The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la Verite. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1883. A BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 269, 17 October 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la Verite. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1883. A BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

It is not necessary to moralize pa the t>tx\th of tbe Script^pal aphorism, "Ye have the poor always ■with, yon." $n eyery centra as population increases, sp does -the necessity ;for charitable aid. Without proper organization, (and frequently also even with the most careful discrimination,) much of the ' assistance given to relieve d'gfress is ' distributed through unworthy channels. Asa Northern exch.ai>ge points ouj:, .when discussing the same question. Busy men when solicited give their shillings or their guineas to the importunate, and ; cannot make any inquiry into whether 'the case is really a deserving one. Charity should never be given indiscriminately, and without a -knowledge of the p ttiesi In these circumstances, it is quite as likely that Ihe recipients' are'noi deserving. But a still worse result is, that many caseß which require relief are nevr known, : beoause the parties cannot bring themselves to dun people for charity. However prosperous any community may b^e, there will always be a certain number of cases oi distress, and there certainly ■ ought.; to be .some organisation charging itself with the duty of making, inquiry respecting such cases and re* lievingthem — not merely administering charitable doles, but seeking to permanently improve the position of the necessitous persons, and to aid : them tp regain a place m the ranks of the ee'f supporting. There is sufficient •BOqpe already fox onv embryo Beneyo- •: lent; Society, and we 7 trust the community will have cause to congratulate the Society m the result -.of its-labour of love m thedause of thedistressedon whose behalf appeals may be rr ade from time to. time,- In, the.. , future the organization may prove most beneficial as well as to the children of misfortune as m encouraging the charitable * instincts of our population generally.