The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-02-11
To Her Sunday School Class at
Knoxville, Tenn.
800 Armenians We're Killed al
Thessalonica the Day Brfore
She Landed There.

Latiki, Asia Minor.
Dear Sunday-school scholars IL
arrived here safe and sound after a
pleasant voyage of twelve days on the
broad Atlantic, and ten days more on
this ship, on the Mediterranean sea.
/ have seen many fine cities and very
many old ruins, which have interest
ed me exceedingly, but of all places
my visits TO Tarsus, where Paul was
born, and Ephesus and Corinth, where
he preached and to whose people he
wrote the letters found in the New
Testament, and Smyrna and Rome !,
were the most interesting. We were
at Tarsus day before yesterday; leav-
ing our ship in the harbor at Messina,
we took train and after riding 16
miles, were at the house which now
stands on the spot where PauPs house
once stood. The house is built around
ali open court which is at once the
yard, the chicken coop, stable and
play ground for the family. Dogs
met us with hideous bowls and banks,
while dozens of Turks were lying
down on sacks asleep. Hundreds of
camels lined the streets without loads
and unloaded, for their desert tramp
Women were looking out from their
barred windows, while children with
matted hair and. dirty faces followed
us from place to place. Men with
short skirts and flowing robes and
turbaned heads were screaming out
their wares and produce for sale as
they rode little bits of donkeys, which
often carried whole stacks of hay or
their back. Oh! how L wish you lit
tie folks and big folks too could see
what l have seen! You would thank
God that you were born in America
where Jesus Christ is King. 1t makes
my heart sick to tuink that these
creatures are going down 10 darkness
and death without ray of hope be-
You'd! | met some such good mission
aries on their way 10 Smyrna who are
an orphan school there.
They could speak little English and
look quite fancy to me. They gave
me a little keepsake, which 7 will
show you if l do not lose my baggage.
They were sent out from church in
Germany. There were also on board
hat steamer, the Euterpe, four other
on their way to Persia,
where they have been laboring for
INC Or ten years, and have but 5000
members in the Presbyterian church.
Oh, have been in so many, many
me churches since 1 saw you; one of ,
hem, st. Peters in Rome, cost $50
10000 and costs $4,000 a year to
eep 1t up! Gold ceiling, and pillars
nd statues and paintings and trim ,
lings which are magnificent and glo-
ious, but alas, right in the midst of
j this ftnery, men, women and chill =
rem were begging right in the church .
III such state OF religion! In Rome
went to our little Baptist chapel,
here they were worshiping God in a
eat stone house, GALL houses on this :;
de are of stone or brick), The o
reacher could speak little English. a
Te made ourselves known and sang e
II them aud they sang for us. I'll il
ell you they were glad to see us, and
ne old lady Rugged and kissed me f
yer and over again, when we were
living them an old fashioned hand
laking! Now as write there is h
rench family of eight people talking n
the top of their voices, while out
the portfolio or window of the ship, :,
le Turks are Gathering and scream. q
lg in their little boats,as they are load
lg our ship with cotton,Iwheat, spices, d
uits and wines for the next ports.
Ie have been on this ship since last
Iednesday week ago, stopping at a
oxen or more places in the meantime
} take on passengers or freight.
Four days ago we passed the large [
lie of Patmos, where John wrote the
Ook of Revelation. What hallowed
loughts had when 1 read about tn,
ppearanCe of the Savior to him on
lat Lords day on that lonely island
hare are ahnut 40 900 nonnla 4hau.L !,