Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-13

SuCH COLOSSAL MAGNITUDE as 10 SIupe1y lQe
imagination that tries to grasp them.
Fifty thousand murdered, with every ac-
compartment of fiendish cruelty and out
rage. Half a million reduced to beggary
by the plunder or destruction Of their
property. Two hundred and fifty thousand
perishing of starvation and disease! A
region as large as New England. New York
and Pennsylvania swept by a cyclone of
blood. fire and lust! 1t was not the out
burst Of sudden. unaccountAble and uncon-
trollable forces Of nature. It'was premedi
tated. deliberate, calculating. and the
demon of the storm wrapped In the center
of the cloud. but hurting his whitening
bolts with unerring aim and unfiinching
purpose was Add ul-Hamid we'll titled
Shadow of God on Earth" The land Of
the sultan Is shrouded in eclipse. The
crescent has obscuIed the son of righteous
ness.
mountains of Armenia my guard has been
halted by Rrigands, who demanded. who
is this that you are conducting along
here?" The guard would take pains not to
let 1t leak out that / was citizen Of the
great American republic. ale would briefly
remark, HE Is an Englishman,' and moth
ing more was necessary 1t may not be
flattering to our pride. but 1t Is we'll for US
to remember right here hetween the White
House and the Capitol that the old clothes
of a third-rate Englishman are a better
protection in Turkey than the best Ameri-
can passport.
Work of Christian Endenvorers.
Christian Endeavorers. this work be-
longs to you. Shall we who are Mortified
at the stoning of Stephen, the first martyr,
stand by like Saul, "consenting unto the
death of the Armenians, the martyr race of
the nineteenth century? The lesson taught
by these massacres is not that the Kurd is
brigand or that the Turk is merciless and
lustful. That was known before, and is
what their religion has made them, and
will continue to make them, until the power
of the crescent Is broken. The great
lessons to be learned from these horrors
is that Christendom is not Christian. The
very word Christian has lost its meaning
and been made odious. It may yet become
a term of ridicule and reproach. We need
another ideal ard another word to express
it. Oh, you who rejoice In the name Of
Christian Endeavorers. would you feel COM
Portable under the rame Chrisslike Endeav-
orers? Do you really " ant to be like Him
who though He was rich. yet for our sakes
became poor? Then give up your luxuries
that others may have the necessaries of
life. The price of glass of soda water or
horse-car ride will keep child who is
starving in Armenia for a week. The price
of concert ticket or a pair of gloves or a
feather on your hat Is the difference be-
tween life and death for some one. Every
dollar given not only keeps body and soul
together, but add: new strength to the
moral and spiritual nature OF those poor
Christians OF outrage and fanaticism. There
Is point Of exhaustion beyond which they
cannot resist Save them ere 1t is too late.
Never was there a more economical and
far-reaching system of relief than that
established with SO much energy, fidelity
and skill throughout that vast region of
suffering and Gesolation. The work pecu-
liarly belongs to us, for 1t Is entirely In
the hands CT American missionarieA and the
Red Cross agents under our own distin-
gCished Clara Barton. With ofe accord the
American people urged her to go forth and
pledged themselves to support the Red
Cross In the name of Him whose blood
dyed the cross Of our salvation. Let us
make good our word; let y uphold the
honor of our civilization; let us prove the
sincerity and value Of our Christianity; let
us wash from our hands the blood of these
martyrs; let US save the remnant of the
Armenian race. /
Miss kirkOrinn Talks.
Before introducing the next speaker,
Miss Rebecca Kirkorian of Aintab, Tur-
key, DR.. Hoyt said that word had come
from the rear Of the tent that while the
ladies' hats were very beautiful they were
also very large, and he asked that the
Endeavorers of the gentle sex remem-
Der their pledges not to interfere with
the comfort of others. Before he had
concluded his .good-natured request there
was very general uplifting OF hands and
lowering Of plumes and flowers. Miss
kirkorian was then presented and ad-
dressed the audience. She was dressed
partly in the costume Of her native land
and partly In the dress that is more ia
miliar to Americans A parti-colored
drape hung from her head and framed
her intelligent olive-hued face.
She spoke In very excellent English and
was perfectly understood. At times during
the course of her address shewas greatly
affected by her recital Of the sufferings of
her native people and tears flied her eyes,
and there was an instant response from her
hearers.
Miss Kirkorian said:
am exceedingly grateful for the priv
1lege Of standing before so many bright and
pcWer1ul young soldiers of Gods kingdom
and bringing to their notice the sad con-
d!tion of my poor people in Armenia, who
ere prosecuted, wronged and slaughtered
for the sake of Christ's name.
l ask your prayer and action for their
rescre. In this effort you will have the
Great Captain SIS your leader. and the glori-
GUS crown q victory as your reward,
At the end OF the nineteenth century, at
the culmfnAfing point of civilization and
humanity, We are suffering such atrocities
such cruelttes and distress AS would prop
erly put to shame the dark ages In the
history OF missions the present situation
cannot he paralelled
II we suffer only the loss Of our property