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Letter from iarkeJ.
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cog 4uE Mss uSAk!ka
EazRooN. Jan II. ls73
DER tas1 Pass The world /, Row
filed With the cry Of those. who, IN some
regions % A-.a,.e Turkey, are perishing
iof lacA OF bread The quick ympathie= OF
thousand .. Christian people, II Europe
and America. have been aroused. and al
ready ,heir material contributions have
scseJ tl1l-4ul- trl4 tie most awful :orm
VI death. y hoaye- WISHES 10 share in this
woga Of L,neso.tn .hould forward at
once 20 NJ f. ward. Congregational
House, Boston
And l,.e 5; ,s,-r- t. NE 10 peak Jt some
ol .he .nciIcua. good effects Of the mis-
-ionary work There are some " 10 fail to
&c. the use d sending missionaries 10 for
cirn lands. and regard the whole scheme a.
waste 3f IL .uty T. ,ay nothing Of the
ucna. -ait-ro and spiritual enlightenment
which are spread about through the mis-
sionsry work. not 10 speak q tie manner
in which missionaries are. st al! times, con
s.An;.y administering 90 the SICK, and help
ing tie poor ami 10 d thoasanj ways, bet
tering the temporal condition Of the people
where they labor, it may be well to consider
the part which they play at times u great
trial and 4aftringi
At the time Of tue Crimean VAL, one Of
the missionaries at Constantinop!e observed
how many lives Of soldiers were lost be-
Gauss GOO. bread could not be supplied in
sufficient quantity 10 meet the extraordinary
demand lie, at once. put up steam
bakery. and sent forth bread, in such guam
titY and quality. a. TO astonish the slow
moving Turk, and to send gladae-s and
health through ali the hospitals and camps
of The army At the close of the war, be
found taai he had not only done a great,
beneheelt -or&, bat Ae he'd accumulated q
large fortune. However, true 10 The eonss-
Grafton with which ne had entered the mis-
sionary work, he turned over the whole of
it to a fund for chapel building in Turkey.
Iha; man was DR.. Ismlin, row 20 well
known rs President OF Robert College. Con
s;antinope.
Inc story woaid be too long. II | were to |
attempt % tel. .. the many times that mis- !
s.oaar.t With courage which 10 native |
possessed, hat, clyt- tur the sick and dying |
during the rayi.t- oi cholera and other ap- |
palm, spldem.cS. ihrrel-a cholera medi- /
cine, the Original formula Tor which was /
prepared by Dr Azariah Smith, once q
missionary IN this city, but 50 extensively !
! D ~ skn dir g. nr lilo -plf. ha,
il now has Il worldwide reputation under
ihe na...- y. O. jamiin Mixture
touf years -gG . .e.ribta ia:.Ils prevail
u in large sections OF Persia. sGslish and
Jthor foreign officials, in the country, Gid
what they could to relieve the distress But
he missionaries having the ear OF the beney-
)lent public, were able 10 secure the most
prompt and decided relief
One year ago. q severe tarih4 Jake nearly |
DESTROYED several villages IN the region of
HarpoOt. city one hundred and fifty miles
Instant from this. Many were killed. large
Numbers were manned, and thou- inda were
IA ie houselesS in The midst of u winter of
severity. Chiefly through
he missiOnaries, tbs wants of the sufferers
,ecame known. sa1 u.i!FiAutionT BEGAN to
low il. At the same time, the roverrnent
egaG ~ raise money Tor the relief Of those
illages, bat ;, * prDbabla that. after the
turkish fashion, d large part 1t not all,
t these iduds have been eaten up by thiey-
ny officials for at last accounts no relief
'hatever had reached the sufferers except
ng through tue agency OF the missionaries
Ind now we have the present ialaine. which
said 10 have already swept of $50 600
Duls besides depopulating many towns and
illageS. The famine district lies holly TO
n fins e.t flara =. ,
III tc send nervous thrill into these parts.
'ervthing hess ~ t. op - pnli-turbed BY ,
be famine g. II i e s!e ten tH9u-aui miles
way. II there were only a railroad, how !
clckly would our abundant haryests feed
I'D save the ani>Ainy rcDple
To the wet ~ tins, about hundred
lies. change IA prices begins to indicate /
lie nearness OF the famine region. But the
nine district proper where the crops have
en- allics- Gstor.g cut CIT, by drought, for o
20 successive ysarS. IS sJ..,e ty0 hundred
lies long By one hundred and lity broad. ?
sboat TIE size Of the State Of Maine. The il
'inclpal CITIES of this a9st.Qa eFe Angora Il
Id Cesarea. through eigas and Narseyau
e 50 near a. to DO greatly affected. Al
The government has appointed commis-
)ners to examine into the state of the suf- 4
'ers and report the best plan of relief. =
Nc p1o, ects have been planned. which, on !, =
per, were neas.y parle't. Rot. like the
INV Turkish schemes they have as Vel
me to little in execution. Corrupt OIL g
lis either absorb the funds themselves. or f.
nniye 9Th rich oppressors who hoard up
6 little gram these 10. 70 tse,, immense
oft. And it il painful to notice IN the s.
ports of relief afforded by government. 4,
At the chief thought rs to help the people ~
pay their - tithes and debts" to the Sui M
Meanwhile the tide OF relief, uninterrupt. X
~ government red tape or corruption. 4
v fleet iso.. ;ts benevolent in this and ii
Ter lands 10 the missionaries in Cesarao G
q MarsoyaD, and to the agents Of Chris Z,
n merchants in Angora and other cities. CT
! thousands Of lives ares saved. And H.
dice that thus the true spirit Of Chris ny
nifty is exemplifed in clothing the naked Ka
feeding the hungry, as we'll as in rails Rr
men to higher and noblsr spiritual ~
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