of Charity, and to the memory of all those who have brought willing sacrifices in the Name of Christ for Suffering Humanity. re ey FOREWORD It would ill befit us to glory in a work that is done. This Report is not written for such a purpose. It is proper and necessary, however, that our people should know what was done and what results were accomplished. By God’s grace and with His help we were successful in a very large undertaking and, as Brother Benjamin Janz has so aptly told us, “Thousands upon thousands live.’” In the reasons for this success, in so far as they depended upon human agencies, lie valuable lessons for the future which should not be overlooked nor forgotten. Our people gave liberally and unselfishly. Not only was this true in those communities where ties of kinship or of friendship still bound them to our brethren in Russia, but also among those to whom the existence of a large body of Mennonites in Russia was barely known when their first call of distress came. Men were found among us who were willing and able to do the necessary work at home and abroad. The work on the field was efficiently and ably directed and administered. We were not lacking in those who were willing to leave their families and occupa- tions and to endure hardship and danger on the field of service, and we were fortunate in finding available a man who fitted so well the difficult task of directing the work in Russia. It was, of course, also important that the project as a whole should be efficiently and energetically directed, and that matters of general policy should be properly and eff- ciently handled. This in general outline was the function of the Mennonite Central Committee. If there was