Show I GREATER LOVE HATH HAllI NO MAN MANThe The Philippine government has es established established a 8 model colony for lepers leners on Culion a small island about a d days s ml 11 from Manila to the south Ar have been made for the housing of six hundred unfortunates with tk the view ultimately of Dr removing all the lepers from the main islands in intile inthe tile the olony although that will take me lite time Apart from the fact that the colony is to have perfect sanitation a corn com complete water and sewer system and practical the cant fact about It is the heroism of Father ValI Vales S the Jesuit priest v who O Obas has bas volunteered like another DamiK to live and Rd die with the colony which will rill be in his care With several sis term tens of charity this noble men wilt will go Into exile knowing he can never Dever re ra turn kD he must eventually be smitten by the disease suffer Its tor tortures tortures tures and die the loathsome for tor the love Jove of his Master and hl his let fel fellow letlow low roan maR Greater love Jove hath bath no o man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends And for his friends Father Valles has chosen the most helpless of Ute the race those utterly without hope Not Net for glory Q or w wealth or place among men not for foI the plaudits that spur some to high deeds not for the tRe pleas pleasures ures of life but only for the great groat love Jove that a profoundly unselfish religion has Inspired does lie he welcome the call for There can be no monument w worthy to mark such deeds no commemoration great enough to teach their full But all allt t the e world will recognise the power of ofa a faith that can move men to the su supreme preme sacrifice involved In the life Ufe of Father lathar van Valles and all the world is better for the kno l ige that such lives are In those days of self I and skepticism |