The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-24
for Christianity, for was not the cross

for Christianity, for was not the eros
under which most of us worshiped rec
with the blood of the Son OF God, rec
with the best blood that was ever shed
red with the blood poured out for thu
ransom of the world? Then lead on
oh, Red Cross! and let Clara Barton
carry it! The Turkish government II
bound to protect her, and the chariots
of God are 10000, and their characters
are angels of deliverance, and they
would all ride down at once to roll
over and trample under the hoofs
| of their white horses any OF
her assailants. May the $500, 200 she
seeks be laid at her feet! Then may
the ships that carry her across Allan
tic and Mediterranean seas be guided
safely by Him who trod into sapphire
pavement bestormed Galilee! Upon
soil incardined with martyrdom let the
Red Cross be planted, until every de-
molished village shall be rebuilded,
and every pang 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
descendants of the Puritans and Hol-
landers, and Hugenots, are free to wor-
ship the Christ who came to set all ma
tions free!
1t has been said that If we go over
there to interfere on another con-
tinent, that will imply the right for
other nations to interfere with affairs
on this continent, and so the Monroe
doctrine be jeopardized. No, no! Pres
ident Cleveland expressed the senti-
ment of every intelligent and patriotic
American when he Numbered from
the White House warning to
all nations, that there is not ono
acre or one inch more OF ground
on this continent for any trans
government to occupy. And
by that doctrine we stand now and
shall forever stand. But there is a
doctrine as much higher than the Mon
roe doctrine as the heavens are higher
than the earth, and that is the doctrine
of humanitarianism and sympathy and
Christian helpfulness which one cold
December midnight, with loud and
multitudinous chant, awakened the
Wherever there is a wound
it is our duty, whether as individuals or
as nations, to balsam it. Wherever
there is knife OF assassination lifted
it is our duty to ward off the blade.
Wherever men are prosecuted for their
it is our duty to break that
arm of power, whether it be thrust
cathedral, or Jewish syna-
rogue or mosque of Islam. We all
the right on small
scale. If going down the road,
We find ruffian maltreating a
,hild, or human brute insulting
| woman, we take hand in the con-
est if we are not towards, and, though
We be slight in personal presence, be-
,ause of our indignation we come to
Weigh about 20 tons, and the harder
We punish the villain the louder our
conscience applauds us. In such case
We do not keep our hands in our pock-
It's, arguing that if we interfere with
he brute the brute might think he
would have right to interfere with
is, and SO jeopardize the Monroe doc
rine.
The fact is that that persecution of |
he Armenians by the Turks must be |
topped, or God Almighty will curse
IL Christendom for it's damnable in
Inference and apathy. But the
trumpet of resurrection is about to |
ound for Armenia. Did say in OPEN
ng that on one of the peaks of Ar |
1enia, this very Armenia of which
We speak, in Noah's time the
rk landed, according to the
1yth, as some think, but according
o Gods ''say so, as l know, and that
! was after long storm of 40 days
nd 40 nights, called the Deluge, and |
hat afterward dove went forth frol1
hat ark and returned with an olive
saf in her beak? Even so now, there
another ark being launched,
ut this one goes sailing, not
vera deluge of water, but deluge
f llood-the ark of American SYM
that ark, landing Oh Ara
at, from it's window shall fly the dove
kindness and peace, to find the olive
,af of returning prosperity, while all
ne mountains of Moslem prejudice.
ppression and cruelty shall stand Is
nbits under. Meanwhile, we would
Ike to gather all the dying
roans of all the 100000 victims of
oppression, and intone
lem into one prayer that would move
lie earth and the heavens, hundreds
millions of Christian voices, Amer
an and European, crying out: 80,
cd Most High! Spare Thy children.
18th mandate from the throne hurl
ack upon their launches the horses
the Kurdish cavalry. Stop the
.=o..u - WA. L.