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aussu.1uRkIsH WAR.
Lecture BY Rev. NJ. Giiiies-An Ia.
seressisg and IussraesiSe DIS.
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Lecture BY Rev. M. Giiiies An In.
~seresstsg and destructive Dis.
esurse.
Iron the San Joss tcall Mercury Nov. isth.l
An audience OF forty or fifty people
representing the intelligence Of San Jose,
we started in 10 say. but we take II back
assembled al the Cumberland Presbyte-
rian Church Tuesday evening to listen to
Rev. A. q. Gillies' lecture on tho " Russo
Turkish War. its Historical and Geo.
graphical Causes" The few that were
present enjoyed one OF the finest treats
ever offered to the San jose public. while
the Absentess were the losers 70 . degree
that cannot be computed or Offset by
dollars and cent?. Tho lecturer first
exhibited . map drawn by himself. COW
ering the territory upon which the eyes
Of the civilized world are 1t present
centered. and in an easy. graphic and
interesting manner pointed out the geo.
graphical outlines Of tho different
tries and the various points OF interest,
and gave the description and history
that was essential TO . proper understand.
ing Of the lecture. After dcvoting ashort
time TO Russia's history. no took up
Turkey and traced the history OF her peo-
pie from the birth Of Mohammed at Mecca
down to the present time. He said 1t WAS
the original design OF the followers OF the
Prophet TO ovorrun and conquer the whole
OF Europe. They met with unexampled
success for many centuries, but the Rus
slams and French al last proved too many
for them, and at the close Of the sixteenth
century Turkey began TO decline and to
become tho :" Sick Man" OF Europe. lie
painted q dark picture OF Turkish bar
barity. For three hundred years tho
Turkish religion. a. practiced by the sul.
tans aud their followers. has been an eye
sore to the Christian world. II has been
like = stone in the Christian stomach
unmAnageable, incorrigible and indigest-
lille. The Turk learns nothing outside Of
the Koran and he will yield 70 nothing.
His terms TO the conquered have been
death, Mahommetanism or tribute. II the
conquered hsd no money and preferred 10
live. the children we're taken from them the
sons Mahometanized and made soldiers,
to despise and keep down their fathers and
the daughters brought to scorn and insult
their mothers. Uuder Turkish rule crime.
bloodshed and all sorts OF atrocities have
been continually perpetrated. The Chris
tians In Turkey have been the taxpay-
ers Of the Empire. The heavy tribute OK
acted from them has not been used for I'm
provemcnts. but squandered TO crafty the
whims and passions Of tho debauched
sultans. Tho Turks take all the tribute
the Christians eau bear and give them In
return nothing but abuse. Tho Sultans.
with one exception, for the past five hun.
bred years have been either morally bad
or mentally incompetent. II there Is any
thing In the Christian faith. the lecturer
thought tho murderous. licentious. de-
bauched and fanatical Turks must In
time come to grief. The question Ia.
has Russia the power 10 bring about this
contamination ? There Ia the rub. Rus
sia has her mixed record. of good and
evil, and IL Is hardly becoming for Satan
10 rebuke sin. II IL said by some that
Russia il fighting Turkey 10 defend and
protect tho Christian religion. Tho rev
erend gentleman thought that this propo.
sition was an insult TO the intelligence
Of the civilized world. Russia wants
10 Kill the Turk and then eat him.
She wants 10 hasten the death Of the
"Sick Man" aud then become his ssle
executor. England has sided with Turkey
not ON account Of any sympathy Tor the
Turks, but because she desires 10 have
the protection % English subjects In
Turkey continued. AMI she does not do
sire that tho road to the Suez canal and
her Eastern possessions shall 10 blocked
by Russia. After describing Turkish
customs and morals, the lecturer said
.l..s AL. E.as.e. .na.ktoft uraa at.a.tu Nha