The advocate., 1896-01-08
TELESCOPE APPLICATION OF CHRIS
TEANITY.

The Kansas City Times, In It's Janu
ary editorial review of the blessings
of abundance and prosperity of the
year just closed, after Congratulatlng
the American people upon the great
record that has been made, says;
But there Is one duty OF che year 1895 that
still remains undone by the American people
and she American government. We profess to
be Christian nation and yet we have % .
nation and % individuals turned deaf ear to
the despairlng appeals OF half million OF
perIshlng souls. The atrocities and crueltles
practiced upon the Armenlans by their fanat-
lcal oppressors, the Turks, are not only nm
paralleled In the history OF the eivilised world,
but shey are beyond description.
This Armenian question 10 question Of
Christianity, bat 1t is also more than that. 1t
is q question OF humanity. Surely God will
not continue to shower his blessings upon .
people who remain coldly. selAshly indifferent
to the sufgerlngs and agonies Of others. Our
blessings will turn 20 Dead Sea apples In our
grasp II we shut our eyes and ears to the de-
spairing cry Of slaughtered innocents, tender
women and little children like our own for
help, for mercy and protection.
All this Christisn sympathy and so
licltude for the welfare Of the Arms.
mans Is very touching, but It would
bear much more evidence of Christian
sincerity If the fsr-swsy look Of the
Times did not so completely obliterate
it's vision of things that are transpiring
right under lts nose. There are thou.
sands of slaughtered innocents,
tender women and little children"
right in our midst, against whose "de-
spsiring cries" the Times, the poli'i.
clans and the churches Of this country
have shut their eyes and ears. They
are perishlDg, not by the sword or
bludgeon, but by the slow process OF
starvation solely because there is no
work for them to do by means Of which
to earn bread. The very day on which
the Times told Of the exceeding great
prosperity of the past year and made
ats appeal for Christian interfe cnce
In behalf Of the people in fUr-off Ar
menis, the following events were
chronicled in the daily press Of Kansas
City:
Representatives Of ell the coopers' unions
Of the two Kansas Citys held meeting in
Brouse's hall In ArmOurdals and unanimously
adopted resolution TO appoint committee
to walt upon the managers Of ell the local
cooperage and packing companies and re-
quest them TO discontinue the use Of hopping
machines in their plants. The com nittee
was appointed and will make its visit this
week. The machines have thrown . large
number OF coopers ont Of employment. II iS
said 200 men have lost positions on account Of
the machines.
Not a day passes that men and
women are not driven to suicide ell
over this country by deStitution, while
others who have not the courage 10
cut short their existence by such means
20 on suffering the pangs Of starvation
until exhausted nature Succumbs to
the slow torment; and yet the Times Is
both blind and deaf to their "despsir.
ing cries." and obstinately unconscious
Of the conditions which make these
things possible. It is not necessary to
use telescope In order to dicover op
portunltiesf or the exercise Of the spirit
of genuine Christianity. There iS
plenty of missionary work that needs
to be done all ever this "great and