Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-01-22


| then through some of his 36O wives
What to do with him? There ought TO be-
some st. Helena to which he could be sxiled
while the Nations of Europe appoint Il ruler
OF their own to clean out and take possession
OF the palaces OF Constantinople. Tonight
this august assemblage in the capital of the
United States. In the name OF the God of
Nations, indtcts the Turkish Government for
the wholesale assassination in Armeni, and
invokes the Interference OF Almighty God
and the protest OF Eastern and Western
Hemispheres.
But what is the duty OF the hour? SYM
pathy, deep, wide, tremendous, Immediate!
A religious paper, the Christian Herald. of
New York, has led the way with munificent
contributions collected from its subscribers
But the Turkish Government is opposed TO
any relief OF the Armenian sufferers. as [
personally know. Last August, before had
any idea OF becoming a fellow citizen with
von WasainRtonians, $50 .0c0 for Arnenian
relief was offered me II 1 would personally
take that relief to Armenia My passage was
to be engaged on the Oity of Paris but a
telegram was sent to Constantinople asking
II the Turkish Government would grant mo
protection on such an errand of mercy.
cablegram said the Turkish Govern
ment wished to know to what points in
Armenia desired to go with that relief In
our reply four cities were named. ons OF
thsm the scene of what had been the chief
massacre. A csblegram came from Constan-
tinople saving that l lad better send the
money to the Turkish Governments mixei
commission. and they would distribute IT,
90 cobweb OF spiders propose1 a relief
committee for unfortunate flies. Well
man who would start ~ through the noun
tains Of Armenia with S50. 900 and no Gov
ernment protection would be guilty OF monu-
mental foolhardiness. The Tur ish Govern
ment has In every possible way hin .eret
Armenian relief.
Now where is that angel OF mercy, Cara
Barton. who appeared on the battIefields OF
Fredericksburg, Antietam, Falmouth and
Cedar Mountain and under the blaze Oi
French and German guns at Metz and Paris
and in Johnstown floods and CharlestOvn
earthquake and Michigan fires and Russian
famine? 1t was comparatively of little i'm
portance that the German Emperor dec
oratei her with the Iron Cross, FOR God hath
decorated her In the sight of all Nations
with a glory that neither time nor eternity
can dim. Born in a Massachusetts village,
she came In her girlhood to this city to serve
our Government in the patent office, but af-
terward went forth from the doors of that
patent office with divine patent signed and
sealed by God Himself to heal ali the wounds
she could touch and make the horrors of the
flood and fire and plague and hospital
fly her presence. God bless Clara Barton.
Just as expected, she lifts the banner of the
Red Cross. Turkey and all Nations are
pledged to respect and defend that Red
Cross, although that color of cross does not,
In the opinion OF many. stand for Christian
ity. In my opinion it does stand for Chris
tianity, for was not the cross under which
most of US worship red with the blood of the
Son of God, red with the best blood that was
ever shed, red with the blood pouring out
for the ransom of the world? Then lead on
oh, Red Cross, and let Clara Barton carry it,
The Turkish Government is bound to protect
her, and the chariots Of God are 10000 and
tt,a,r ahar, ,ata la % l..I.,
and they would all ride down at once to roll
over and trample under the hoofs OF
their white horses any of her assai ants.
May the $500, 900 she seeks be laid at her
feet! Then may the ships that carry her
across Atlantic and Mediterranean seas bs
guided safely by Him who trod into sapphire
pavement be-tormed Gaiilee. Upon soil iu-
carnadined with martyrdom let the Red
Cross be planted until every demolished vii
lage shall be rebuilded aud every pany OF
hunger be- fed and every wound of cruelty
be healed and Armenia stand with as much
liberty to serve God in its own way as in
this the best land Of all the earth, We, the
defendants of the Puritan5 and HOllan1er5
and Huguenots, free to worship tn,
Christ who came TO set all Nations free.
1t has been said that If we go over there to
Interfere on another continent that will i'm
ply the right for other Nations to interfere
with affairs on this continent, and SO the
Monroe doctrine he jeopardized. No, no!
President Cleveland expressed the sentiment
of every intelligent and patriotic American
when he thundered from the White House 1.
warning to all Nations that there Is not one
acre or one inch more of ground on this
continent for any transatlantic Government
to occupy. And by that doctrine we stand
now and shall forever stand. But there Is =
doctrine as much higher than the Monroe
doctrine Is the heavens are higher than the
earth, and that is the doctrine of human
ttarianism and sympathy and Christian help
fulness which one cold December midnight,
with loud and multituiinous chant,
awakened the shepherds. Wherever there Is
wound II is our duty, whether as indl-
viduals or as Nations, to balsam it. wher-
ever there is a knife of assassination lifted
it is our duty to ward off the blade. Wher-
ever men are prosecuted for their reig-
ion it is our duty to break that arm Of
power, whether il be thrust forth from
Protestant church, or Catholic cathedral.
or Jewish synagogue, or a mosque of
Islam. We all recognize the right on a small
scale. If, going down the road, we find a
ruffian maltreating a child, or a human
brute insulting woman, we take hand in
the contest IL We not towards, and
though We be slight in personal presence
because of our indignation we come to weigh
about twenty tons, and the harder We pun
ish the villain the louder our conscience ap-
plauds US. In such case We do not keep our
hands in our pockets. arguing that If we in
terfere with the brute the brute mil ght think
he would have a right to interir-, with us,
and so jeopardize the Monroe 10 rine. The
fact is that the persecution OF the Armehians
by the Turks must be stopp-l /, or God Al
mighty will curse all Christendom for its
Indifference and apathy. But the
trumpet OF resurrection is about to sound
for Armenia.
Did I say in opening that on one OF the
peaks of Armenia, this very Armenia Of
whjcn we speak. in Noah time the ARK Iand-
ed, according TO the myth, as some think,
but according to God SAY so" as l know,
and that IL was after a long storm of forty
days and forty nights, called the deluge, AMI
that afterward a dove went forth from that
ark and returned with an olive leaf in her
beak? Even so now there is another ark be-
ing launched, but this one goes sailing not
over deluge Of water, but deluge of blood
the ark Of American sympathy-and that
ark, landing on Ararat, from its window
shall fly the dove of kinines5 and peace TO
find the olive leaf of returning prosperity,
while all the mountains of Mosiem pre- ia
dice, oppression and cruelty shall stand
fifteen cubits under. Meanwhile we would
like to gather all the dying ,groans of
all the 500 900 victims of Mohammedan
oppression and intone them into
PRAYER that would move the earth and ths
heavens, hundreds OF millions of Chris
tians' voices, American and European
crying out: 20 God Most High, spare Thy
nuri back upon their launches the horses of
the Kurdish cavalry. Stop the rivers of
blood. With the earthquakes of Thy wrath
shake the foundations of the palaces OF the
Sultan. Move all the Nations of Europe to
command cessation of cruelty. II need be,
let the warships OF civilized Nations boom
their Indignation. Let the crescent 20 down
before the cross, aud the Mighty.One who
hath on His vesturs and on His thigh
name written King of Kings and Lord of
Lords go forth, conqnerirg and to conquer.
Thine. 0 Lord. is the Kingdom! HaiieIuiah!
AmenT'
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