Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-01-24

anu most Nhuetlke. Mlus u NV lN"tAN
they never saw, turned their backs on lgNa-
rious homes Go spend their dave Ia ssli-exna-
triAtion, saving goodhy 60 father and mother
and aiterward gOodby % their own children
as circumstances compelled them 20 send the
little one 90 England. Scotland or America.
I have seen thes- foreign missionaries
IN their homes all around the world
aud stamp with Indignation
upon the literary blHckguariism OF Tor
eign correspondents who have deprecated
these heroes and her0.nes who are Wiling 20
live and die for Christs sake. They will
have the highest Thrones in heaven. while
their deiamers will not get near enough 10
the shining gates 10 sec the faintest CLINT %
any one 81 the twelve pearls which make up
the twelve gates.
This defamation % missionaries Is aug
mented by the diss0lute English. American
and Scotch merchants who 70 10 foreign
cities leaving their families behind them.
Those dissolute merchants IN foreign cities
lead life % such gross immonlS that the
pure households 81 the missionaries are
perpetual rrbuke. Buzzards never lid be-
lieVe ia doves and There J. anything that
nightshaie hates IL is the water lily. What
the $50 American missionaries have suffered
iu the Ottoman Empire since ls2l leave the
arehau.ei 20 announce on the day OF iudg-
ment. You will see IL reasonable that put
70 much emphasis on Americanism IN the
Ottoman Empire when tell you that Amer
lea, notwithstanding all the disadvantages
named. has now over y 900 students in day
schools in that Empire aud 5000 children
IN her Sabbath schools, and that America
has expended in the Turkish Empire for its
betierment over $1,000, 900. Has not
America "a RICH; 90 he hearif Ave, it
will be heard. | am glad that great in
dicnalion meetings are being held all over
this country. That poor. weak. cowardly
Sultan. whom | saw few wears ago ride To
his mosque for worship. guarded by 1000
armed men. many Of them mounted on
prancing chargers. will hear Of these sym
pathetic meetings Tor the Armeuiaus.
il not through American reporters,
then through some 81 his $50 wives.
What 20 do with HIM There ought 10 bg
some ~. Helena to which he could be- eXilei
while the Nations Of Europe appoint ruler
oi their own 10 clean out and take possession
% the palaces Of C0nGanunople. Tonight
this august assemblage in the capital OF the
United States. in the name Of the God OF
Nations, indicts the Turkish Government for
the wholesale assassination in Armenia and
iuyokes the interference Of Almighty God
and the protest Of Eastern and Western
Hemispheres.
But what Is the duty OF the hour? Sym
patty, deep, wide. tremendous, immediate,
religious paper, the Christian Herald, OF
New York, has led the way with munifceut
contributions collected from it, subscribers.
But the Turkish Government is opposed tea
any relief Of the Armenian sufferers. as |
personally know, Last August. before | had
any idea Of becoming a fellow citizen with
You Washlngtunian>. $4,000 for Armenian
relief was offered me il | would personally
take that relief 10 Armenia. My passage was
to be engaged on the City OF Paris, hut Is
telegram was cent 10 COustantinoue asking
il the Turkish Government would grant me
protection on such an erraud OF mercy.
cahlegram said the Turkish Govern
ment wished H. know TO what points IN
Armenia | desired 10 20 with that relief In
our reply four cities were named. one Of
them the scene Of wha: had been the CHEZ
massacre. 4 cahegram came from Constau-
tinope saving that | had better send the
money to the Turkish Governments mixed
commission. and they would distribute il.
So c0bwe5 of spiders proposed relte!
committee for unfortunate flies. Well. a
man who would start up through the noun
iains Of Armenia with $4,000 and no Gov
eminent protection would be guilty OF munu-
mental foolhardHeS>. The Tar ISL Govern
ment has in every possible way hiudered
Armenian relief.
Now whereas that angel Of mercy. Clara
Barton. who appeared on the UattIefelds Of
Fredericksburg. Antietam, Falmouth and
Cedar Mountain ard under the blaze OF
French and iIerman guns at Metz and Paris
and in JOEnstown floods and Charlestown
earthquake and Michigan fires and Russian
iamiuey II wac comparatively Of little i'm
portance that the German Emperor dec
crate her with the Iron Gross. for God hat h
decorated her in the sight Of all Nations
with glory thai neither time nor eternity
can dim. Borl in q Massachusetts, village,
she came in her girlnood to this cttyto serve
! our Government in the patent Office, but r.
terward went forth from the doors Of that
patent Office wish IA diyiLe patent signed and
sealed by God Himself 90 heal ailthe wounds
1 she could touch nG2 make the horrors Of the
/ food and fire aud 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
4 pledged To respect and defend that Red
Cross. although that color 81 cross does not,
/ in the opinion Of many, stand for Christian
ity. In my opinion 1t does stand for Chris
/ tanity. for was not the cross under which
/ most Of Is worship red with the blood Of the
( Son OF God ret with the best blood that was
/ ever she'd red with the blood pouring oat
( for the ransom Of the wJrldy Then lead on,
! oh, Red Cross, and let Clara Barton carry IL
/ The Turkish Government Is bound to protect
her, and the chariots OF God are 10000 and
| their chariuteers are angels OF delYerance.
! and they would all ride down NJ once To roll
over and trample under the hoots Of
/ their white horses any OF her asSai ants.
May the $500, 900 she socks be laid N her
feet. Then may the ships that carry he.
across Atlantic and Mediterranean seas be
guided safely by Him VINO trod into sapphire
pavement bestormed Galilee. Upon soil in
carnadined with msrtyrdom IL, the Red
Cross be planted until every demolished vii
lage shall be rebuldel ana every pauC Of
hunger be fed and every wound OF cruelty
| be healed and Armenia sand with as much
liberty TO serve God in It's own way as in
this the best land o! all the earth. we, the
defendants of the Puritans and Hollanders
| and Huguenots, are ireG 10 worship the
Christ who came to set all Nations free.
1t has been said that il we &c over there 10
interfere on another continent that will i'm.
| ply the right for other Nations to interfere
with affairs on this continent, aud SO the
Monroe doctrine be jeopardi2ed No. no,
President Cleveland expressed the sentiment
OF every intelligent and patriotic American
when he Numbered from the White house a
warming 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 q
doctrine rs much higher than the Monroe
doctrine as the heavens are higher than the
earth. and that is the doctrine of human
itariantsm and sympathy and Christian help
| fulness which one cold December midnight
with loud and multitudinous chant
awakened the shepherds. Wherever there il
a wound IT is our duty, whether as indi
Riduals or as Nations, to bHlsam it. Wher
ever there is knife of assassination lifted
| II is our duty to ward Off the blade Wher
ever men are prosecuted for their reIig