The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-17
CRUELTY TO ARMENIA.
EhF. DIR. LiNDRtM TEIIS or Tur.
Atrocities rHEEasr.
lie Pictures the Suffering. of the Cbr,s.
uans NJ the Hands Of The "unspcakabIs
TURK What should be Doncs

Kew Or Landrrm was greeted by
large audience at the Second Baptist
eh"rch Sunday night. He preached an
instructive and able sermon. and his dis
course was Of peculiar interest 10 Chris
tians at this time
Armenia's Woes" was his subject lie
TOOK his text from the first chapter of
lamentations. verses / and = Said he.
Armenia. sitting in sackcloth and
ashes. lifts up her voice loud and LONG
Ia lamentations Ike that Of the Prophet
seremiah. Armenia Is passing through
prosecutions. bitter and relentless. by
turks who seems TO be- denunanized. N
not actually ccmOnizcd. ana these ger
scculons have lasted so long as seem
feFtf 10 end. The blood Of thousands
OF our slaughtered fellow Christians I'm
armenia cries out 70 heaven as TO the
thfish2n people. During the twenty-five
eays preceding 1hanksgiving-Da no
Ie"ef Than 300 Armerians were assas-
sin@teu. wnilc the number OF those rem
otitd homeless and robbed OF all their
possessions does not fall short of 2OOunb.
hteiy day our newspapers are red with
tiood or Armtnians. Let me make
blicl plea for Armenia tonight
OF OUR OWN RACE.
Alter a sketch Of the history and geo
graphical position OF Armenia, IT'S pQDu-
drum said that some people had disagreed
Win his uttcrance Tor free Cuba last
Sunday. night, because there were 50
many free negroes there. and II C-ba
came ia the Union this fact would be
great objection TO ner presence. lie
wanted TO Know il there were no white
Cubaus for whom they had sympathy
"ATmeniaus are not negroes said Or.
Landrum Armenia was civilized when
our forefathers were savages. ana Armc-
mans are OF our own race. and they
emigrated from the home OF the original
anglo saxon people. IN Asia, ana are OF
the old Aryan stock. They have one
wife only. good family life. are dem0-
cratic In spirit and charitable. with many
hospitals, orphanages. and refugees FOR
the poor. They are u Christian people.
IL Roman Catholics are Oh. istians, then
some Armenians are Christians There
are 80 OnO Roman Catholics there. ana II
Protcstants are Christians, some Arme-
mans are for there are 20clO PrVtcstants
among them. and there are several hum
dred Baptists there. As 81 rule they tee
long 10 none Of these denominations, ana
they compose a great Christian body OF
their own. Christianity was certainly
established among them as early as y. D.
FEARFUL SLAUGHTER
"fhe Armenian church rites are very
like those Of the Greek Church OF Russia,
but its ordinances, according to Protes-
tantism, are more Scriptural then that
church aud its spirit more tolerant. and
a. IS more democratic than either tho
Greek or Roman Church. The Armenians
are prosecuted and | am ful OF indigna-
zion against the persecution of Jews IN
Russia. patriots In Cuba, oppressed chi
nese i'm FormOsa. prosecuted Protestanis
in Spain. oppressed Baptists IN Germany,
Austria and elsewhere Ia continental Flu
rope prosecuted and oppressed Roman
Catholics.
Or. Iandrum told Of the latest news
from Armenia, and the fearful number
Of people slain. together WIN the IN
speakahie tortures of others by ne irrhs,
and The horrors Of famine which now
threaten them. AZ the beginning of Tiu-
ter He said the Sultan could speak now
and have peace. and spoke Of the opposi-
ion 10 him in his present cruel policy
of the younger Turks. who are lovers OF
liberty. and might raise an insrrfecten
10 dethrOne him. bat that they are lack
ing in unity. organization. and leader
ENGLAND might speak the word end
Armenia would be free. bat England
fears war Turkey might secure the as
sistauce of Russia. who always ia"ois
dcsuotlsm. at home or abroad Russia,
though the invctcratc enemy Of Turkey.
would form an alliance with her 10
thwart the fertilizer advance OF England 3
BULLY OF SMALL NATIONS
England fs the bully of small nations
Armenia is nothing at the court Of the
Sultan.
Dr. Iandrum defended United States
Minister Terrell. and said he was thor
oughly American because thoroughly
southern. and said hc was handicapped
lv American paI simonN' and forced to
move about from place 10 place TO Get
a hovel CHEAP enough for his beggary
salary" Hence the speaker reasoned the
contempt Turkey had Tor America, and
asked Why doesn't Congress back up
our minister? Why don't they pay him
"a decent salary? Why don't they order
the whole American navy 10 Constant
NOBLE 10 show that our flag Of liberty his
great guns behind it,
But" said the Doctor. in conclusion,
"the darkest hour of "a winters night IS
lust before dawn The night is paJsing
The day is coming. Armenians viii yet
come 10 their own. Pray for the peace
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