The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-13
APPEAL FOR ARMENIA
DR.. TalmasoS Eloquent Sermon in
Washington Yesterday.
PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
The Eloquent Divine Describes the
outrages Perpetrated by the
Turks on the Armenians.

tions, DR. Talmage should tell the story
Of Armenian massacre. what VIII DE the
extent for good of such discourse none
can tell The text was IL Kings XIX 81:
''They escaped into the land of Armenia.
In Bible geography this is the first time
that Armenia appears, called then by the
same name now. Armenia Is chlefy a
table land. 400 feet above the level OF the
sea. and one of its peaks Noah's ark
landed with its human family ana iauha
that were TO ill the earth That region
was the birthplace of the rivers which fer
tilIzed the garden of Eden when Adam ana
Eve lived there, their only roof the crystal
skies and their carpet the emerald Oh rlch
grass. It's inhabitants, the ethholosists
tell us. are a superior type OF the CaucaS-
ian race. Their rel Bipu - tOunded on the
Bible. Their Savior is our CHRIST. Iher
crime is that they VIII not become fOlloWtrS
of Mahomet, that jupiter OF sensudll'y.
To driYe them from inc face or the earIh
is the ambition of all MohammeddHs. 10
accomplish this murder IS no crime ana
wholesale massacre IS matter OF enllu-
SiasIic appreciation ana governmental re-
ward. The prayer sanctioned by hlshest
MOhamme dan authority and reclted every
day throughout Turkey and Egypt, Whle
styling all those not Mohammedans as IN
hdcis, is as follows. go Lord OF an Great
ures! % Alllhi Destroy the in1dels ana
polgthcists, Thine enemies, the enemies or
the religion. O Auah' Make their children
orphans and drfle their bodies; cause thelr
feet 10 slip, i've them ana their iamlileS,
their households ana their women, their
children aud their relatives by marriage,
their brothers and their friends, their pos
sessions and the race, their wealth ana
their lands as booty 10 the MOslems, .
Lord Of all crea tureSt' The life Cf an Ar
mrplan in the presence of those who make
that prayer is OF no more value that the
life Of a summer insect, The sultan OF 1ur-
key sits on "A throne impersouatnS that
brigandage and assassination. At this time
all civilized nations are IN horror at the
attempts Of that Mohammedan government
60 destroy all the Christians of Armenia
I hear somebody talking rs though some
new thing We're happening ana that the
Turkish government had taken new role
Of tragedy on the stage of nations. No,
MOI she IS AT he same old business. over
looking her dabOlism Of other centuries,
We come down to our century to ma that
in ts.2 he Turkish government slew 1OU1J
anti Moslems and in 100 she slew lo'~O'
and in 1850 she slew I,OJJ and m 1876 she
slew 10000. Anything short of the slauSh-
ter of thousands of human beings does not
put enough red wine into her cup of abomi-
nation to make il worth quailng. Nor IS
this the only time she has promised re-
form. In the presence of the warshlpS at
the mouth of the Dardanelles she has
promised the civilized nations OF the EARN
that sna would stop her butcheries, ana the
international and hemlsphcrcic farce had
been enacted OF believing what she says
when all the past OUGHT to persuade us
fElt She IS only paueins in her atrocities
d, .ut nations OF the track and then re-
Same tEc wsrl, Of death. In 1883 the then
sultan prom lset plotecuou OF ne 1uI
property without reference to religion. and
tine promise was hrpkcu. In 1874, nj the
demand on an English minister pitWpoten-
'ti. 80 .o rrfaru.a1 ~ C,1-t4 DtirIu-
E {.gf.,.% ana tha rrat,ise VAS
lralz. H. Ts - t'' demand of foreign
-,-. - .ln.aut proriised
r.-ofecfian ta d. y s-tgTfs. but 10 this day
~. l,r.f.sttnt. ~ STEAMBOAT are not al
lowed rs lu IL "a church. although they have
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ships of Europe ri4e UP ass close as IS p'a-
slide to the palaces Of Corstanunople ana
blow that accur-et government To alomSt
fu tho name Of thr Eternal God, let the
nuisance of the 2"es be wiped OF the face
Of the earth Down to me p"ridlt3n from