The sun., 1889-02-10

| fARIS Jan ZD.--No NllHJ OlHpIS
may writo or telegraph 10 YOU to the contrary.
believe mo that tho Catholics OF Paris have
nothing. absolutely nothing. to do with Gen.
Boulangor or his pretensons. Meanwhile 1t
ia pleasant to turn aside to n scene Of mission.
ary labor in Armenia. and to contemplate
people numbering six millions who have
managed to preserve in tho midst of the
Turkish empire not only tho profession Rnd
practice OF tho Christian faith but their own
distinctive social lifo and manners, with II
large share OF indepcndoncc
This ycople-the Keel -Bachs-havo lust been
revealed TO us by tho Rev. Father Furgeot, n
Jesuit missionary, who, with his brethren. is
hard at work in developing tho germs OF Chris.
tian life which have survived in Asia Minor tht
long centuries OF Mohammedan fanuticsm an'
| oppression. l confess that, in reading tn,
learned missionary's most interesting sketcl
| In Les Missions CdhDNquS. | was forcibly re.
minded OF tho state OF things which had wit
messed among my own people among the noun
| tainous regions of western Mayo during my
childhood and boyhool. and previous TO 1892
Since that year, tho year Of my departure fol
| America. tho British rulc has dapopulatcd tn,
west. Ii 1t has not broken down the spirit of til,
mountaineorS. Let us hopG that the descend
ants OF tho Gael in Asia Minor Nor such they
are) will 10 an independent Christian nation
| They are 6,O00,O0o to-day: what will they be
fifty years hence, ii they can only escape ab
sorption by Russia, after having survived the
| long domination of the Turk!
| kezel Bach means red head, bat Father
| FurGeot thinks this namo is not derived from
the color OF their hair. Further stuIies may
reveal its truc ctymoosy. The kcacl- Buchs.'
ho says arc spread over tho very heart OF
| Asia Minor where they form Il distinct rorula.
| ton, grouped into confcdcrnted villages. cuch
! group having at It's head II religious chef
| called DidG. Their most popuous centres
| are found near XilG tthc ancient Xcla near Nix
! 2ar the ancient Neoccvarea Sidas. D;arbcliir,
and the valleys Of the middle EHrhrates
Who is this now people. whose name is
scarcely known in Europe! Whcaco ioes it
| come! What are its manners and its RELIGIOUS
customs: These are questions t" witch 1
! should like TO give positive aud rersc answers.
| When see the mountain iH"in"7soS anu tho
have h' ntrcnctd % thymscVcs " "' incline I'm rss 10 re-
gard them as !, lGmMant .! lhe ancient in
thS r"FS scma M mas oas Hssp p% TG 6nH
they came originally from pcrsinu J, Hr.ii -tan.
! Anyhow, while living IN l,"arc VITA ,hn glent
| masters Of tho soil. Gre ~ ana hrAc"inns,
the Osnlanli Turks. Crushed Il, tue al, iuya:
| sionS these ruCEh noun lain"crr were forced
| to pay tribute to build musiues in thci! towns:
and TO contorm c%tcrqnv TO the RELIGION Of
! tort lnltie BY tho co1GuGror to abs6rG Them.
Tho suitans; officially dorroc,l rh"ir, acorpora-
| men among the Mussumnn armies. compelled
them to listen 10 RESERVATIONS ON the Koran.
| All this, however. only made tilHm 10 hold more
! ttcnaciou,ly to their ancestral faith and ma
! tional manners.
| Compelled to io;n tho Mosiem ranks. tho
| kezcl youths obstinateiE refuse to Join tho
| Turks in their religious scry.c"s. The? pa
tiently endure all the insults hcnred on ;heir
| creed and themselves, and when released rom
| military service they return Ioyousy to their
homes hon and Their Smpe aGrieut4ra EprsuItbs It's
! precincts Of kezel village. dares insult tho
| Christian faith or offend kez.l wife or maiden.
| sure and swift Gcath awaits him. and no nan
Like every people cut of during centuries
| from intercourse with nations proFcs 'ing the
| same creed, and deprived Of institution for !e-
ligious and secular education the Kezels have
| oyer. during nearly 200 years of contact it'll
MohammeIanism: that belief, seems t9 be
lem history. il not tt by the doctrines OF the Ko-
ran They profess great reverence for Al. the
By he of TSs Ws Is
% M 9r ey by he that
Join their brethren in Armenia.
Their religious do'irines are formulated in
hymns mn or psalms, which they sing IL alternate
IMohammed, W. What Is Mohammei,
There have only found Jesus"
This is the Kezel creolo. us opposed to the
is his Prophet"
Further on como those declarations. given
10 tile missionary y u ieaulNs man:
1t is Jesus who will sit tho throne Judgment: no
man a car y sn,S he heaven wnont =. dnF r. ad Of
se SoEc il not si ST 81 p"t s pr''0" whose help can II"
Ths, Dtdd is. called to immcrso every now
born babe, and 10 dnoint il with some odorous
lGuvr while uttcring sct form of prayer. rhe
D%d@ also prcsdes ~ all nuptiul ceremonies.
When?rer there is danGer,oi death Ii" is "n.lel
II and rronoGnces the following prayer: oh
Lord. when Thou recrivcst before Ihce this
SIbnsr fbn,, her" present forgive him his sins Tor
The supreme head of their religion resides
at Dersin. near the river Iourad. lie has un-
der him u certain nIELor of interior funrtion-
aries. whose duty is TO visit the cortoHorated
Villages OF the nation. Each @ these inferior
ministers is charged with the s!porintcndence
Of some fifteen ,ronns Of Villages. Over these
he has absolute control, His yearly visits are
the s2 %n % nn Tyol eh M his so own H2SS of
body guard. He spcnd- about cight days in each
iiocniity; h3!dlnE sois.4n r%hsious assemblies.
the sound OF tn" .Srr
The chant bcint ended tho D 'd5 hesses a
large loul ana a inlEe "u< of wine. Thon the
mon lres mt approach in turn, according TO
the. .pri 'rity OF ngc. twn by two, and receive on
spoonful o. tho wiHs, TIon come tho women.
After these the boys and The Young. girls. rhe
iSS:, Jesus; or on Ali. whom they sron! 10 con-
sidern a Christian martyr
burihg ms communion service, evidently
recnln. the Last %uppen hyn.n is sang.
which is Te?y suggestive. Hero l. II stanaa;
There the G',,n, dyya n aud Loney =. the ,ov
If lie who roc"vs S i i ~ he 'I p,son changed no
honey"
Confession of sins Is also one of thnir religious
customs WAcnover Keel commits i grieS-
to be abao!yed.
:, POI ygamy and divorce ara unknown among
Mosiem. Womnn is not The degradcd ToinS
she is among Tho Turks. Nearly AL women.
nnrrled or unmarried, boar the namo Ne lem
Mary thus sharing in the honor and "leva-
ton given to their SEX by tho Mother OF the
kedeemer.
THO Turks hate the KrHcls with somcthing
like tho blind traditional hatred with which the
British school Of pol ltIcal lanHtlcS represented
by the Yic%, tho ST. .jPIJrS'S GGseHr the Tories,
and tho Liberal niouiet- pursue tho Irish
Catholics. Tho Kc2r!s outsdr Oi their own
vcllauco but they too. hayo certain signs
and passwords by which thry know each otler.
They guard their own iittIo communitios
with watchfulncss which rnyor sleeps Ey-
cry stranger wilo nppruHchrs them is narrowly
scrutinzed. II IL Turk. b" Is slcrniy wained 10
10 his ruad. II Chri~tian, ho is made well
como and received into tho bosom Of tho fam